Yahoo Finance Top 20 Highest Paid CEOs in Canada
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Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 20: Bharat Masrani, Toronto Dominion Bank Group
Base Salary: $1,000,000
Bonus: $1,700,000
Shares: $4,221,000
Options: $2,079,030
Pension: $1,314,500
Other: $383,692
Total Compensation: $10,698,222
(Photo: Reuters) - 2/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 19: Brian Porter, Bank of Nova Scotia
Base Salary: $1,000,000
Bonus: $1,780,000
Shares: $5,200,000
Options: $1,300,000
Pension: $1,626,000
Other: $1,196
Total Compensation: $10,907,196
(Photo: Reuters) - 3/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 18: Guy Laurence, Rogers Communications Inc.
Base Salary: $1,267,308
Bonus: $1,734,628
Shares: $4,318,150
Options: $2,878,758
Pension: $740,900
Other: $258,991
Total Compensation: $11,198,735
(Photo: Reuters) - 4/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 17: Doug Suttles, Encana Corp.
Base Salary: $1,088,886
Bonus: $1,752,538
Shares: $5,998,018
Options: $1,999,331
Pension: $200,384
Other: $186,833
Total Compensation: $11,225,990
(Photo: Reuters) - 5/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 16: George Cope, BCE Inc.
Base Salary: $1,400,000
Bonus: $3,389,400
Shares: $4,406,250
Options: $1,468,750
Pension: $710,525
Other: $170,074
Total Compensation: $11,544,999
(Photo: Reuters) - 6/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 15: David McKay, Royal Bank of Canada
Base Salary: $1,300,000
Bonus: $2,325,000
Shares: $5,800,000
Options: $1,450,000
Pension: $742,000
Other: $38,893
Total Compensation: $11,655,893
(Photo: Getty) - 7/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 14: Jeffrey Orr (left), Power Financial Corp.
Base Salary: $4,341,000
Bonus: N/A
Shares: $2,302,179
Options: $2,164,623
Pension: $2,400,000
Other: $466,500
Total Compensation: $11,674,302
(Photo: Reuters) - 8/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 13: Steven Williams, Suncor Energy Inc.
Base Salary: $1,375,000
Bonus: $2,760,000
Shares: $4,668,000
Options: $4,008,000
Pension: N/A
Other: $160,795
Total Compensation: $12,200,495
(Photo: Getty/Denver Post) - 9/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 12: Darren Entwistle, Telus Corp.
Base Salary: $1,375,000
Bonus: $683,349
Shares: $10,043,729
Options: N/A
Pension: $341,000
Other: $89,218
Total Compensation: $12,532,296
(Photo: Reuters) - 10/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 11: Robert Card, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
Base Salary: $931,041
Bonus: $777,880
Shares: $2,705,075
Options: N/A
Pension: N/A
Other: $8,633,452
Total Compensation: $13,047,448
(Photo: Reuters) - 11/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 10: Bradley Shaw, Shaw Communications
Base Salary: $2,500,000
Bonus: $5,913,875
Shares: N/A
Options: N/A
Pension: $4,273,370
Other: $453,990
Total Compensation: $13,141,235
(Photo: Reuters) - 12/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 9: James Smith (left), Thomson Reuters Corp.
Base Salary: $1,981,433
Bonus: $4,168,143
Shares: $3,715392
Options: $3,715,210
Pension: $39,629
Other: $92,335
Total Compensation: $13,712,142
(Photo: Reuters) - 13/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 8: Linda Hasenfratz, Linamar Corp.
Base Salary: $605,839
Bonus: $8,975,677
Shares: $3,727,072
Options: N/A
Pension: $3,500
Other: $902,746
Total Compensation: $14,214,834
(Photo: Getty/Toronto Star) - 14/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 7: Brian Hannasch, Alimentation Couche-Tard
Base Salary: $1,356,260
Bonus: $2,612,207
Shares: $2,388,756
Options: $6,437,480
Pension: $2,020,013
Other: N/A
Total Compensation: $14,814,716
(Photo: The Canadian Press) - 15/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 6: Donald Guloien, Manulife Financial Corp.
Base Salary: $1,723,671
Bonus: $2,884,682
Shares: $6,104,719
Options: $4,069,812
Pension: $727,500
Other: $103,135
Total Compensation: $15,613,519
(Photo: Reuters) - 16/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 5: Mark Barrenechea, Open Text Corp.
Base Salary: $981,787
Bonus: $1,292,550
Shares: $5,307,519
Options: $10,343,731
Pension: N/A
Other: $44,455
Total Compensation: $17,970,042
(Photo: YouTube) - 17/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 4: Steven Hudson, Element Financial Corp.
Base Salary: $1,200,000
Bonus: $5,240,000
Shares: $8,502,008
Options: $4,155,377
Pension: N/A
Other: $180,000
Total Compensation: $19,277,385
(Photo: YouTube) - 18/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 3: Hunter Harrison, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
Base Salary: $2,803,522
Bonus: $6,002,537
Shares: $4,749,089
Options: $5,163,279
Pension: N/A
Other: $1,184,026
Total Compensation: $19,902,453
(Photo: Reuters) - 19/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 2: Donald Walker (right), Magna International Inc.
Base Salary: $415,462
Bonus: $13,351,025
Shares: $8,899,831
Options: $3,675,239
Pension: N/A
Other: $198,143
Total Compensation: $26,539,700
(Photo: Getty) - 20/20
Top Paid CEOs in Canada
No. 1: Michael Pearson, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
Base Salary: N/A
Bonus: $2,556,688
Shares: $179,357,648
Options: N/A
Pension: N/A
Other: $987,853
Total Compensation: $182,902,189
(Photo: Reuters)
On Tuesday, a report was released by think-tank the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives that revealed the top 100 CEOs in Canada would make by lunchtime what the average Canadian makes in an entire year.
Who exactly are those multi-millionaires that run some of Canada’s largest companies? We take a look at who the top 20 highest paid CEOs from the list are. Data was collected for 2015; some of the CEOs included on this list are no longer with the companies listed.
