Hall Of Fame

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:
    2023Aisha Yang, Musharaf Syed — Herbaland Naturals Inc.
    2022Joanna Griffiths — Knix
    2021Carl Hansen — AbCellera
    2019Geoff Chutter — WhiteWater
    2018Germain Lamonde — EXFO
    2017Louis Roy — Optel Group
    2016Murad Al-Katib* — AGT Food and Ingredients Inc.
    2015Michael Donovan — DHX Media Ltd. 
    2014Linda Hasenfratz — Linamar Corporation
    2013Geoff Smith — EllisDon Corporation
    2012Dr. Alan Ulsifer — FYIdoctors
    2011Dani Reiss — Canada Goose
    2010James Temerty — Northland Power Income Fund
    2009Dan Themig, Ken Paltzat, Peter Krabben — Packers Plus Energy Services Inc.
    2008Dr. Piyush Patel — Allied Research International
    2007Peter Gilgan — The Mattamy Corporation
    2006Guy Laliberté* — Cirque du Soleil
    2005David Werklund — CCS Income Trust
    2004Bill Comrie — The Brick Warehouse Corporation
    2003Donald Triggs — Vincor International Inc.
    2002David Robson — Veritas (DGC) Inc.
    2001Kenneth Field — Commercial Alcohols Inc.
    2000Clive Beddoe, Don Bell, Mark Hill, Tim Morgan — WestJet Airlines Ltd.
    1999Ronald Joyce — The TDL Group
    1998Kwok Yuen Ho — ATI Technologies Inc.
    1997Klaus Woerner — ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.
    1996Rod McPike — Propak Systems Ltd.
    1995Vic De Zen — Royal Plastics Group Limited
    1994Daniel Langlois — Soft Image Inc.

    *EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winner

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.

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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.

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