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Canada's Top Women Entrepreneurs -- 2005
Canada's Top Women Entrepreneurs 2005
In November of each year, Profit magazine produces a list of the top 100 women business owners ranked by their firms' gross revenue. For your convenience we provide below the names of the women, the company and the type of business. Also provided in the table were such data as the year the firm was founded and the number of employees. These rankings can be found in: Profit November 2003-2008. A bound copy of the magazine in available in the C.B. "Bud" Johnston Library.
Rank |
Owner |
Title |
Company |
City |
| 1 | Rebecca MacDonald | Executive chair | Energy Savings Income Fund | Toronto |
| 2 | Elaine Minacs | CEO | Minacs Worldwide Inc. | Toronto |
| 3 | Madeleine Paquin | President & CEO | Logistec Corp. | Montreal |
| 4 | Janis Grantham | President & COO | Eagle Professional Resources Inc. | Ottawa |
| 5 | Teresa Cascioli | Chair and CEO | Lakeport Brewing Corp. | Hamilton |
| 6 | Marilyn Sheftel | Dealer Principal | Silverhill Acura | Calgary |
| 7 | Robin Todd | President | Marks Supply Inc. | Kitchener |
| 8 | Renée Unger | President | Intercorp Excelle Foods Inc. (Renée's Gourmet) | Toronto |
| 9 | Susan Niczowski | President | Summer Fresh Salads Inc. | Woodbridge |
| 10 | Shannon Bowen-Smed | President & CEO | BOWEN Workforce Solutions Inc. | Calgary |
| 11 | Lise Watier | President | Lise Watier Cosmétiques Inc | Montreal |
| 12 | Rossana DiZio Magnotta | President | Magnotta Winery Corp. | Vaughan |
| 13 | Muriel Jasek | President | AJJA Information Technology Consultants Inc. | Ottawa |
| 14 | Carinta Mannarelli | President | Global Currency Services Inc. | Guelph |
| 15 | Becky McKinnon | Executive Chairman | Timothy's Coffees of the World Inc. | Toronto |
| 16 | Arlene Dickinson | President | Venture Communications Ltd. | Calgary |
| 17 | Fatima Cabral | Chair | Pink Elephant Inc. | Burlington |
| 18 | Sylvia Vogel | CEO | Canderm Pharma Inc. | St-Laurent |
| 19 | Connie Clerici | President & CEO | Closing the Gap Health Care Group | Mississauga |
| 20 | Norine Bevan | President | Summerlee Office Solutions | Markham |
| 21 | Linda Marie Collier | President & CEO | Tri-ad International Freight Forwarding Ltd. | Mississauga |
| 22 | Nancy Adamo | President | Hockley Valley Resort | Orangeville |
| 23 | Neena Kanwar | President | KMH Cardiology and Diagnostic Centres | Mississauga |
| 24 | Cora Tsouflidou | President | Franchises Cora Inc. | Boisbriand, Que. |
| 25 | Wendy Porter | President | Endpoint Research | Mississauga |
| 26 | Teresa Spinelli | President | Italian Centre Shop Ltd. | Edmonton |
| 27 | Sandra Wilson | President | Robeez Footwear Ltd. | Burnaby |
| 28 | Tracey Childs | President | Linear Transfer Systems Ltd. | Barrie |
| 29 | Manuela Marcheggiani | CEO | Isomers Laboratories Inc. | Toronto |
| 30 | Lily Durepos | Co-owner | Broadway Place Ltd. | Grand Falls |
| 31 | Gloria Dona | President | Optionelle (Underlines Inc.) | London |
| 32 | Manishi Sagar | President & CEO | The Kinderville Group | Candiac |
| 33 | Elen Steinberg | President & CEO | SPP Marketing Services Inc. | Toronto |
| 34 | Linda Lundstrom | Chief Creative Officer & President | Linda Lundstrom Inc. | Toronto |
| 35 | Kim McArthur | President & Publisher | McArthur & Company Publishing Ltd. | Toronto |
| 36 | Eveline Charles | President & CEO | EvelineCharles Salons Spas | Edmonton |
| 37 | Kim Weimer | President | Fastener Warehouse Ltd. | Saskatoon |
| 38 | Verna Alford | President | Alford's Floors & Interiors (1967) Ltd. | Regina |
| 39 | Lori Freeman | President | Nettlewoods Inc. | Mississauga |
| 40 | Jane Gowing | President | Gowing Contractors Ltd. | St. George |
| 41 | Grace Pearson | President | Grayon Industrial Products Inc. | Concord |
| 42 | Kate Bird | President & CEO | Career Essentials Inc. | Markham |
| 43 | Isabel Alexander | President | Phancorp Inc. | Brampton |
| 44 | Lisa Nicholl | CEO | B.B. Bargoons | Concord |
| 45 | Delores Lawrence | President & CEO | NHI Nursing & Homemakers Inc. | Toronto |
| 46 | Jennifer Mulholland | President | RW Industries Ltd. | Oakville |
| 47 | Linda Butler | President | Kidzpace | Collingwood |
| 48 | Sylvie Hyndman, Nancy Wiesner | Co-presidents | Dynamic Employment Solutions Inc. | Brampton |
| 49 | Diana Joseph | President | Wen-Di Interiors Ltd. | Calgary |
| 50 | Johanne Bourque | President | Gestion Jardin de Ville Inc. | Mirabel |
| 51 | Viive Tamm | Managing Partner | Tamm Communications Inc. | Toronto |
| 52 | Lakshmi Raj | Managing Director | Replicon Inc. | Calgary |
| 53 | Wendy Derrick, Joanne McLean | Managing Directors | Fern Hill School | Oakville |
| 54 | Gloria Parsons | President | Progress Homes Inc./Chancellor Park Inc. | St. John's |
| 55 | Anne Tomalin | President | CanReg Inc. | Dundas |
| 56 | Laura Hansen | President | Image Group Inc. | Vancouver |
| 57 | Jacqueline Shan | President, CEO & Chief Scientific Officer | CV Technologies Inc. | Edmonton |
| 58 | Lynn Hazlett | CEO | Primex Customs and Logistics Inc. | Mississauga |
| 59 | Dawna Henderson | President & Managing Partner | henderson bas | Toronto |
| 60 | Robin Howlings | President | Danamark Industries Ltd. | Brampton |
| 61 | Farah Perelmuter | CEO | Speakers' Spotlight | Toronto |
| 62 | Solange Strom | President | L'Occitane Canada | Toronto |
| 63 | Dawn Branton | President | Tech Electronic Services | Lindsay |
| 64 | Cynthia Richards | President | Event Spectrum Inc. | Toronto |
| 65 | Pat McNamara | President | APEX Public Relations | Toronto |
| 66 | Kathryn From; Shery Leeder | CEO; president | Bravado Designs Inc. | Toronto |
| 67 | Jill Anderson | President & CEO | Aecometric Corp. | Richmond Hill |
| 68 | Marilyn Short | CEO | Harbinger Communications Inc. | Toronto |
| 69 | Marla Kott; Ellen Flanders | CEO; president | Imprint Plus | Vancouver |
| 70 | Sabine Schleese | Managing Director | Schleese Saddlery Service Ltd. | Holland Landing |
| 71 | Jean Smith | President & CEO | C.W. Smith Crane Service Ltd. | Toronto |
| 72 | Jocelyna Dubuc | President | Spa Eastman | Eastman |
| 73 | Lori Van Opstal | President | Your Advantage Staffing Consultants Inc. | Cambridge |
| 74 | Paula Lishman | President | Paula Lishman Ltd. | Blackstock |
| 75 | Lucyanne Greenman | Managing Director | Canadian Hardware Consultants | Nepean |
| 76 | Leslie Lee | President & CEO | Scrapbooker's Paradise Ltd. | Calgary |
| 77 | P.J. Ferguson | President | ABL Employment Inc. | Burlington |
| 78 | Shelly Shewchuk | Dealer Principal | Recreation World RV's Ltd. | Thunder Bay |
| 79 | Monica Noren | President | BPC Business Pro Computer Products Ltd. | Vancouver |
| 80 | Christine Allen | Managing Partner | ABC Communications Ltd. | Quesnel |
| 81 | Janice Parente | President & Managing Director | ethica Clinical Research Inc. | Dorval |
| 82 | Debbie McGrath | CEO | HR.com | Aurora |
| 83 | Diane Price | President | Ashern Garage Ltd. | Ashern |
| 84 | Debra Manna Lykkemark | President | Culinary Capers Catering | Vancouver |
| 85 | Debbie Hanlon | President | Coldwell Banker Hanlon/Hanlon Industries/Jeperson Publishing | St. John's |
| 86 | Doris Valade | President | Malabar Super Spice Co. Ltd. | Burlington |
| 87 | Ruth Douglas | CEO | News Canada Inc. | Toronto |
| 88 | Bonnie Derry | CEO | Endymion Holdings Ltd. | Vernon |
| 89 | Linda Hipp | President | Lija Style Inc. | Richmond |
| 90 | Angelika Zammit | President | P.P.S. Printing Inc. | Markham |
| 91 | Elana Rosenfeld | CEO | Kicking Horse Coffee Co. Ltd. | Invermere |
| 92 | Karin Piett | CEO | Omega Frontline Apparel Ltd. | Vancouver |
| 93 | Catherine Daw | President | SPM Group Ltd. | Toronto |
| 94 | Victoria Sopik | President & CEO | Kids & Company Ltd. | Toronto |
| 95 | Ann Kaplan | President & CEO | Medicard Finance Inc. | Toronto |
| 96 | Cybele Negris | COO | Webnames.ca Inc. | Vancouver |
| 97 | Carol Denman | President | Atchison & Denman Court Reporting | Toronto |
| 98 | Annie Wong | President | Motronics Circuits International Inc. | Montreal |
| 99 | Danièle Henkel | President | Les Entreprises Danièle Henkel Inc. | Pointe Claire |
| 100 | Dana Zita | President | AND Logistix Inc. | Toronto |
