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The Entrepreneur Of The Year® Hall of Fame is an elite group of people who have been recognized for their exceptional entrepreneurial achievements. For 30 years EY has been celebrating ingenuity in Canada through the Entrepreneur Of The Year program. The program has recognized more than 3,000 outstanding entrepreneurs for their vision, innovation, courage, and leadership in building and growing successful businesses — businesses that influence the way we live, the products and services we depend on, and the economic vibrancy of our local communities and global markets.
Through the Entrepreneur Of The Year program, we recognize and celebrate unstoppable entrepreneurs who redefine the way we live, work and play.
Here are the unstoppable visionaries across Canada who were named Canada’s EY Entrepreneur Of The Year:
2024
Ken Harris — Plusgrade
2023
Aisha Yang, Musharaf Syed — Herbaland Naturals Inc.
2019
Geoff Chutter — WhiteWater
2018
Germain Lamonde — EXFO
2017
Louis Roy — Optel Group
2016
Murad Al-Katib* — AGT Food and Ingredients Inc.
2015
Michael Donovan — DHX Media Ltd.
2014
Linda Hasenfratz — Linamar Corporation
2013
Geoff Smith — EllisDon Corporation
2012
Dr. Alan Ulsifer — FYIdoctors
2011
Dani Reiss — Canada Goose
2010
James Temerty — Northland Power Income Fund
2009
Dan Themig, Ken Paltzat, Peter Krabben — Packers Plus Energy Services Inc.
2008
Dr. Piyush Patel — Allied Research International
2007
Peter Gilgan — The Mattamy Corporation
2006
Guy Laliberté* — Cirque du Soleil
2005
David Werklund — CCS Income Trust
2004
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, Don Bell, Mark Hill, Tim Morgan — WestJet Airlines Ltd.
1999
Ronald Joyce — The TDL Group
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.
*EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winner
Here are the unstoppables who were named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Pacific Award winner:
2024
Tobyn Sowden — Redbrick
2023
Aisha Yang, Musharaf Syed — Herbaland Naturals Inc.
2022
Dr. Thomas Madden — Acuitas Therapeutics
2022
Anna Sainsbury — GeoComply
2022
John Nicola — Nicola Wealth
2022
Euan Ramsay, James Taylor — Precision NanoSystems
2022
Hamed Shahbazi — WELL Health Technologies Corp.
2021
Judi Hess – Copperleaf
2021
Rizwan Somji – Cymax Group Technologies
2019
Geoff Chutter — WhiteWater
2018
Christian Chia — OpenRoad Auto Group Limited
2017
Rob McCurdy — Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc.
2016
Allen Eaves — STEMcell Technologies Inc.
2015
John Anderson — The Oppenheimer Group
2014
Thomas Leavitt — Leavitt Machinery
2013
Glenn Johnson — Endurance Wind Power, Inc.
2012
Ashley Cooper — Paladin Security Group
2011
Robert Little — FPI Fireplace Products International Inc.
2010
Chad Wasilenkoff — Fortress Paper Ltd.
2009
Ryan Beedie — The Beedie Group
2008
Brian Hill — Aritzia LP
2007
Lukas Lundin — The Lundin Group of Companies
2006
Art Aylesworth — Carmanah Technologies Corp.
2005
Ian Telfer — Goldcorp Inc.
2004
Robert Madigan — Teligence Communications Inc.
2003
Ian and Louise Mummery — International Vision Direct Corp.
2002
Greg Peet — A.L.I. Technologies
2001
Peter Brown — Canaccord Capital Corporation
2000
Dr. Julia Levy — QLT Inc.
1999
Wendy McDonald — The BC Bearing Group
1998
Peter Thomas — Samoth Capital Corporation
1997
Ike Barber — Slocan Forest Products Ltd.
1996
Norman Keevil — Teck Corporation
1995
John Volken — United Furniture Warehouse
Here are the unstoppables who were named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Prairies Award winner:
2024
Denis Jones — The Deveraux Group of Companies
2023
Mark McNeill — The Stream‑Flo Group of Companies
2022
Roger Babichuk, Sean Penn, Tim Coldwell — Chandos Construction
2021
Clay Purdy – Fluid Energy Group Ltd.
2019
Brent Macklin, Dennis Kellner — Arctic Spas
2018
Linda McCurdy — K-Bro Linen Systems Inc.
2017
Jeff Granberg — PD Group of Companies.
2016
Murad Al-Katib* — AGT Food and Ingredients Inc.
2015
Patrick Priestner — AutoCanada Inc.
2014
Bill McCaffrey — MEG Energy
2013
Dale Wishewan — Booster Juice
2012
Dr. Alan Ulsifer — FYidoctors
2011
Mac Van Wielingen — ARC Financial Corp.
2010
William Elkington — JV Driver Group
2009
Dan Themig, Ken Paltzat, Peter Krabben — Packers Plus Energy Services Inc.
2008
Clayton Ridell — Paramount Resources Ltd.
2007
Louie Tolaini — TransX Group of Companies
2006
Tim Melton — Melcor Developments Ltd.
2005
David Werklund — CCS Income Trust
2004
Bill Comrie — The Brick Warehouse Corporation
2003
Jose Correia, Brian Gringras — Bee-Clean Building Maintenance Inc.
2002
David Robson — Veritas DGC Inc.
2001
James Kinnear — Pengrowth Energy Trust
2000
Clive Beddoe, Don Bell, Mark Hill, Tim Morgan — WestJet Airlines Ltd.
1999
John Forzani — The Forzani Group Ltd.
1998
Marcel Tremblay — The Enerplus Group
1997
Rod McPike — Propak Systems Ltd.
1996
Ed McNally — Big Rock Brewery Ltd.
1995
J.R. (Bud) McCaig — Trimac Ltd.
*EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winner
Here are the unstoppables who were named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Ontario Award winner:
2024
Clive Kinross — Propel Holdings
2023
Graham Rosenberg — dentalcorp
2022
Kyle Braatz — Fullscript
2022
Joanna Griffiths — Knix
2021
Geoffrey T. Martin – CCL Industries Inc.
2021
Michael Serbinis – League
2021
Bert Mucci – Mucci Farms
2019
Jim Estill — Danby Appliances
2018
Stuart Lombard — ecobee
2017
John Sicard — Kinaxis Inc.
2016
Steven K. Hudson — Element Financial Corporation
2015
Neil Cawse — Geotab Inc.
2014
Linda Hasenfratz — Linamar Corporation
2013
Geoff Smith — EllisDon Corporation
2012
John A. McCluskey — Alamos Gold Inc.
2011
Dani Reiss — Canada Goose
2010
Jim Temerty — Northland Power Income Fund
2009
Tom Jenkins — Open Text Corporation
2008
Dr. Piyush Patel — Allied Research International Cetero Research Inc.
2007
Peter Gilgan — Mattamy Homes Limited
2006
Eric Sprott — Sprott Asset Management Inc.
2005
Ellis Jacob — Cineplex Galaxy LP
2004
Ned Goodman — Dundee Wealth Management Inc.
2003
Donald Triggs — Vincor International Inc.
2002
C. Warren Goldring — AGF Management Limited
2001
Kenneth Field — Commercial Alcohols Inc.
2000
Morgan Firestone — Glendale International Corporation
1999
Ronald Joyce — The TDL Group Ltd.
1998
Kwok Yuen Ho — ATI Technologies Inc.
1997
Klaus Woerner — ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.
1996
Robert V. Breadner — Breadner Trailer Sales Limited
1995
Vic De Zen — Royal Plastics Group Limited
1994
A.M. Cuddy — Cuddy International Corp.
Here are the unstoppables who were named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Québec Award winner:
2024
Ken Harris — Plusgrade
2023
Fred Jalbout — SACO Technologies Inc.
2022
Isabelle Côté — Coffrages Synergy Formwork
2021
Louis Têtu – Coveo Solutions
2021
Madeleine Paquin – Logistec Corporation
2019
Noah Stern, Ayal Twik — MooseKnuckles Canada
2018
Germain Lamonde — EXFO Inc.
2017
Louis Roy — Optel Vision/Optel Group
2015
François-Xavier Souvay — Lumenpulse Inc.
2014
Wayne Burke, Steve Shoiry — DNE Resources Inc.
2013
Marc Dutil — Groupe Canam Inc.
2012
Michel Gendreau — Garaga inc.
2011
Sean Roosen — Osisko Mining Corporation
2010
Stanley Ma — MTY Food Group Inc.
2009
Jacques Larivière — Demilec Inc.
2008
Jean Gattuso — A. Lassonde inc.
2007
Andrew Lutfy — Groupe Dynamite Inc.
2006
Guy Laliberté* — Cirque du Soleil
2005
Jean-Marc Eustache — Transat A.T. inc.
*EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winner
Here are the unstoppables who were named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Atlantic Award winner:
2024
Hakan Uluer — The Bertossi Group
2023
Keith McIntosh — PLATO
2022
Brendan Brothers, Jamie King, Raymond Pretty — Verafin
2021
John Williams – Nutra Holdings
2019
Larry Puddister — Pennecon Ltd.
2018
Rob Steele — Steele Auto Group/Newfoundland Capital Corporation
2017
Joseph Randell — Chorus Aviation Inc.
2016
David Ford, Andrew Steeves — BioScript Pharmacy Ltd.
2015
Michael Donovan — DHX Media Ltd.
2014
Robert Crosbie — Crosbie Group Limited
2013
Francis McGuire — Major Drilling Group International
2012
Patrick O’Callaghan — East Coast Catering Limited
2011
Marcel LeBrun, Chris Newton, Chris Ramsey — Radian6 Inc.
2010
Duncan Shaw — Cogsdale
2009
David Wilson — Wilson Group of Companies
2008
George Armoyan — Clarke/Geosam Investments Limited
2007
Glenn Cooke — Cooke Aquaculture
2006
Charles Cartmill — C-Vision Ltd
2005
Mike Wilson — Atlantic Industries Limited
2004
Richard Homburg — Homburg Invest Inc.
2003
Bernard Imbeault — Pizza Delight Corporation
2002
Ches Penney — The Penney Group of Companies
2001
Allan Shaw — The Shaw Group Limited
2000
Craig L. Dobbin — CHC Helicopter Corporation
1999
Michael R. Duck — A.C. Dispensing Equipment Inc.
1998
Harrison McCain — McCain Foods Limited
1997
John Risley — Clearwater Fine Foods Inc.
1996
Hector Jacques — Jacques Whitford Group Ltd.
1995
Ronald J. Gougen — Major Drilling Group International Inc.
1994
John L Bragg — Oxford Frozen Foods Limited
To find more outstanding individuals who have come through the awards program search the Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame by company name, member last name, region or award year. See for yourself the entrepreneurial excellence we've been so honoured to celebrate since 1986.
The Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame is located on the 23rd floor of the EY US headquarters office at 5 Times Square, New York. The physical Hall of Fame highlights the history of the Entrepreneur Of The Year Program and many of the business leaders who have been honoured with this distinction.