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Canada's 10 richest people

  • Net worth: $39 billion. Source of wealth: Thomson Reuters (Reuters)
    1/10

    1. David Thomson

    Net worth: $39 billion. Source of wealth: Thomson Reuters (Reuters)
    Mark Blinch / Reuters
  • Net worth: $10.2 billion. Source of wealth: Alibaba. (Reuters)
    2/10

    2. Joseph Tsai

    Net worth: $10.2 billion. Source of wealth: Alibaba. (Reuters)
    Mike Blake / Reuters
  • Net Worth: $9 billion. Source of wealth: George Weston (Reuters)
    3/10

    3. Galen Weston

    Net Worth: $9 billion. Source of wealth: George Weston (Reuters)
    Mark Blinch / Reuters
  • Net worth: $6.4 billion. Source of wealth: Google (Yahoo Finance Canada)
    4/10

    4. David Cheriton

    Net worth: $6.4 billion. Source of wealth: Google (Yahoo Finance Canada)
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  • Net worth: $6.3 billion. Source of wealth: J.D. Irving (Yahoo Finance Canada)
    5/10

    5. James Irving

    Net worth: $6.3 billion. Source of wealth: J.D. Irving (Yahoo Finance Canada)
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  • Net worth: $5.7 billion. Source of wealth: Dozens of businesses including packaging, food, and entertainment companies (Reuters)
    6/10

    6. Jim Pattison

    Net worth: $5.7 billion. Source of wealth: Dozens of businesses including packaging, food, and entertainment companies (Reuters)
    Phil McCarten / Reuters
  • Net worth: $5.6 billion. Source of wealth: Galaxy Group (Forbes)
    7/10

    7. Huang Chulong

    Net worth: $5.6 billion. Source of wealth: Galaxy Group (Forbes)
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  • Net worth: $5.1 billion. Source of wealth: Saputo (Yahoo Finance Canada)
    8/10

    8. Emanuele (Lino) Saputo

    Net worth: $5.1 billion. Source of wealth: Saputo (Yahoo Finance Canada)
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  • Net worth $4.6 billion. Source of wealth: Lululemon (Reuters)
    9/10

    9. Chip Wilson

    Net worth $4.6 billion. Source of wealth: Lululemon (Reuters)
    Ben Nelms / Reuters
  • Net worth: $4.5 billion. Source of wealth: PokerStars (Yahoo Finance Canada)
    10/10

    10. Mark Scheinberg

    Net worth: $4.5 billion. Source of wealth: PokerStars (Yahoo Finance Canada)
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Net worth: $39 billion. Source of wealth: Thomson Reuters (Reuters)
Net worth: $10.2 billion. Source of wealth: Alibaba. (Reuters)
Net Worth: $9 billion. Source of wealth: George Weston (Reuters)
Net worth: $6.4 billion. Source of wealth: Google (Yahoo Finance Canada)
Net worth: $6.3 billion. Source of wealth: J.D. Irving (Yahoo Finance Canada)
Net worth: $5.7 billion. Source of wealth: Dozens of businesses including packaging, food, and entertainment companies (Reuters)
Net worth: $5.6 billion. Source of wealth: Galaxy Group (Forbes)
Net worth: $5.1 billion. Source of wealth: Saputo (Yahoo Finance Canada)
Net worth $4.6 billion. Source of wealth: Lululemon (Reuters)
Net worth: $4.5 billion. Source of wealth: PokerStars (Yahoo Finance Canada)
Jessy Bains

When it comes to Canada’s richest people, it seems like money just falls from the sky.

The top one per cent of the one per cent each make more in a day than another Canadian will make in a year.

All of them have created, run, and grown massive business empires.

Click through to see who made this year’s list, according to CEOWORLD Magazine.

All figures are in U.S. dollars.

Jessy Bains is a senior reporter at Yahoo Finance Canada. Follow him on Twitter @jessysbains.

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