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This list is provided for those who are interested in the
historical development of Canada's commercial sector. Often such data
are difficult to find. The information below was taken from the
following source: B.C.Business Magazine,
Vol.11, No.1, Dec. 1982, p.46. It was part of a special issue with the
title "The British Columbia Fact Book 1983", that contains other
interesting statistics. Copies of B.C. Business are located in the Western Libraries.
| Rank |
|
Sales |
Net Income |
| 1982 |
Companies |
($000) |
($000) |
| 1 |
Canada Development Corp. |
3,136,351 |
97,698 |
| 2 |
MacMillan Bloedel |
2,209,670 |
-26,690 |
| 3 |
Genstar |
2,145,922 |
103,532 |
| 4 |
Kelly-Douglas (1) |
1,598,486 |
16,753 |
| 5 |
Cominco |
1,416,904 |
126,766 |
| 6 |
Westcoast Transmission |
1,252,530 |
74,007 |
| 7 |
Woodward's (2) |
1,137,051 |
14,786 |
| 8 |
B.C. Telephone |
1,083,200 |
85,300 |
| 9 |
Versatile Corporation |
895,743 |
44,224 |
| 10 |
B.C. Resources |
848,153 |
7,930 |
| 11 |
B.C. Forest Products |
814,922 |
17,187 |
| 12 |
CP Air |
814,332 |
-17,495 |
| 13 |
Crown Zellerbach |
653,143 |
17,083 |
| 14 |
Daon (3) |
652,162 |
17,224 |
| 15 |
Weldwood |
481,094 |
419 |
| 16 |
Finning |
434,977 |
3,485 |
| 17 |
B.C. Packers (4) |
301,038 |
-3,365 |
| 18 |
Placer Development |
273,075 |
48,924 |
| 19 |
Keycorp (5) |
251,594 |
9,427 |
| 20 |
B.C. Sugar (5) |
212,471 |
26,856 |
| 21 |
Whannock |
147,692 |
-9,408 |
| 22 |
Scott Paper |
174,331 |
8,321 |
| 23 |
Lornex |
150,929 |
23,248 |
| 24 |
Tech (5) |
149,122 |
11,859 |
| 25 |
Inland Natural Gas |
127,419 |
6,778 |
| 26 |
Doman Industries |
115,793 |
-10,902 |
| 27 |
Trans Canada Glass |
109,480 |
2,563 |
| 28 |
Keg Restaurants |
108,200 |
1,732 |
| 29 |
Great West Steel |
101,488 |
1,620 |
| 30 |
Crestbrook Forest Products |
94,051 |
2,344 |
| 31 |
Delta Group |
71,885 |
n/a |
| 32 |
Controlled Foods |
60,988 |
723 |
| 33 |
Sandwell & Company (6) |
59,895 |
3,602 |
| 34 |
Balco |
54,005 |
515 |
| 35 |
Auto Marine Electric |
49,106 |
120 |
| 36 |
Brenda Mines |
46,926 |
4,354 |
| 37 |
Great Pacific Industries |
40,698 |
4,736 |
| 38 |
Wall & Redekop (7) |
38,554 |
2,614 |
| 39 |
Trans Mountain Pipeline |
34,690 |
4,852 |
| 40 |
Pacific Northern Gas |
32,612 |
3,364 |
| 41 |
Gregory Industries |
29,767 |
-2,334 |
| 42 |
N.B. Cook (8) |
26,471 |
-3,513 |
| 43 |
S. Madill (9) |
22,244 |
562 |
| 44 |
Potters Distilleries (10) |
17,718 |
207 |
| 45 |
Webb & Knapp |
16,139 |
1,066 |
| 46 |
Great National Land (7) |
14,036 |
181 |
| 47 |
Craigmont Mines (3) |
13,091 |
1,037 |
| 48 |
North West Sports |
9,071 |
395 |
| 49 |
Northair Mines (11) |
8,305 |
478 |
| 50 |
Datatech (12) |
8,113 |
354 |
| |
Totals |
22,571,893 |
730,978 |
| |
Averages |
451,438 |
14,918 |
NOTES: n/a: not available. (1) Jan. 2, 1982: 52 weeks; Jan. 3, 1982; 53
weeks. (2) Jan. 30, 1982; 52 weeks; Jan. 30, 1982; 53 weels. (3) Oct.
31, 1982. (4) Jan. 3, 1982. (5) Sept. 30, 1981. (6) Jan. 4, 1982; Jan.
3, 1981. (7) Nov. 30, 1981. (8) Jan. 31, 1982. (9) Mar. 31, 1981. (10)
Jun. 30, 1981. (11) Aug. 31, 1981. (12) Feb. 28, 1982. |
