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Top 50 Non-Financial Co-operatives in Canada 2008
| Rank by Revenues[d] |
Name of Co-operative | Total Revenues ($) |
Assets ($) |
Members Equity to Assets[a] (%) |
Liabilities to Equity Ratio[b] | Total Members | Employees | Year End (month) |
Major Activities | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2007 | Full Time | Part Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Federated Co-operatives Limited (Sask.) |
8,468,561,000 | 3,714,889,000 | 59.1% | 0.7 | 268 [c] | 3,077 | - | October | Wholesaler, consumer goods, petroleum refinery, building materials |
| 2 | 2 | La Coop fédérée (Que.) | 3,606,101,000 | 1,143,503,000 | 32.9% | 2.0 | 94 [c] | 11,175 | - | October | Pork and poultry processing, petroleum, feed mill, farm supplies |
| 3 | 3 | Agropur Coopérative (Que.) | 2,824,489,000 | 1,097,494,000 | 59.1% | 0.7 | 3,615 | 3,488 | 87 | October | Dairy products |
| 4 | 4 | United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Limited (Alta.) |
2,177,510,000 | 786,403,000 | 55.8% | 0.8 | 222,494 | 353 | 959 | December | Petroleum, farm supplies, building materials |
| 5 | 5 | Calgary Co-op Assoc. Ltd. (Alta.) | 1,116,917,000 | 374,201,000 | 68.5% | 0.5 | 434,446 | 1,310 | 2,690 | October | Supermarket, petroleum, pharmacy, travel agency |
| 6 | 6 | Co-op Atlantic (N.B.) | 579,611,502 | 166,659,000 | 42.0% | 1.4 | 124 | 518 | 115 | November | Wholesaler, food, petroleum, feed mill, consumer goods, farm supplies |
| 7 | 8 | Red River Co-operative Ltd (Man) | 485,730,906 | 147,759,677 | 85.2% | 0.2 | 180,190 | 18 | - | October | Petroleum retail |
| 8 | 7 | Gay Lea Foods Co-op Ltd (Ont.) | 386,638,000 | 207,753,000 | 52.4% | 0.9 | 3,458 | 483 | 29 | September | Dairy products |
| 9 | 9 | Exceldor coopérative avicole (Que.) | 373,237,238 | 123,686,451 | 66.6% | 0.5 | 256 | 900 | 900 | January | Slaughtering, processing and marketing of poultry products |
| 10 | 10 | Nutrinor, coopérative agro-alimentaire du Saguenay Lac St-Jean (Que.) |
313,367,238 | 83,181,113 | 28.8% | 2.5 | 1,211 | 335 | 25 | October | Dairy products, petroleum, feed mill, hardware |
| 11 | 14 | Hensall District Co-op Inc. (Ont.) | 298,315,786 | 108,469,524 | 46.1% | 1.2 | 4,378 | 257 | 57 | July | Grain marketing, feed mill, petroleum, farm supplies |
| 12 | 11 | Interprovincial Co-operatives Limited (Sask.) | 278,234,000 | 26,999,000 | 45.0% | 1.2 | 5[c] | 53 | 71 | October | Wholesale distributor of food and farm supplies, produces agricultural chemicals |
| 13 | 12 | Scotsburn Co-op Services Ltd.(N.S.) | 252,836,692 | 90,752,899 | 38.3% | 1.6 | 3,200 | 775 | 255 | September | Dairy products, farm supplies |
| 14 | 13 | Mountain Equipment Co-op (B.C.) | 249,904,000 | 172,445,000 | 78.4% | 0.3 | 2,959,482 | 518 | 1,128 | December | Outdoor recreational equipment |
| 15 | 15 | Saskatoon Co-op Association Limited (Sask.) | 233,785,201 | 93,536,980 | 74.3% | 0.3 | 71,392 | 335 | 518 | January | Petroleum, supermarket, building materials, consumer goods, farm supplies |
| 16 | 21 | Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec (Que.) | 203,612,695 | 102,667,644 | 46.8% | 1.1 | 14[c] | 120 | 20 | December | Wholesaler, petroleum, consumer goods, marketing Inuit handicrafts (Northern Québec) |
| 17 | 17 | Groupe Dynaco, coopérative agroalimentaire (Que.) | 193,083,332 | 101,475,657 | 30.7% | 2.3 | 1,928 | 396 | 75 | October | Dairy products, building materials, farm machinery, hardware |
| 18 | 19 | Prince Albert Co-op Assoc. Ltd. (Sask) | 191,166,894 | 80,755,731 | 83.1% | 0.2 | 27,596 | 323 | 127 | October | Petroleum, supermarket, consumer goods, farm supplies |
| 19 | 22 | Comax, coopérative agricole (Que.) | 189,062,128 | 49,417,894 | 35.8% | 1.8 | 872 | 130 | 18 | November | Pork, feed mill, farm machinery, farm supplies, petroleum |
| 20 | 16 | Farmer's Co-operative Dairy Ltd. | 186,860,400 | 76,115,000 | 35.0% | 1.9 | 128 | 460 | 139 | October | Dairy products |
| 21 | 20 | Pioneer Co-op Assoc. Ltd. (Sask.) | 177,380,881 | 75,272,933 | 74.5% | 0.3 | 18,736 | 183 | 202 | January | Fertilizer and chemicals, petroleum, supermarket, building materials |
| 22 | 23 | Medicine Hat Co-op Ltd. (Alta.) | 164,548,210 | 58,340,469 | 73.1% | 0.4 | 32,017 | 139 | 86 | October | Gas bars, supermarket, farm supplies, pharmacy |
| 23 | 25 | Profid'or, coopérative agricole (Que.) | 156,556,041 | 43,580,028 | 44.6% | 1.2 | 792 | 107 | 21 | November | Feed mill, pork marketing, petroleum, farm supplies, hardware |
| 24 | 18 | Manitoba Pork Marketing Co-op Inc. | 145,284,782 | 5,553,006 | 58.3% | 0.7 | 539 | 15 | 4 | December | Pork |
| 25 | 30 | Vanderhoof and District Cooperative Association (B.C.) | 132,359,178 | 43,469,407 | 85.6% | 0.2 | 22,138 | 49 | 62 | December | Petroleum, supermarket |
| 26 | 28 | Peninsula Consumer Services Co-operative (B.C.) | 131,768,659 | 50,759,936 | 65.5% | 0.5 | 42,308 | 80 | 190 | March | Petroleum, supermarket, tobacco retail |
| 27 | 27 | Granny's Poultry Co-operative Manitoba Ltd. (Man.) | 130,253,917 | 46,083,391 | 65.8% | 0.5 | 184 | 451 | 10 | December | Poultry processing |
| 28 | 32 | Unicoop, coopérative agricole (Que.) | 130,120,154 | 61,242,863 | 35.4% | 1.8 | 945 | 200 | 64 | October | Feed mill, pork marketing, hardware, farm machinery |
| 29 | 24 | Amalgamated Dairies Ltd. (P.E.I.) | 128,005,787 | 44,229,327 | 60.0% | 0.7 | 224 | 268 | 137 | December | Dairy products, consumer goods, farm machinery |
| 30 | 34 | Société coopérative agricole des Bois-Francs (Que.) | 127,452,584 | 48,430,022 | 45.1% | 1.2 | 867 | 210 | 32 | October | Feed mill, petroleum, mixed animals marketing, farm machinery, building materials |
| 31 | 33 | Arctic Co-operatives Limited (ACL) (Man.) | 123,727,355 | 39,775,691 | 75.1% | 0.3 | 31[c] | 67 | 11 | December | Wholesaler, consumer goods, aboriginal handicrafts (Northwest Territories, Nunavut) |
| 32 | 40 | Ste. Anne Co-operative Oil Limited (Man.) | 120,266,302 | 47,460,388 | 64.2% | 0.6 | 19,400 | 34 | 60 | October | Gas bars, other petroleum products |
| 33 | 35 | A.C.A. Co-operative Limited | 114,665,000 | 48,155,000 | 28.5% | 2.5 | 86 | 644 | 15 | February | Processing and wholesale of poultry and eggs, farm supplies |
| 34 | 38 | Red Deer Co-op Limited (Alta.) | 112,071,783 | 38,529,170 | 69.0% | 0.4 | 44,298 | 168 | 243 | January | Supermarket, petroleum, building materials, liquor |
| 35 | 31 | Sincere Trading of K.B.A. Co-op Inc (ON) | 108,573,764 | 8,367,877 | 30.9% | 2.2 | 1,850 | 70 | 15 | August | Wholesaler, tobbaco, supermarket, candy |
| 36 | 39 | Sherwood Co-op Assoc. Ltd. (Sask.) | 107,407,514 | 31,027,523 | 96.1% | 0.0 | 50,040 | 89 | 245 | January | Petroleum, supermarket, farm supplies |
| 37 | 36 | Otter Farm & Home Co-op (B.C.) | 105,256,035 | 41,460,975 | 83.0% | 0.2 | 28,548 | 150 | 105 | February | Petroleum, feed mill, supermarket |
| 38 | 37 | Western Drug Distribution Center Limited (Alta.) | 102,924,056 | 29,053,489 | 10.9% | 8.2 | 537 | 71 | 19 | June | Wholesaler veterinary supplies |
| 39 | 49 | La Coop Purdel (Que) | 92,369,663 | 43,576,892 | 37.0% | 1.7 | 596 | 125 | 53 | October | Dairy products, farm supplies |
| 40 | 42 | Heritage Co-op 1997 Ltd. (Man.) | 90,971,001 | 30,705,231 | 86.6% | 0.2 | 17,857 | 128 | 110 | December | Supermarket, petroleum, farm supplies |
| 41 | 43 | Wetaskiwin Co-op Assn. Ltd. | 83,271,930 | 34,902,789 | 64.0% | 0.6 | 11,864 | 96 | 42 | October | Petroleum, feed mill, buidling materials, hardware |
| 42 | 45 | Winkler Consumers Co-operative Ltd. | 80,687,468 | 28,090,792 | 71.4% | 0.4 | 11,213 | 90 | 114 | December | Supermarket, petroleum, hardware, building materials |
| 43 | 41 | Northumberland Co-op Ltd. (N.B.) | 79,089,859 | 29,861,735 | 77.9% | 0.3 | 302 | 185 | 52 | December | Dairy products, building materials, hardware, farm supplies |
| 44 | 44 | Société coopérative agricole la Seigneurie (Que.) | 77,925,199 | 28,784,712 | 47.3% | 1.1 | 1,768 | 125 | 10 | October | Pork, feed mill, petroleum, building materials, hardware |
| 45 | 46 | Lloydminster & District Co-op Ltd. (Sask.) | 76,083,876 | 27,617,346 | 62.1% | 0.6 | 13,136 | 153 | 66 | January | Petroleum, supermarket, farm supplies, building materials, pharmacy |
| 46 | 50 | Pembina Consumers Co-op (2000) Ltd. (Man.) | 73,250,012 | 40,411,829 | 70.8% | 0.4 | 9,703 | 100 | 30 | January | Farm supplies, petroleum, building materials, consumer goods, supermarket |
| 47 | 56 | AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. (Ont.) | 72,113,398 | 63,912,969 | 21.5% | 3.6 | 1,227 | 101 | 44 | August | Pork, feed mill, farm machinery, farm supplies, petroleum |
| 48 | 60 | Vauxhall Co-op Petroleum Ltd. | 71,250,484 | 34,409,501 | 70.2% | 0.4 | 6,000 | 65 | 15 | October | Petroleum |
| 49 | 54 | La Coopérative Agricole d'Embrun Limitée | 69,186,787 | 26,524,748 | 36.6% | 1.7 | 4,589 | 86 | 223 | August | Petroleum, supermarket, feed mill, hardware, farm supplies |
| 50 | 48 | Mid Island Consumer Services Co-operatives (B.C.) | 67,367,557 | 32,436,903 | 67.0% | 0.5 | 27,009 | 11 | 2 | January | Gas bars and other petroleum retail |
a : Members loans and patronage dividends portion of long term debt is included with members equity
b : Total liabilities to members equity
c : Member co-operatives representing many thousand individual members
d : Previous year ranking may differ from original report due to revisions.
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