In addition to Bloomberg and Forbes, some other organizations and publications also measure the wealth of high net-worth individuals and families.
Several publications have produced listings of the world's wealthiest people by net worth, including Bloomberg and Forbes.
The richest Canadian to have ever lived is believed to be Herbert Samuel Holt, president of 27 corporations (including Royal Bank of Canada and Montreal Light, Heat & Power), and a director of 250 companies worldwide, who had an estimated net worth of CA$3 billion in 1928 (equivalent to $51.8 billion in 2023).
"[16]: 1, 3 In their 2017 list that ranked Canada's top 100 richest people, Toronto-based Rob McEwen of McEwen Mining, ranked 100th with a net worth of C$875 million, while number 1 on the list—the Toronto-based Thomson family of Thomson Reuters—had a net worth of C$39.13 billion.
[16]: 3 In their June 2020 report, the PBO introduced their new "analytic resource" developed to "address the data gap."
The PBO says that the discrepancy may be due to higher incidences of high net worth families not responding to the SFS.
The magazine has published complete rankings of the "100 wealthiest individuals and families in Canada", an "annual guide to the richest people in Canada—how much they're worth, how they made their fortunes, and the companies that got them there.