(Eduardo Lima/CP)
The Canadian Business Investor 500 Stock Ranking looks for companies whose stocks boast stellar returns, and you seldom find those without solid profits. These are the 15 most profitable publicly traded Canadian companies now:
| Rank | Company | Ticker | Profit ($mil)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Bank of Canada | RY | 9,917 |
| 2 | Toronto-Dominion Bank | TD | 8,073 |
| 3 | Bank of Nova Scotia | BNS | 7,093 |
| 4 | Bank of Montreal | BMO | 4,444 |
| 5 | CIBC | CM | 3,633 |
| 6 | Canadian National Railway Co. | CNR | 3,626 |
| 7 | Brookfield Asset Management Inc. | BAM.A | 2,981 |
| 8 | BCE Inc. | BCE | 2,852 |
| 9 | Great-West Lifeco Inc. | GWO | 2,807 |
| 10 | Magna International Inc. | MG | 2,676 |
| 11 | Manulife Financial Corp. | MFC | 2,513 |
| 12 | Power Financial Corp. | PWF | 2,449 |
| 13 | Sun Life Financial Inc. | SLF | 2,285 |
| 14 | Power Corp. of Canada | POW | 1,838 |
| 15 | Thomson Reuters Corp. | TRI | 1,593 |
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