In 1983
Canadian Business published a two-part article in the November (Vol.56, No.3) and December (Vol.56, No.4) issues on the top 10 private Canadian companies. Five are profiled in November: 1) Olympia & York; 2) Bata Shoe; 3) T. Eaton Co. Ltd.; 4) The Irving Industrial Group and 5) James Richardson & Sons. In December you will find: 6) Burns Foods; 7) PCL Construction; 8)Mannix Family; 9) Jim Pattison Group and 10) McCain Foods. Apart from the profiles the following table is found on p.55 of the December issue and it is presented here for your convenience.
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| Rank |
Company |
1982 Sales ($ Billions) |
Where it would rank of CB's Top 500 |
| 1 |
Olympia & York |
2.9* |
23 |
| 2 |
Bata Shoe |
2.2* |
34 |
| 3 |
T. Eaton Co. |
2.1* |
36 |
| 4 |
Irving Industrial Group |
1.9* |
38 |
| 5 |
James Richardson & Sons |
1.3 |
60 |
| 6 |
Burns Foods |
1.25 |
63 |
| 7 |
PCL Construction |
1.01 |
76 |
| 8 |
Mannix Family |
.9* |
84 |
| 9 |
Jim Pattison Group |
.715 |
99 |
| 10 |
McCain Foods |
.698 |
102 |
*estimates