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Province of Manitoba Profile:
   
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Economic Base


Top 100 Companies (1-20)

Top 100 Companies (21-41)
Top 100 Companies (42-64)
Top 100 Companies (65-86)
Top 100 Companies (87-100)
Top Crown Corporations
Top Co-ops
Top Co-ops (2)
Top Exporters
Top R & D
Top Employers
List By Industry Sectors

Top 100 Companies

Source: 17th Annual Edition, Top 100 Companies Survey 2000,

Manitoba Business Magazine July/August 2000

1999
Rank

Company

Location

Gross
Revenues
1999
( 000)

Net
Income
1999
(000)

Total Assets 1999 (000)

Total Employees

Manitoba Employees

Nature
of
Business

1

Great West Life Insurance Co.

Winnipeg

13326000

671000

86941000

13728

2128

Financial Security

2

Cargill Ltd.

Winnipeg

3529427

 

1168000

4800

540

Agriculture

3

James Richardson and Sons Ltd.

Winnipeg

1864153

36475

878413

1100

375

Holding Company

4

XCAN Granin Pool Ltd.

Winnipeg

1238082

 

76449

100

66

Marketer

5

Investors Group Inc.

Winnipeg

1048469

235613

1811958

1831

1203

Financial Services

6

Canwest Global Communications Corp.

Winnipeg

881998

146103

1689430

3300

120

Broadcasting

7

Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co.

Winnipeg

806412

91427

2368306

1319

345

Insurance

8

Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group

Winnipeg

791500

 

850800

3602

1182

Aerospace Manufacturer

9

Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.

Winnipeg

722084

93931

253991

3273

3273

Telecommunications

10

Northwest Company Fund

Winnipeg

626000

28000

388000

4500

 

Retail

11

New Flyer Industries Ltd.

Winnipeg

536000

   

2380

1486

Bus Manufacturer

12

Gendis Inc.

Winnipeg

392265

4281

267270

4100

900

Conglomerate

13

Winpak Ltd.

Winnipeg

374011

16629

290330

1549

387

Packaging Materials

14

Boeing Canada Technology

Winnipeg

373,045

32942

93994

1452

1452

Aerospace Manufacturer

15

Palliser Furniture Ltd.

Winnipeg

372054

   

4497

3685

Furniture Manufacturer

16

Bird Construction Co. Ltd.

Winnipeg

341401

7625

121650

400

60

General Contractor

17

Assante Corp.

 

317100

1294

568327

1191

265

Life Management

18

N.M Paterson and Sons Ltd.

Winnipeg

282545

 

86312

250

140

Grain Merchant

19

Moffat Communications Ltd.

Winnipeg

233500

21000

590300

1000

550

Cable and TV

20

United Grain Growers Ltd.

Winnipeg

209227

3575

554322

1621

 

Agri-business

 

Top100 Companies

Source: 17th Annual Edition, Top 100 Companies Survey 2000,

Manitoba Business Magazine July/August 2000

1999 Rank

Company

Location

Gross Revenues 1999 (000)

Net Income 1999 (000)

Total Assets 1999 (000)

Total Employees

Manitoba Employees

Nature of Business

21

St. Boniface General Hospital

Winnipeg

204600

5800

207700

   

Health Care

22

Maxim Transportation Services Inc.

Winnipeg

170000

 

55000

300

175

Leasing and Rentals

23

Birchwood Automotive Group Ltd.

Winnipeg

167236

 

41721

370

370

Auto Sales

24

Manitoba Milk Producers

Winnipeg

162158

3

17687

26

26

Marketing

25

National Leasing Group Inc.

Winnipeg

160596

 

254498

155

130

Asset Financing

26

Penn-Co Group

Oxford House

152806

 

53670

250

130

General Contractor

27

Reimer Express Lines Ltd.

Winnipeg

141000

 

70000

1500

500

LTL Trucking

28

Old Dutch Foods Ltd.

Winnipeg

135930

   

500

180

Snack Food Manufacturer

29

Ceridian Canada Ltd.

Winnipeg

134900

   

1300

250

Payroll and Human Resources Management

30

United Health Services Corp.

Winnipeg

132200

 

52519

150

150

Health Benefits

31

Kitchen Craft Cabinetry

Winnipeg

129000

   

1300

1200

Cabinetry Manufacturer

32

Triple E Canada Ltd.

Winnipeg

107000

   

550

550

RV and Trailer Manufacturer

33

FWS Construction Ltd.

Winnipeg

100532

   

260

125

General Contractor

34

Flynn Canada Ltd.

 

100000

   

1000

150

Construction

35

Pollard Banknote Ltd.

Winnipeg

98706

 

58168

1000

450

Security Printing

36

Princess Group Inc.

93320

   

572

266

Retail

37

Vita Health Products Inc.

Winnipeg

89897

   

650

350

Health Products

38

Keystone Ford Sales Ltd.

Winnipeg

87895

 

44665

142

142

Vehicle Sales

39

United Pharmacists Ltd.

Winnipeg

87000

 

13000

50

50

Wholesale

40

WGI Westman Group Inc.

84978

 

49349

400

240

Manufacturer

41

Granny's Poultry CO-OP Ltd.

Winnipeg

83000

   

360

360

Poultry Processor

Top100 Companies

Source: 17th Annual Edition, Top 100 Companies Survey 2000,

Manitoba Business Magazine July/August 2000

1999 Rank

Company

Location

Gross Revenues 1999 (000)

Net Income 1999 (000)

Total Assets 1999 (000)

Total Employees

Manitoba Employees

Nature of Business

42

McDiarmid Lumber Ltd.

Winnipeg

82000

   

500

400

Building Supplies

43

Federated Insurance Holdings

Winnipeg

80841

4272

181027

266

140

General Insurance

44

Buhler Industries Inc.

Winnipeg

79961

5797

74843

650

600

Farm Equipment Manufacturer

45

Tanbridge Corporation

76464

1507

45368

425

250

Leather Manufacturer

46

Direct Integrated Transportation Inc.

Winnipeg

70000

 

30000

1100

550

Transportation

47

Monarch Industries Ltd.

Winnipeg

66752

   

467

462

Manufacturing

48

Portage La Prairie Mutual Insurance

Winnipeg

65602

2694

116874

146

72

Insurance

49

Jostens Canada Ltd.

Winnipeg

64390

6378

57986

1000

994

Manufacturing

50

E.H. Price Ltd.

Winnipeg

62000

 

45000

650

495

Manufacturer

51

Kortex Computer Centre Ltd.

Winnipeg

61721

   

161

116

E-Business

52

University of Winnipeg

Winnipeg

60000

 

50000

550

550

Education

53

Roy Legumex Inc.

St. Jean Baptiste

55538

 

13477

30

30

Special Crops

54

Allmar Distributors Ltd.

Winnipeg

55000

   

310

200

Wholesale Distributor

55

Boyd Group Inc.

Winnipeg

54640

1546

34968

670

142

Autobody

56

Brett-Young Seeds Ltd.

Winnipeg

52000

1500

31500

96

87

Forage and Seed

57

Empire Iron Works Ltd.

Winnipeg

52000

   

250

90

Construction

58

Meyers Norris Penny

Winnipeg

51023

   

793

261

Accounting

59

Angus Reid Group Inc.

Winnipeg

50000

 

19000

1000

850

Market Research

60

Cangene

Winnipeg

49505

15412

62186

249

202

Pharmaceutical

61

Myriad Innovative Designs Inc.

44533

 

7629

90

82

Computer Manufacturer

62

Dominion Veterinary Laboratories Ltd.

Winnipeg

43839

 

14793

   

Veterinary Drug Manufacturer

63

Park Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd.

Winnipeg

41984

 

11596

86

86

Auto Dealership

64

Vansco Electronics Ltd.

Winnipeg

41349

460

26921

474

471

Electronics Manufacturer

 

Top100 Companies

Source: 17th Annual Edition, Top 100 Companies Survey 2000,

Manitoba Business Magazine July/August 2000

1999 Rank

Company

Location

Gross Revenues 1999 (000)

Net Income 1999 (000)

Total Assets 1999 (000)

Total Employees

Manitoba Employees

Nature of Business

65

B.A. Robinson Co. Ltd.

Winnipeg

40000

       

Distributor

66

Cummins Mid Canada Ltd.

Winnipeg

37660

   

127

75

Transport Distributor

67

Kraft Construction Company Ltd.

Winnipeg

37200

   

50

50

General Contractor

68

Riverview Health Centre

Winnipeg

37000

 

72000

860

860

Health Facility

69

Warehouse One Ltd.

Winnipeg

36653

186

10515

460

 

Retail Clothing

70

Tundra Oil and Gas Ltd.

Winnipeg

36600

6700

90500

30

30

Oil Exploration and Production

71

Peak of the Market

Winnipeg

35205

134

3203

38

38

Fresh Produce

72

Phillips and Temro Industries

Winnipeg

35100

 

27000

350

347

Manufacture Auto Products

73

Eastern Chrysler Plymouth Inc.

Winnipeg

34400

   

80

80

Auto Dealership

74

Winnipeg Airport Authority

Winnipeg

31500

7700

25900

130

130

Airport Management

75

Wardrop Holdings Inc.

Winnipeg

28630

   

418

172

Engineering and Technology

76

Red River Valley Mutual Insurance Co

Winnipeg

22070

810

39943

37

37

General Insurance

77

Premier Printing Ltd.

Winnipeg

22040

418

15181

117

92

Commercial Printing

78

Neon Products

Winnipeg

22000

 

32000

240

105

Manufacturer

79

Concord Projects Ltd.

Winnipeg

21500

   

15

15

General Contractor

80

Powerland Computers Ltd.

Winnipeg

18371

   

108

108

Computer Sales

81

Midwest Detroit Diesel-Allison Ltd.

Winnipeg

18032

 

8101

99

65

Diesel Engine

82

Online Business Systems

Winnipeg

17139

 

10700

250

111

E-Business

83

Salisbury House of Canada

Winnipeg

15800

   

552

552

Restaurant

84

Delmar Commodities Ltd.

15782

197

1184

8

8

Grain Elevator

85

A & K Millwork Ltd.

Winnipeg

15000

   

130

130

Arch. Millwork

86

Broetta Construction Ltd.

 

13631

278

3262

26

26

General Contractor

 

Top100 Companies

Source: 17th Annual Edition, Top 100 Companies Survey 2000,

Manitoba Business Magazine July/August 2000

1999 Rank

Company

Location

Gross Revenues 1999 (000)

Net Income 1999 (000)

Total Assets 1999 (000)

Total Employees

Manitoba Employees

Nature of Business

87

Rice Capital Management Plus Inc.

Winnipeg

12801

21

1700000

387

195

Financial Services

88

INSI Integrated Systems Inc.

12519

   

100

79

Computer Technology

89

Westman Communications Group

12391

1684

14891

99

99

Cable TV

90

Searcy Trucking Ltd.

Winnipeg

12300

1300

7100

   

Transport

91

RW Packaging

 

10038

1372

6108

65

40

Consumer Products

92

Loadline Manufacturing Inc.

7894

160

2020

38

38

Manufactures Truck Boxes

93

Westland Steel Products Ltd.

Winnipeg

6626

360

2405

70

67

Manufacturer

94

Shelmerdine Nurseries and Garden Centre

Headingley

6625

184

3703

200

200

Retail Garden Centre

95

AML Wireless Systems Inc.

5727

   

33

32

Broadband

96

Embassy Graphics Ltd.

Winnipeg

5000

   

60

59

Pre-press

97

Timmerman Enterprises Ltd.

4603

184

1720

16

16

Fertilizer Chemical

98

CFG Futures Canada Inc.

2993

 

7447

18

18

Brokerage

99

Intercontinental Truck Body Inc.

Winnipeg

2900

200

 

40

40

Truck Body Manufacturer

100

Spectra Computer Services Ltd.

Winnipeg

2514

   

25

24

E-solutions

 

 

Top Crown Corporations

Source: 17th Annual Edition, Top 100 Companies Survey 2000,

Manitoba Business Magazine July/August 2000

1999 Rank

Company

Location

Gross Revenues 1999 (000)

Net Income 1999 (000)

Total Assets 1999 (000)

Manitoba Employees

Nature of Business

1

Canadian Wheat Board

Winnipeg

4026703

3893197

8204959

514

Grain Marketing

2

Manitoba Hydro

Winnipeg

1400000

145000

8700000

4600

Energy

3

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Winnipeg

1100000

 

50000

27000

Health Care

4

Manitoba Public Insurance

Winnipeg

529700

51400

1284000

1231

Automobile Insurance

5

Manitoba Liquor Control Commission

Winnipeg

379929

151710

26913

686

Sale of Alcohol

6

Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation

 

105100

67100

221700

100

Crop Insurance

7

Cancer Care Manitoba

Winnipeg

34302

892

61135

320

Health Care

 

Top Co-ops

Source: 17th Annual Edition, Top 100 Companies Survey 2000,

Manitoba Business Magazine July/August 2000

1999 Rank

Company

Location

Gross Revenue 1999 (000)

Net Income 1999 (000)

Total Assets 1999 (000)

Manitoba Employees

Nature of Business

1

Tru-Serv Cooperative

 

160000

   

330

Cooperative

2

Red River Co-operative

 

70108

6590

30884

17

Petroleum Retailer

3

Swan Valley Co-op Ltd.

Swan Valley

30001

1484

16559

125

Retail, Agricultural, and Petroleum

4

Heritage

Co-operative

 

27000

1900

14500

110

Retail

5

Neepawa Gladstone Co-op

Gladstone and Neepawa

22440

724

12172

92

Retail

6

Co-op St. Leon Ltee

St. Leon

22352

1200

13425

90

Retail

7

Twin Valley Co-op Ltd.

 

20005

988

18923

65

Retail

8

Ste. Anne Co-op Oil Ltd.

Ste. Anne

19550

3043

12204

45

Bulk Petroleum

9

Portage La Prairie Consumers Co-op Ltd.

Portage La Prairie

18700

606

12832

100

Retail

10

Winkler Consumer Co-op Ltd.

Winkler

16050

1213

7940

84

Retail

11

Mariapolis Consumers Co-op Ltd.

Mariapolis

15794

565

9550

35

Retail

12

North of 53 Consumers

Co-op Ltd.

 

15770

758

7142

60

Retail

13

Carman Co-op (1959) Ltd.

Carman

15113

1078

7746

65

Retail

14

Parkway Consumers

Co-op Ltd.

 

13960

915

5948

60

NA

15

Valleyview Co-operative Ltd.

 

13454

609

7422

60

Retail

16

Sun Valley Co-op Ltd.

 

12720

399

6020

70

Retail

 

 

Top Co-ops

Source: 17th Annual Edition, Top 100 Companies Survey 2000,

Manitoba Business Magazine July/August 2000

1999 Rank

Company

Location

Gross Revenue 1999 (000)

Net Income 1999 (000)

Total Assets 1999 (000)

Manitoba Employees

Nature of Business

17

Beausejour Co-op Ltd.

Beausejour

11996

949

4648

45

Retail and Bulk Petroleum

18

Arborg Consumers Co-op Association

Arborg

11458

684

7110

65

Retail

19

Boissevain Consumers Co-op Association

Boissevain

7510

20

4892

40

NA

20

Elm Creek Co-operative Oil and Supplies

Elm Creek

3258

331

2217

11

Retail



 

Top Exporters

Source: 17th Annual Edition, Top 100 Companies Survey 2000,

Manitoba Business Magazine July/August 2000

 

1999 Rank

Company

Location

Exports

(% of Gross Revenues)

Exported To

Gross Revenues 1999 (000)

1

AML Wirless Systems

99

US

5727

2

Canadian Wheat Board

Winnipeg

90

Various

4026703

3

XCAN Grain Pool Ltd.

Winnipeg

90

Japan

1238082

4

Tanbridge Corp.

85

US

76464

5

New Flyer Industries Ltd.

Winnipeg

80

US

536000

6

Roy Legumex Inc.

St. Jean Baptiste

80

US

55538

7

Cangene Corp.

Winnipeg

77

US

49505

8

Winpak Ltd.

Winnipeg

75

US

374011

9

Brett-Young Seeds Ltd.

Winnipeg

75

US

52000

10

Phillips and Temro Industries

Winnipeg

75

US

35100



 

Top R & D

 

1999 Rank

Company

Location

R & D Expenditure (% of Gross Revenue)

Gross Revenues 1999 (000)

1

Cangene Corp.

Winnipeg

20.2

49505

2

Cancer Care Manitoba

Winnipeg

10.0

34302

3

Vansco Electronics

Winnipeg

8.7

41349

4

Online Business Systems

Winnipeg

7.0

17139

5

Rice Capital Management Plus Inc.

Winnipeg

6.0

12801

6

Neon Products

Winnipeg

5.0

22000

7

St. Boniface General Hospital

Winnipeg

3.9

204600

8

Investors Group Inc.

Winnipeg

3.5

1048469

9

University of Winnipeg

Winnipeg

3.3

60000

10

Angus Reid Group Inc.

Winnipeg

3.0

50000

 

Top Employers

 

1999 Rank

Company

Location

Manitoba Employees

1

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

27000

2

Manitoba Hydro

4600

3

Palliser Furniture Ltd.

3685

4

Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.

3273

5

Great West Life Insurance Company

2128

6

New Flyer Industries Limited

1486

7

Boeing Canada Technology

1452

8

Manitoba Public Insurance

1231

9

Investors Group Inc.

1203

10

Kitchen Craft Cabinetry

1200

11

Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group

1182

12

Jostens Canada Ltd.

994

13

Gendis Inc.

900

14

Riverview Health Centre

860

15

Angus Reid Group, Inc.

850

Source: 17th Annual Edition, Top 100 Companies Survey 2000, Manitoba Business Magazine July/August 2000

 

List By Industry Sectors

Source: 17th Annual Edition, Top 100 Companies Survey 2000,

Manitoba Business Magazine July/August 2000

Industry Sector

Number of Companies

Percentage

Retail/Consumer

29

21.48

Investment/Insurance Finance

21

15.5

Manufacturing

19

14.07

Agriculture

12

8.8

Computer/Technology

9

6.6

Construction

9

6.6

Business Services

7

5.18

Transportation

7

5.18

Printing

6

4.4

Communications

5

3.7

Health

5

3.7

Environment/Resources

2

1.48

Wholesale

2

1.48

Education

1

0.74

Hospitality

1

0.74

Note: List is Comprised from Company Survey of Top 100 List, Co-ops 21, Credit Unions 7, Crown Corporations 7.

 

 

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