Last year the 60 CEOs of Canada's largest companies were paid $647,133,700 or an average of $10,785,600. That's over $200,000 per week and up 41% from the amounts paid in 2006. Almost half of this was profits realized from the exercise of company options. Compensation ranged from $550,000 per ...

The current edition of Canadian Business magazine features details on the CEOs of Canada’s 50 largest companies by revenue according to the 2008 CB Investor 500. The 54 gentlemen (no women) on the list shared 39 given names.