Editing Lists of Canadians (section)

==Businesspeople and entrepreneurs==
* [[Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook]], Baron Beaverbrook <small>[[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|PC]]</small> (1879–1964) – publishing baron, entrepreneur
* [[Francesco Aquilini]] (born 1969) – Chairman of the Aquilini Investment Group and owner of the [[Vancouver Canucks]]
* [[David Asper]] (born 1958) – chairman, Canwest Global Communications
* [[Izzy Asper]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] [[Order of Manitoba|OM]]</small> (1932–2003) – chairman, Canwest Global Communications
* [[Meghan Athavale]] – entrepreneur and visual artist
* [[Jeannine Bailliu]] – economist, policy advisor at the Bank of Canada
* [[Conrad Black]] – Lord Black of Crossharbour <small>[[Order of St. Gregory the Great|KCSG]] [[Doctor of Laws|LLD]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'')</small> (born 1944) – entrepreneur, publisher
* [[Willard Boyle]] (1924–2011) – invented [[charge-coupled device]]
* [[Edgar Bronfman, Sr.]] (1929–2013) – head of [[Seagram]]'s and long-time president of the [[World Jewish Congress]]
* [[Samuel Bronfman]] <small>[[Order of Canada|CC]]</small> (1889–1971) – founder of [[Seagram]]'s
* [[Robert Campeau]] (1923–2017) – real-estate mogul
* [[Jack Kent Cooke]] (1912–1997) – owner of the [[Los Angeles Lakers]], [[Los Angeles Kings]], [[Washington Redskins]] and the [[Chrysler Building]]
* [[James Alexander Cowan]] (1901–1978) – public relations consultant and founder of [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]]
* [[Samuel Cunard]] <small>[[Baronet|Bt]]</small> (1787–1865) – founder of [[Cunard Line]]
* [[William Davidson (lumberman)|William Davidson]] (1740–1790) – lumberman, shipbuilder, merchant
* [[Christine M. Day]] (born 1962) – former CEO of the Canadian clothing company Lululemon Athletica
* [[Michael DeGroote]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]]</small> (1932–2022) – businessman and philanthropist
* [[Paul Desmarais]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Canada|CC]]</small> (1927–2013) – Chairman, Power Corporation of Canada
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* [[Craig Dobbin]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]]</small> (1935–2006) – founder, chairman and CEO of [[CHC Helicopter]] Corporation
* [[Denzil Doyle]] (born 1932/1933) – founding president of [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]'s Canadian subsidiary
* [[James Hamet Dunn]] <small>[[Baronet|Bt]]</small> (1874–1956) – financier, steel magnate
* [[Timothy Eaton]] (1834–1907) – founder of [[Eaton's]] [[department store]]s
* [[Bernie Ebbers]] (1941–2020) – former CEO of [[WorldCom]]
* [[Sam Feldman (music executive)|Sam Feldman]] <small>{{post-nominals|post-noms=OBC}}</small> (born 1949) – music executive
* [[Alfred Fuller]] (1885–1973) – Fuller Brush Company
* [[Arcadi Gaydamak]] (born 1952) – owner of [[Beitar Jerusalem]]
* [[Percy Girouard]] <small>[[Order of St Michael and St George|KSMG]]</small> (1867–1932) – railway builder, governor
* [[Angèle Grenier]] – [[maple syrup]] producer known for her legal battles with the [[Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers]]
* [[Elliot Grove]], founder of [[Raindance Film Festival]], [[British Independent Film Awards]] and the [[Independent Film Trust]].
* [[Charles Guillimin]] (1676–1739) – shipbuilder, merchant and moneylender
* [[Zabeen Hirji]] (born 1960) – speaker, writer, former Chief Human Resources Officer, [[Royal Bank of Canada]]
* [[Janet Holder]] – business executive, head of [[Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines]]
* [[Robin Ingle]] – CEO and Chairman of the Ingle Group of Companies
* [[K. C. Irving]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]] [[Order of New Brunswick|ONB]]</small> (1899–1992) – industrialist
* [[Suresh Joachim]] (born 1968) – co-founder of WBBAS, No Poverty No Disease No War, World Peace Marathon and Suresh Joachim International Group of Companies
* [[F. Ross Johnson]] (1931–2016) – former CEO of [[RJR Nabisco]]
* [[Ron Joyce]] <small>[[Order of Canada|CM]]</small> (1930–2019) – original partner with Horton in [[Tim Hortons]], primary builder of the chain
* [[Moez Kassam]] (born 1980) – hedge fund manager, founder of Anson Group
* [[Izaak Walton Killam]] (1885–1955) – major financier
* [[James L. Kraft]] (1874–1953) – entrepreneur and inventor, founder of L. Kraft & Bros. Company, which later became [[Kraft Foods|Kraft Foods Inc]]
* [[Guy Laliberté]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]] [[Ordre National du Québec|CQ]]</small> (born 1959) – founder and owner of the [[Cirque du Soleil]]
* [[Bernard Lamarre]] (1931–2016) – Chairman & C.E.O., Lavalin Group, 1972–1991; senior advisor, SNC-Lavalin Inc., 1991–2016
* [[Cindy Lee (businesswoman)|Cindy Lee]] – founder of [[T & T Supermarket]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Werb|first=Jessica|title=Cindy Lee|url=http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/top-stories/2009/11/04/cindy-lee|access-date=25 May 2012|newspaper=BC Business|date=November 4, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321203337/http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/top-stories/2009/11/04/cindy-lee|archive-date=21 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[Michael Lee-Chin]] <small>[[Doctor of Laws|LLD]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'')</small> (born 1951) – CEO of AIC Diversified Canada Split Corp. and the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica
* [[Li Ka-shing]] (born 1928) – Chairman of the Board of [[Cheung Kong Holdings]] and [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
* [[Victor Li]] (born 1964) – deputy chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited
* [[William Secondo Lombardo]] (1930–2009) – owner of Lombardo Construction and CEO of Peerless-Cascade Plastics
* [[Pete Luckett]] (born 1953) – owner of Pete's Frootique and host of ''The Food Hunter''
* [[William Christopher Macdonald]] (1831–1917) – tobacco manufacturer, education philanthropist
* [[Terry Matthews]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]] [[Royal Academy of Engineering|FREng]]</small> (born 1943) – entrepreneur, chairman of [[Mitel]] and [[Wesley Clover]]
* [[Louis B. Mayer]] (1885–1957) – co-founder of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM) Studios
* [[Harrison McCain]] <small>[[Order of Canada|CC]] [[Order of New Brunswick|ONB]]</small> (1927–2004) – New Brunswick potato magnate
* Colonel [[Samuel McLaughlin]] <small>[[Order of Canada|CC]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] [[Canadian Efficiency Decoration|ED]]</small> (1871–1972) – Buick automobile manufacturer
* [[Simon McTavish (fur trader)|Simon McTavish]] (1750–1804) – fur trader
* [[Hartland Molson]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]] [[National Order of Quebec|GOQ]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]</small> (1907–2002) – [[Senate of Canada|Senator]], President of [[Molson]] Breweries
* [[John Molson]] (1763–1836) – founder of Molson Breweries
* [[Peter Munk]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]]</small> (1927–2018) – founder of [[Barrick Gold]]
* [[Saadia Muzaffar]]  –  entrepreneur, author and founder of TechGirls Canada
* [[Stephan Ouaknine]] – businessman in telecommunications and renewable energy
* [[Jim Pattison]] <small>[[Order of Canada|CM]] [[Order of British Columbia|OBC]]</small> (born 1928) – chairman, president, CEO, and owner of the [[Jim Pattison Group]]
* [[Pierre Péladeau]] <small>[[Order of Canada|CM]] [[National Order of Quebec|OQ]]</small> (1925–1997) – founder of [[Quebecor]] Inc.
* [[Pierre Karl Péladeau]] (born 1961) – President, CEO of [[Quebecor|Quebecor Inc.]], [[Québecor Média|Québecor Média Inc.]] and [[Sun Media|Sun Media Corporation]]
* [[Marie Penny]] (died 1970) – owner and operator of one of the largest 20th-century frozen fish companies in [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]
* [[John Draper Perrin]] (1890–1967) – entrepreneur, financier, mining executive
* [[Richard Porritt]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]]</small> (1901–1985) – mining industry executive
* [[Jean Pouliot]] (1923–2004) – founder of CFCF et Télévision Quatre Saisons
* [[John Redpath]] (1796–1869) – canal builder, sugar refinery founder
* [[Paul Reichmann]] (1930–2013) – developer of [[Canary Wharf]]
* [[Edward Samuel Rogers]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]]</small> (1933–2008) – president and CEO of [[Rogers Communications]]
* [[John Roth (businessman)|John Roth]] (born 1942) – former CEO of [[Nortel|Nortel Networks]]
* [[Lino Saputo]] (born 1937) – founder of [[Saputo Incorporated|Saputo]]
* [[Isadore Sharp]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]]</small> (born 1931) – founder of the [[Four Seasons Hotel]] chain
* [[E. D. Smith]] (1858–1943) – founder of E. D. Smith & Sons Ltd
* [[Levy Solomons]] (1730–1792) – merchant and fur trader
* [[John F. Stairs]] (1848–1904) – entrepreneur, statesman
* [[Frank Stronach]] <small>[[Order of Canada|CM]]</small> (born 1932) – entrepreneur, founder of [[Magna International]]
* [[E. P. Taylor]] (1901–1989) – entrepreneur, thoroughbred horse breeder
* [[Nat Taylor]] (1906–2004) – originator of [[Cineplex Entertainment]]
* [[Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet|Kenneth Thomson]], Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006)
* [[Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet|Roy Thomson]], Baron Thomson of Fleet <small>[[Order of the British Empire|GBE]] </small> (1894–1976) – entrepreneur, publisher
* [[William Cornelius Van Horne]] <small>[[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]]</small> (1843–1915) – constructed the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]
* [[Jack L. Warner]] (1892–1978) – founder of [[Warner Bros.]] Studios
* [[Galen Weston]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]] [[Order of Ontario|OOnt]]</small> (1940–2021) – owner of [[Loblaws]], [[Holt Renfrew]], and [[Selfridges]]
* [[Chip Wilson]] (born 1956) – founder of [[Lululemon Athletica]]
* [[Walter Wolf]] (born 1939) – oil drilling equipment supplier and Formula 1 team owner
* [[Bob Young (businessman)|Bob Young]] (born 1953/1954) – self-publishing website, owner of CFL [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats|Hamilton Tiger Cats]]