The companies listed here are the 10 largest publicly traded Canadian corporations, measured by assets. They are ranked according to their after-tax profits in their most recent fiscal year, excluding extraordinary gains or losses. When companies state their results in U.S. dollars, we do the same, but rankings are based on the Canadian dollar equivalents.
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1. Royal Bank of Canada
Profit: $8.331-billion
Last year's rank: #1
Profit change: + 12 per cent
Revenue rank: #1
Revenue: $35.982-billion
Revenue change: + 4 per cent
Market cap: $100.949-billion
Employees: 74,247
Industry: Banks
Location: Ontario
Year-end: October 2013
2. Toronto-Dominion Bank
Profit: $6.662-billion
Last year's rank: #3
Profit change: + 3 per cent
Revenue rank: #9
Revenue: $30.744-billion
Revenue change: + 1 per cent
Market cap: $87.796-billion
Employees: 78,748
Industry: Banks
Location: Ontario
Year-end: October 2013
3. Bank of Nova Scotia
Profit: $6.422-billion
Last year's rank: #2
Profit change: + 3 per cent
Revenue rank: #12
Revenue: $28.799-billion
Revenue change: + 7 per cent
Market cap: $76.612-billion
Employees: 83,874
Industry: Banks
Location: Ontario
Year-end: October 2013
4. Bank of Montreal
Profit: $4.183-billion
Last year's rank: #4
Profit change: + 2 per cent
Revenue rank: #17
Revenue: $20.851-billion
Revenue change: - 1 per cent
Market cap: $46.777-billion
Employees: 45,500
Industry: Banks
Location: Ontario
Year-end: October 2013
5. Suncor Energy
Profit: $3.911-billion
Last year's rank: #7
Profit change: + 43 per cent
Revenue rank: #1
Revenue: $42.439-billion
Revenue change: + 3 per cent
Market cap: $55.052-billion
Employees: 13,946
Industry: Oil
Location: Alberta
Year-end: December 2013
6. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Profit: $3.403-billion
Last year's rank: #6
Profit change: + 2 per cent
Revenue rank: #24
Revenue: $17.139-billion
Revenue change: 0 per cent
Market cap: $35.413-billion
Employees: 43,039
Industry: Banks
Location: Ontario
Year-end: October 2013
7. Manulife Financial
Profit: $3.130-billion
Last year's rank: #17
Profit change: + 73 per cent
Revenue rank: #20
Revenue: $18.897-billion
Revenue change: - 35 per cent
Market cap: $38.734-billion
Employees: 28,609
Industry: Insurance
Location: Ontario
Year-end: December 2013
8. Imperial Oil
Profit: $2.828-billion
Last year's rank: #5
Profit change: - 25 per cent
Revenue rank: #7
Revenue: $32.929-billion
Revenue change: + 6 per cent
Market cap: $39.929-billion
Employees: 5,000
Industry: Oil
Location: Alberta
Year-end: December 2013
9. Canadian National Railway Co.
Profit: $2.612-billion
Last year's rank: #9
Profit change: - 3 per cent
Revenue rank: #35
Revenue: $10.658-billion
Revenue change: + 4 per cent
Market cap: $50.301-billion
Employees: 23,721
Industry: Transport
Location: Quebec
Year-end: December 2013
10. Great-West Lifeco
Profit: $2.408-billion
Last year's rank: 13
Profit change: + 25 per cent
Revenue rank: #14
Revenue: $26.512-billion
Revenue change: - 13 per cent
Market cap: $32.730-billion
Employees: 20,970
Industry: Insurance
Location: Manitoba
Year-end: December 2013
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