Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year
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National and regional award winners
The list of national and regional award winners for nearly 20 years reads as a veritable who’s-who of Canada’s fastest-rising business leaders.
The National and Lifetime Achievement award recipients have each received an exclusive crystal trophy, designed by Mark Raynes Roberts of Raynes & Co.
Canada’s Entrepreneur Of The Year, 1994–2012
| 2012 | Dr. Alan Ulsifer | FYidoctors |
| 2011 | Dani Reiss | Canada Goose |
| 2010 | James Temerty | Northland Power Income Fund |
| 2009 | Dan Themig, Ken Paltzat and Peter Krabben | Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. |
| 2008 | Dr. Piyush Patel | Allied Research International |
| 2007 | Peter E. Gilgan | The Mattamy Corporation |
| 2006 | Guy Laliberté | Cirque du Soleil |
| 2005 | David P. Werklund | CCS Income Trust |
| 2004 | William (Bill) Comrie | The Brick Warehouse Corporation |
| 2003 | Donald Triggs | Vincor International Inc. |
| 2002 | David Robson | Veritas (DGC) Inc. |
| 2001 | Kenneth Field | Commercial Alcohols, Inc. |
| 2000 | Clive Beddoe, Mark Hill, Don Bell, Tim Morgan | WestJet Airlines Ltd. |
| 1999 | Ronald Joyce | The TDL Group Ltd. |
| 1998 | Kwok Yuen Ho | ATI Technologies Inc. |
| 1997 | Klaus Woerner | ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. |
| 1996 | Rod McPike | Propak Systems Ltd. |
| 1995 | Vic De Zen | Royal Plastics Group Limited |
| 1994 | Daniel Langlois | Soft Image Inc. |
Lifetime Achievement Awards
| 2012 | Pacific Dr. Norman B. Keevil | Teck Resources Limited |
| Ontario Joseph L. Rotman | Roy-L Capital Corporation | |
| 2011 | Atlantic Derek Oland | Moosehead Breweries |
| 2010 | Pacific Peter M. Brown | Canaccord |
| Québec Charles Sirois | Telesystem | |
| Atlantic Dr. Regis Duffy | BioVectra Inc. | |
| 2009 | Atlantic Mel Woodward | Woodward Group of Companies |
| 2008 | Pacific Robert H. Lee | The Prospero Group |
| Prairies Clayton Riddell | Paramount Resources Ltd. | |
| Ontario Ted Rogers | Rogers Communications Inc. | |
| Québec Pierre Péladeau | Quebecor | |
| Atlantic Irving Schwartz | Schwartz and Company Limited | |
| 2007 | Ontario Wallace McCain | Maple Leaf Foods Inc., McCain Foods Group |
| Atlantic Graham Dennis | The Halifax Herald Limited | |
| 2006 | Pacific Dr. John MacDonald | Day4 Energy Inc. |
| Québec Joseph Kruger II | Kruger Inc. | |
| 2005 | Ontario Gerald Schwartz | Onex Corporation |
| Québec André Chagnon | |
| Atlantic Kenneth Rowe | I.M.P. Group International Inc. | |
| 2004 | Pacific William L. Sauder | Sauder Industries Ltd. |
| Québec Rémi Marcoux | Transcontinental Inc. | |
| Atlantic Paul Johnson | Johnson Insurance Corporation | |
| 2003 | Ontario Isadore Sharp | Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts |
| Québec Stephen A. Jarislowsky | Jarislowsky Fraser Limited | |
| Atlantic Harry Steele | Newfoundland Capital Corporation | |
| 2002 | Pacific Milton K. Wong | HSBC Asset Management (Canada) Limited |
| Prairies JR Shaw | Shaw Communications Inc. | |
| Ontario Edwin Mirvish | Ed Mirvish Enterprises | |
| Québec Jean Coutu | Le Groupe Jean Coutu (PJC) Inc. | |
| Atlantic David F. Sobey, Sobey's Inc. | Donald R. Sobey, Empire Co. Ltd. | |
| 2001 | Pacific Joseph Segal | Kingwood Capital Corporation |
| Prairies Arthur DeFehr | Palliser Furniture | |
| Ontario Thomas & Sonja Bata | Bata Limited | |
| Québec Paul Desmarais | Power Corporation of Canada (PJC) Inc. | |
| Atlantic John Bragg | Oxford Frozen Foods | |
| 2000 | Pacific Jim Pattison | The Jim Pattison Group |
| Prairies Jim Gray | Canadian Hunter Exploration Limited | |
| Ontario Frank Stronach | Magna International Inc. | |
| Québec Laurent Beaudoin | Bombardier Inc. |