The Canadian Business Power 50

Each year, Canadian Business compiles a list of the executives, entrepreneurs, politicos, and thinkers who are changing the way Canada does business. Click or tap any name on the list to read more on canadianbusiness.com about where they got their influence and why they matter now.

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Rank	Name	Title	Organization	Why they matter
1	Rachel Notley	Premier	Province of Alberta	Has all of Canada waiting for answers MORE
2	Mark Wiseman	President & CEO	Canada Pension Plan Investment Board	Ensures you can retire MORE
3	John Ruffolo	CEO	OMERS Ventures	Bankrolls Canada’s tech resurgence MORE
4	Justin Trudeau	Prime Minister	Canada	Sets the country’s priorities MORE
5	Mike Lazaridis	Founder	Quantum Valley Investments	Building the next Silicon Valley in Waterloo, Ont. MORE
6	Steve Williams	President & CEO	Suncor Energy Inc.	Doesn’t let depressed oil prices slow him down MORE
7	Prem Watsa	Chairman & CEO	Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.	Has investors hanging on his every word MORE
8	Stephen Poloz	Governor	Bank of Canada	Safeguards the economy MORE
9	Alain Bouchard	Founder	Alimentation Couche-Tard	Conquered the world, one convenience store at a time MORE
10	Deborah Gillis	President & CEO	Catalyst Inc.	Pushes corporations to advance women MORE
11	Tobias Lütke	Co-Founder & CEO	Shopify Inc.	Proved it’s safe for tech firms to go public again MORE
12	Jason Kenney	Member of Parliament	Calgary Midnapore	Rallying the opposition in Parliament MORE
13	Jim Balsillie	Innovation Lobbyist		Speaks for the tech sector MORE
14	John Tory	Mayor	City of Toronto	Put the country’s biggest city back on track MORE
15	Karen McKibbin	President	Nordstrom Canada	Setting a new standard for customer service MORE
16	Bruce Flatt	CEO	Brookfield Asset Management	Wields a massive portfolio MORE
17	Angela Strange	Partner	Andreesen Horowitz	Connects Canadian startups to Silicon Valley MORE
18	Jim Pattison	Founder	The Jim Pattison Group	Proves age is just a number MORE
19	Jeffrey Orr	President & CEO	Power Financial Corp.	The Demarais family’s chosen one MORE
20	David Thomson	Chairman	Thomson Reuters	Bringing the Thomson name to new frontiers MORE
21	Sarah Irving	EVP & Chief Brand Officer	Irving Oil	A scion in the making MORE
22	Galen G. Weston	President	Loblaw Cos. Ltd.	Commands a growing retail empire MORE
23	Shane Smith	Co-Founder & CEO	Vice Media	Tearing down the old media establishment MORE
24	Ryan Holmes	Founder & CEO	Hootsuite Media Inc.	Showing Vancouver can compete with Silicon Valley MORE
25	Bruce Heyman	U.S. Ambassador to Canada		Strengthening U.S.-Canada Relations MORE
26	Dave Mowat	President & CEO	ATB Financial	At the centre of Alberta’s petro politics MORE
27	John Chen	CEO	BlackBerry	Gave us a reason to root for BlackBerry MORE
28	Frank McKenna	Deputy Chair	TD Bank Group	Has a direct line to business and government MORE
29	Markus Frind	Founder	Plenty of Fish	Putting his fortune back into business MORE
30	Frank Giustra	Financier & Philanthropist		Believes mining will rise again MORE
31	Guy Laurence	President & CEO	Rogers Communications Inc.	Upending the telecommunications sector MORE
32	Ed Clark	Premier’s Business Advisor	Province of Ontario	Accomplished the impossible in our biggest province MORE
33	Elyse Allan	President & CEO	GE Canada	Influencing the future of major industries MORE
34	Daryl Katz	Founder	Katz Group	Re-making downtown Edmonton MORE
35	Darren Entwistle	President & CEO	Telus Communications Co.	Returned to finish the job MOR
36	Iain Klugman	CEO	Communitech	Teaches big business to think like startups again MORE
37	Stewart Butterfield	Founder	Slack	Changed the way offices work MORE
38	Michael Sabia	CEO	Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec	Throws his weight behind Quebec business MORE
39	Calvin Helin	President	Eagle Spirit Energy	Secured First Nations support for pipelines MORE
40	Dominic Barton	Global Managing Director	McKinsey & Co.	Advises the world’s top CEOs MORE
41	Kirstine Stewart	VP, North American Media	Twitter	Helps women discover their leadership potential MORE
42	Wes Hall	Founder & CEO	Kingsdale Shareholder Services	Navigates high-stakes boardroom battles MORE
43	Marc-André Blanchard	CEO	McCarthy Tétrault	Keeps Big Law fresh MORE
44	Jos Schmitt	President & CEO	Aequitas Innovations Inc.	Bringing change to capital markets MORE
45	Victor Dodig	CEO	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	Gives competitors a reason to fear CIBC MORE
46	Wally Smith	President	Dairy Farmers of Canada	Protects Big Dairy’s turf MORE
47	Garry Reece	Mayor	Lax Kw’alaams Band	Could make or break LNG MORE
48	Ann Cavoukian	Executive Director	Privacy & Big Data Institute, Ryerson University	Tells business how to keep data safe MORE
49	Benoit Daignault	CEO	Export Development Canada	Pushes businesses to go abroad MORE
50	Imran Amed	Founder	Business of Fashion	Built a huge following in a $1 trillion industry MORE