''Canadian Business'' is the longest-publishing
business
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magazine
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based in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada, and founded in 1927.
The print edition terminated in the end of 2016. Beginning in January 2017, the magazine was published online only.
In October 2021, ''Canadian Business'' relaunched its print edition as a quarterly magazine.
History and profile
The magazine was founded in 1927.
The first issue appeared in February 1928 as ''The Commerce of the Nation'', the organ of the
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
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. The magazine was renamed ''Canadian Business'' in 1933. Canadian Business official association with the Chamber of Commerce ended in 1977, the position of official media partner is currently held by George Media's ''
The Canadian Business Journal
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''. It is owned by
Rogers Communications
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.
The company acquired the magazine in 1944.
The former owner was Maclean Hunter.
''Canadian Business'' is published every second week, monthly in January, July and August. Its special annual issues include: the Rich 100 (highlighting the
wealth
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iest Canadians), the Investor 500 (comparing the largest 500 publicly listed Canadian companies), All-Star Execs (about the best corporate executives), the
MBA
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Report, and the Best and Worst Boards.
Its main direct competition comes from ''Report on Business Magazine'', published by and inserted in ''
The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
'' newspaper, ''Financial Post Magazine'', formerly ''National Post Business'', published by and inserted in the ''
National Post
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'' newspaper and ''The Canadian Business Journal'' business magazine published by George Media.
''
Profit'', targeting
small and mid-sized businesses, is a sister title under the same ownership.
On March 20, 2019, Rogers announced a deal to sell the magazine to
St. Joseph Communications.
"Toronto Life owner St. Joseph Communications to buy Rogers magazines"
''The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
'', March 20, 2019.
Annual report on wealthiest Canadians
see List of Canadians by net worth
The following list of Canadians by net worth includes the wealthiest Canadian individuals and families as determined by the ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index'' and ''The World's Billionaires'' by ''Forbes''. In addition to Bloomberg and ''Forbes'', t ...
2008
In 2008 the Canadian Business magazine's annual report on the wealthiest Canadians calculated that the Irving family combined wealth rose 34 percent from 2007 to $US 7.11 billion. Only the Thompson family, with a net worth is $US 18.45 billion, are wealthier
2012
In their annual report on Canada's wealthiest, Canadian Business magazine described Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) Canadians as having a very profitable year. The wealthiest are now among the 0.00028%, not just the 1%. Frank Stronach's net was $US 2.72 Billion in 2011-2012. The Chan family's net worth was $US 1.03 billion. JR Shaw's net worth was $US 1.5 billion up 4.41 percent from last year.
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