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Federal crown corporations

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Canada Mortgage and Housing(De15)9,442,000
2Canada Post(De15)8,023,000
3Canadian Commercial(Ma15)2,479,335
4Canada Development Investment(De15)2,361,426
5Export Development Cda.(De15)2,044,000
6Farm Credit Canada(Ma15)1,502,599
7Business Development Bank Can.(Ma15)1,154,018
8Canadian Broadcasting Corp.(Ma15)653,888
9Via Rail Canada(De15)647,682
10Cdn. Air Transport Security(Ma15)599,041

Provincial crown corporations

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Caisse de depot et placement(De15)21,132,000
2Hydro-Quebec(De15)13,851,000
3Ontario Power Generation(De15)6,216,000
4B.C. Hydro & Power(Ma15)5,812,000
5Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board(Ma15)2,324,000
6Saskatchewan Power Corp.(De15)2,232,000
7ATB Financial(Ma15)1,944,274
8Alberta Heritage Savings(Ma15)1,825,000
9Manitoba Public Insurance(Fe15)1,288,869
10Sask. Telecommunications(De15)1,265,408

Financial co-operatives

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Desjardins Group(De15)17,080,000
2Co-operators Group(De15)3,595,801
3Co-operators Life Insurance(De15)1,068,321
4Caisse Centrale Desjardins(De15)957,091
5Vancouver City Savings C.U.(De15)734,447
6Groupe Promutuel(De15)727,000
7Servus Credit Union(Oc15)579,879
8Coast Capital Savings C.U.(De15)498,427
9Meridian Credit Union(De15)412,748
10First West Credit Union(De15)376,295

Banks

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Royal Bank of Canada(Oc15)43,279,000
2Toronto-Dominion Bank(Oc15)37,532,000
3Bank of Nova Scotia(Oc15)31,244,000
4Bank of Montreal(Oc15)23,784,000
5CIBC(Oc15)17,424,000
6National Bank of Canada(Oc15)7,645,000
7HSBC Bank Canada(De15)2,669,000
8Laurentian Bank of Canada(Oc15)1,457,202
9Canadian Tire Bank(De15)1,037,236
10Capital One Bank (Canada)(De15)983,250

Investment dealers

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1RBC Capital Markets(Oc15)8,063,000
2Scotia Capital(Oc15)4,024,000
3BMO Nestbitt Burns(Oc15)3,873,000
4TD Securities(Oc15)2,926,000
5CIBC World Markets(Oc15)2,642,000
6National Bank Financial(Oc15)1,605,128
7Canaccord Genuity Group(Ma15)880,763
8Optimum Group(De15)745,176
9GMP Capital(De15)235,177

Life insurance

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Manulife Financial(De15)35,063,000
2Manufacturers Life Insurance(De15)34,514,000
3Great-West Lifeco(De15)34,030,000
4Great-West Life Assurance(De15)26,985,000
5Sun Life Financial(De15)19,719,000
6Sun Life Assurance of Canada(De15)17,322,000
7London Life Insurance(De15)10,589,000
8Canada Life Financial(De15)10,526,000
9Industrial Alliance Insurance(De15)8,300,000
10Desjardins Fin. Security Life(De15)5,427,700

Management companies

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Power Corp. of Canada(De15)38,478,000
2Brookfield Asset Management(De15)121,753,000
3Onex Corp.(De15)119,945,000
4TransCanada Corp.(De15)11,778,000
5Jim Pattison Group(De15)9,100,000
6ATCO Ltd.(De15)4,201,000
7Emera Inc.(De15)3,055,600
8Canada Development Investment(De15)2,361,426
9Tuckamore Capital Management(De15)409,235
10Capstone Infrastructure(De15)345,301

Oil & gas production/integrated oils

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Suncor Energy(De15)30,171,000
2Imperial Oil(De15)26,888,000
3Husky Energy(De15)17,183,000
4Canadian Natural Resources(De15)14,378,000
5Cenovus Energy(De15)16,088,000
6Ultramar Ltd.(De15)111,232,000
7Encana Corp.(De15)14,436,000
8Gibson Energy(De15)5,614,566
9ShawCor Ltd.(De15)1,820,225
10Enerflex(De15)1,640,004

Gas & electrical utilities

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Direct Energy Marketing Ltd.(De15)20,687,000
2Hydro-Quebec(De15)13,851,000
3Fortis Inc.(De15)6,963,000
4Ontario Power Generation(De15)6,216,000
5B.C. Hydro & Power(Ma15)5,812,000
6Just Energy Group(Ma15)3,895,940
7Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc(De15)3,554,000
8Toronto Hydro Corp.(De15)3,550,200
9Canadian Utilities(De15)3,315,000
10ENMAX Corp.(De15)3,085,200

Mines & metals

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.(De15)110,117,000
2Teck Resources(De15)8,369,000
3Vale Canada(De15)5,991,000
4First Quantum Minerals(De15)12,771,000
5Cameco Corp.(De15)2,535,424
6Lundin Mining(De15)11,751,714
7Teck Highland Valley Copper(De15)999,000
8HudBay Minerals(De15)1893,272
9Premier Tech(Fe16)673,000
10Tahoe Resources(De15)1519,721

Chemicals

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Agrium Inc.(De15)114,914,000
2Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan(De15)16,500,000
3Nova Chemicals(De15)13,580,000
4Dow Chemical Canada(De15)4,221,000
5Methanex Corp.(De15)12,342,444
6PPG Canada(De15)11,464,000
7BASF Canada(De15)1,628,226
8Chemtrade Logistics IF(De15)1,364,902
9DuPont Canada(De15)1734,000
10Canexus LP(De15)561,332

Gold & diamonds

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Barrick Gold(De15)19,272,000
2Goldcorp Inc.(De15)14,734,000
3Kinross Gold(De15)13,081,600
4Agnico Eagle Mines(De15)11,995,152
5Yamana Gold(De15)11,835,400
6Turquoise Hill Resources(De15)11,629,632
7Iamgold Corp.(De15)1929,400
8Eldorado Gold(De15)1868,794
9Dominion Diamond(Ja16)1720,724
10New Gold Inc.(De15)1729,100

Technology

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Bombardier Inc.(De15)118,364,000
2Telus Enterprise Solutions(De15)12,502,000
3CGI Group(Se15)10,287,814
4Rogers Wireless(De15)7,651,000
5Celestica Inc.(De15)15,639,200
6Bell Mobility(De15)6,876,000
7Apple Canada(Se15)6,729,822
8IBM Canada(De15)6,432,000
9Linamar Corp.(De15)5,182,926
10Siemens Canada(Se15)3,605,000

Media & broadcasting

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Rogers Communications(De15)13,446,000
2Shaw Communications(Au15)5,621,000
3Quebecor Media(De15)3,992,900
4Videotron Ltee(De15)3,007,000
5Bell Media(De15)2,974,000
6Cogeco Inc.(Au15)2,187,163
7Rogers Media(De15)2,079,000
8Canadian Broadcasting Corp.(Ma15)653,888
9TVA Group(De15)589,890
10Sirius XM Canada Holdings(Au15)326,162

Agriculture

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1La Coop Federee de Quebec(Oc15)6,033,003
2Agropur Cooperative(Oc15)5,870,985
3AGT Food and Ingredients(De15)1,704,480
4Ceres Global Ag(Ma15)192,902
5Village Farms International(De15)1143,878
6La Coop Purdel(De15)94,142
7Bevo Agro(Ju15)26,222
8Feronia Inc.(De15)110,936
9Imperial Ginseng Products(Ju15)13,397
10Canopy Growth(Ma15)32,422

Retailers

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Wal-Mart Canada(Ja16)125,400,000
2Costco Wholesale Canada(Au15)117,341,000
3Canadian Tire Corporation(Ja16)12,348,600
4Hudson's Bay Co.(Ja16)11,910,000
5Home Depot of Canada(Ja16)16,800,000
6Parkland Fuel(De15)6,304,498
7Home Hardware Stores(De15)5,800,000
8Rona Inc.(De15)4,250,427
9Sears Canada(Ja16)3,215,200
10Best Buy Canada(Ja16)152,917,000

P&C Insurance

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Fairfax Financial Holdings(De15)19,580,400
2Intact Financial(De15)8,118,000
3Insurance Corp. of B.C.(De14)5,680,976
4AVIVA Canada(De15)3,975,254
5Lloyd's Underwriters (Canada)(De15)3,265,942
6Security National Insurance Co(De15)3,146,520
7Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co.(De15)3,098,519
8Desjardins General Insur. Grp.(De15)3,073,122
9Royal & Sun Alliance Canada Gp(De15)2,881,621
10Co-operators General Insurance(De15)2,505,522

Automotive

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Magna International(De15)132,545,000
2Honda Canada(Ma15)15,990,000
3FCA Canada Inc.(De15)111,845,000
4Ford Motor Co. of Canada(De15)18,978,000
5General Motors of Canada(De15)9,271,000
6Hyundai Auto Canada(De15)3,888,000
7BRP Inc.(Ja16)3,841,900
8Dana Canada(De15)1405,000
9Lear Canada(De15)1371,279
10Spectra Premium Industries(Ja15)382,000

Transportation

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Air Canada(De15)13,914,000
2Canadian National Railway Co.(De15)12,663,000
3Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.(De15)6,805,000
4TransForce Inc.(De15)4,059,244
5WestJet Airlines(De15)4,043,761
6Transat A.T.(Oc15)3,583,543
7Chorus Aviation(De15)1,548,068
8NAV Canada(Au15)1,334,000
9Mullen Group(De15)1,217,389
10Student Transportation(Ju15)1558,368

Non-profit registered charities

RankCompany and year-endRevenue ($000)
1Alberta Health Services13,665,173
2Vancouver Coastal Health Authority3,167,707
3Fraser Health Authority3,114,704
4Toronto District School Board3,036,531
5Governing Council of the University of Toronto2,891,424
6Winnipeg Regional Health Authority2,694,061
7Provincial Health Services Authority - BC2,318,780
8University of British Columbia2,141,578
9Vancouver Island Health Authority2,115,494
10University Health Network2,020,354
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FOOTNOTES: 1. COMPANY REPORTS IN U.S. DOLLARS. 5. FIGURES HAVE BEEN ANNUALIZED IN PREVIOUS THREE THROUGH FIVE YEARS. SOURCES: THE GLOBE AND MAIL, THIRD SECTOR PUBLISHING, CHARITYCAN.CA, THE FUNDING PORTAL INC. THEFUNDINGPORTAL.COM