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Canada's 50 biggest private companies

This article was published more than 8 years ago. Some information may no longer be current.

Companies that do not issue publicly traded shares in Canada are a huge part of the economy. Many are subsidiaries of multinationals, or are family-owned or co-ops. We rank them by revenue, the one significant financial measure they all disclose.

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Notes: For ranking purposes, figures from companies that report in foreign currencies have been converted to Canadian dollars and partial-year results have been annualized. Foreign currencies are converted at the end of the relevant fiscal period for balance sheet items and at the average exchange rate for the relevant period for earnings items. Footnotes: 1. Company reports in U.S. dollars. 3. Figures have been annualized in latest year. Abbreviations: n/a = not available, n/m = not meaningful.