The Top 1000: Canada's Power Book
Welcome to the 20th edition of the Report on Business Top 1000—your complete guide to corporate performance in Canada last year.
Top 1000 Companies
The companies listed here are the 1,000 largest publicly traded corporations measured by assets.
The Big Squeeze
Making a buck got tougher for almost everyone last year as John Daly explains in his overview of this year's Top 1000.
You Must Remember This
Wayne Lilley offers five axioms for the market watchers to follow in the year ahead.
Stars & Dogs
Some standout selections from a sardonic stock watcher
The ups, the downs, the twists of fate
A look at two decades of Top 1000 miscellany
300 Biggest Private Companies
Companies that do not issue publicly traded shares are a large part of the Canadian economy. Many are household names. We rank them by revenue, the one significant measure that many of them disclose. And here you get 200 more companies than listed in the printed magazine.
75 Top Income Trusts
Why were income trusts last year's hottest investments? Just look at those yields. On-line, there are an additional 25 listings.
100 Biggest Companies by Market Cap
Remember 2000, when Nortel was worth $251 billion? And BCE was worth $117 billion?
50 Biggest Market Cap Losers and 50 Biggest Market Cap Gainers
The bear market slashed gains, and the big losers aren't just tech companies any more.
50 Biggest Tech Companies
Two years after the tech bust, it's still hard to earn a buck in this sector.
50 Biggest Employers
Some big names are still hiring. Others, like Quebecor and Telus, are in slash mode.
50 Top-Performing Stocks
Flashes in the pan? Maybe some of them are, but others just keep on climbing.
50 Top-Paid Executives
Shareholders may be complaining but overall pay was actually down last year.
Top Crown Corps
The top 10 federal and the top 10 provincial Crown corporations.
Definition of Terms
Defining what it means.
