In April 2021, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a report stating that Canada’s richest only got richer since the Covid-19 pandemic started. In fact, Canadian billionaire wealth went up by $78 billion one year into the pandemic. While no similar report has been released recently, WEALTH-X shared some insights in September 2021, analyzing the status of the world’s billionaires and this includes Canada’s wealthiest percentile. For starters, the number of billionaires in Canada has reached 53, according to the report, with a combined wealth of US$100 billion, growing by 15 (or 4.5 per cent). While overall, today’s billionaires are younger than the billionaires of yesteryear, there are some legacy family institutions that continue to hold immense wealth in this country. But who exactly are some of these billionaire family empires? Here are 20 families you should make note of.
![The Thomson Family the exterior of the Thomson Reuters building](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Thomson Family
![The Weston Family Galen Weston](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Weston Family
![The McCain Family Boxes of McCain pizzas](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The McCain Family
![The Coutu Family Jean Coutu at a pharma event](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Coutu Family
![The Saputo Family assorted cheeses stacked](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Saputo Family
![The Rogers Family Rogers sign](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Rogers Family
![The Richardson Family grain field](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Richardson Family
![The Irving Family Exterior of an Irving Oil gas station](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Irving Family
![The Desmarais Family Paul Desmarais Jr., chairman and co-chief executive officer of Power Corp. of Canada at an event](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Desmarais Family
![The Pattison Family Jim Pattison](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Pattison Family
![The Bombardier Family The back of a man wearing a Bombardier jacket](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Bombardier Family
![The Hasenfratz Family Linda Hasenfratz](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Hasenfratz Family
![The Gaglardi Family Current president of the company Tom Gaglardi](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Gaglardi Family
![The Apostolopoulos Family Triple Group Chairman and CEO is Andreas Apostolopoulos](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Apostolopoulos Family
![The Sobey Family An exterior shot of a Sobey's grocery store](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Sobey Family
![The Lalji Family an exterior shot of the Royal York Hotel](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Lalji Family
![Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman at an event](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman
![The Lee-Chin Family Michael Lee-Chin portrait](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Lee-Chin Family
![The Aquilini Family Francesco Aquilini](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)
The Aquilini Family
![The Slaight Family Gary Slaight](https://www.slice.ca/wp-content/themes/slice/assets/default_images_placeholder.png)