1. David Thomson & family

•  Net Worth: $20.3 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: media                                                           
•  Citizen: Canada
•  Age: 56

Being the eldest son of Thomson family, David Thomson is the wealthiest man in the country of Canada. He is the chairman of Thomson Reuters, a media company which was started by his grandfather and is run by his family members. He is also the chairman of Woodbridge, The Globe and Mail Inc. (ref) He derives his wealth from stocks he owns in Thomson Reuters.  His family is the richest family in Canada. He holds an MA from university of Cambridge. Currently, he is the third Baron Thomson of Fleet. Baron Thomson of Fleet is a nobility title in British honor system and it was specially created for Roy Thomson who was grandfather of David. The title passed on from his father to him and thus making him third Baron. He continues to be the leading face of richest Canadian family.

2. Galen Weston

•  Net Worth: $8 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: retail, inherited and growing                                                 
•  Citizen: Canada
•  Age: 73

With value of his fortune almost equal to eight billion dollars, Willard Gordon Galen Weston is second wealthiest Canadian and one of the richest people in Canada. He is the Executive Chairman of George Weston Limited which was founded by his grandfather back in 1882. Started back in nineteenth century, George Weston Limited is the largest food processing and distribution company in Canada. His residence is in Toronto. His investments also include Loblaw Companies Limited which is largest food retailer.

3. Jim Pattinson

•  Net Worth: $5.5 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: diversified, inherited and growing
  
•  Citizen: Canada
•  Age: 81

Being the third richest Canadian, Jim Pattinson has a net worth of $5.5 Billions. He deals in businesses of different commodities. He resides in the city of Vancouver which is in province of British Columbia. He founded Jim Pattinson Group in the year 1961 and today that group is entirely owned by him. He draws his fortune from this group which is involved in diversified business. The group employs over 34,000 people and nets $7.3 Billion in sales. Its offices are spread over 455 locations across the world.  He received Order of British Columbia on June 21,1990 and got Order of Canada in April of 1987.

4. Paul Desmarais

• Net Worth: $4.5 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: finance                                                             
•  Citizen: Canada
•  Age: 79

Paul Desmarais, Sr. died on October 8, 2013. He was 86. One of Canada's richest people, he built up Power Corp. Residing in Montreal, Paul Desmarais is  fourth wealthiest person in mainland Canada. He is ranked in top 300 list of Forbes. His father ran a bus company. Paul took it over and transformed into a Power company. He attended University of Ottawa and he obtained Bachelor of Arts in Commerce. He is married and has four children. His net worth makes him a Canadian Billionaire

5. James & Arthur Irving

•  Net Worth: $4.5 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: diversified, inherited and growing
  
•  Citizen: Canada

With fortune stranding at five billion US Dollars, James and Arthur are brothers with most money. Sons of Kenneth Colin Irving, they are the leading face and owners of Irving Group of Companies which is privately run by them. It is involved in diversified businesses like oil, natural gas, pulp and paper, etc.  Together, they are third richest persons in Canada

6. Emanuele aka Lino Saputo

•  Net Worth: $4.3 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: cheese manufacturer                                                               
•  Citizen: Canada
•  Age: 76

Popularly known as Lino Saputo, he once delivered mozzarella (Italian cheese) to different homes. Finally, his hard work paved off and he started his own cheese manufacturing company which is today the largest cheese manufacturer in Canada. This makes him the sixth richest Canadian Billionaire. He lives in city of Montreal which is in province of Quebec. After second World War, he along with his parents and other family members migrated from Italy to Canada.

7. Bernard Sherman aka Barry

•  Net Worth: $3.7 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: pharmaceuticals                                                                           
•  Citizen: Canada
•  Age: 71

Bernard Sherman is the CEO of Apotex which is a generic drug manufacturing firm. He graduated in Engineering Science from University of Toronto at an early age. This richest Canadian went on to pursue Doctoral degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Employing more than six thousand people, his firm exports drugs to more than 100 countries world-wide.

8. David Azrieli & family

•  Net Worth: $3.1 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: Shopping malls                                                                      
•  Citizen: Canada
•  Age: 91

David Azrieli survived the Holocaust and has built a real estate empire that spans North America and Israel. He heads two companies: the Azrieli Group, which went public on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in 2010 and sported a recent $3 billion market capitalization, and Montreal-based Canpro Investments, which is privately held. He is involved in building business centers, shopping malls and high-tech buildings mostly in Israel and Canada. His construction of three skyscraper in Tel Aviv is known to be of unique kind in Middle East.

9. Clayton Riddell

•  Net Worth: $3.1 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: oil & gas                                                                               
•  Citizen: Canada
•  Age:76

Clayton Riddell started with near-barren natural gas wells when he founded Paramount Resources in 1974. Generating most of his wealth from Oil and gas sector, Clayton Riddell is one of the key people in Paramount Resources which is a petroleum company. He is the eight richest Canadian. He resides in Calgary and studied geology in University of Manitoba. His fortune makes him one of the richest people in Canada. In August, Carleton revealed that it had rewritten this agreement, removing Riddell, who had pledged $15 million to the school, from the decision-making process.

10. Chip Wilson

•  Net Worth: $2.9 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: Lululemon                                                                                
•  Citizen: Canada
•  Age: 56

Dennis "Chip" Wilson stepped down as Chief Innovation and Brand Officer of Lululemon Athletica, the yoga-inspired athletic apparel company he founded, in 2012. Last billionaire on our list, Chip Wilson founded Lululemon Athelica which is involved in sales of yoga related apparels. He is married to Shannon Wilson and has five children. On our list, he is the last richest man from Canada.