A little while ago someone on reddit decided to figure out who was the richest person in every US state.
This made us wonder who the hell was the richest person in Quebec was and before we knew it, we were hunting down the richest people in every Canadian province.
We were surprised at what we discovered, because there were a few unlikely candidates that would never even have appeared on a list of the top 100 richest Canadians a few years ago, and yet now they are the richest person in their respective province.
We checked the latest stats on the top richest Canadians, stalked their bios to find out where they were from and voilà .
(Unfortunately we could not figure out who the richest citizens were for the Territories. A search revealed some older outdated results and even those couldn't agree on who exactly was the richest person in either in Nunavut, Yukon or the NWT.)Â
Ontario
The Thomson family
Chairman of Thomson Reuters
Total Net Worth: $36.76 billion
Quebec
The Saputo Family
Dairy Products
Total Net Worth: $6.43 billion
Nova Scotia
The Sobey Family
Supermarkets
Total Net Worth: $3.19 billion
New Brunswick
The Irving Family
Forestry, paper products, agriculture, food processing,transportation and shipbuilding.
Total Net Worth: $7.50 billion
Manitoba
The Richardson Family
Agriculture and food production.
Total Net Worth: $5.63 billion
British Columbia
James Pattison
Media, automotive, packaging, food, entertainment, export and financial industries.
Total Net Worth: $6.89 billion
Alberta
Garrett Camp
Uber.
Total Net Worth: $9.18 billion
Newfoundland and Labrador
Danny Williams
CEO for the St. John’s IceCaps and land developer.
Total Net Worth: Unknown
Prince Edward Island
Danny Murphy
Franchise owner.
Total Net Worth: Unknown
Saskatchewan
The Semple Family
Dealers of heavy industrial and agricultural equipment.
Total Net Worth: Unknown
