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BOOKOFLISTS

THE 2012

RED HOTBC’s top companies BC’s fastest-growing companiesBC’s biggest employers

SAMPLE PAGES

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Publisher: Paul HarrisManaging Publisher: Gail ClarkResearchers: Richard Chu, Emma

Crawford, Anna LiczmanskaArt Director: Randy PearsallSales Manager: Joan McGroganAdvertising Sales: Lori Borden,

Janice Frome, Blair Johnston, Michele Mackenzie, Corinne Tkachuk, Pia Tomlins, Chris Wilson

Production Manager: Don Schuetze

Production: Carole ReadmanAdministrator: Katherine ButlerCirculation Manager: Veera IraniController: Marlita HodgensPresident, BIV Media Group:

Paul Harris

Book of Lists 2012 is published by BIV Magazines, a division of BIV Media Group, 102 Fourth Avenue East, Vancouver, B.C. V5T 1G2, 604-688-2398, Fax 604-688-1963, www.businessinvancouver.com. BIV Media Group also publishes Business in Vancouver. Copyright 2012, BIV Magazines. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or incorporated into any information retrieval system without permission of BIV Magazines. The list of services provided in this publication is not necessarily a complete list of all such services available in Vancouver, B.C. The publishers are not responsible in whole or in part for any errors or omissions in this publication.ISSN 0-9686026-0-6

PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO: 40069240. REGISTRATION NO: 8876. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to Circulation Department: 102 Fourth Avenue East, Vancouver, B.C. V5T 1G2. E-mail: [email protected]

LISTS BY CATEGORY Achievers

Private companies — 8, 10, 12, 13Public companies — 14, 16, 17, 18, 19Fastest-growing companies — 20, 22, 24Highest-paid executives — 26, 27

Finance & ProfessionalAccounting firms — 30Banks — 32Credit unions — 32Insurance brokers — 33Law firms — 34Financial planning — 36Sales and management

training firms — 37 Professional organizations — 38

Marketing & MediaAd agencies — 40Graphic designers — 42, 43Commercial printers — 44Public relations — 45Trade and consumer shows — 46Convention and meeting

venues — 48Promotional product companies — 49

TechnologyEngineering firms — 51Telecoms — 52Tech companies — 54, 56, 58Mining mergers and acquisitions — 59Mining companies — 60

Real Estate & ConstructionProperty managers — 64Real estate deals — 66, 68Real estate brokerages — 70Architects — 72Interior designers — 74Construction companies — 75Construction starts — 76

Leisure & ServicesAirlines — 79Resorts — 80Casinos and bingo halls — 82Hotels — 84Golf courses — 85Security companies — 86Employment and

recruitment agencies — 88, 90, 92, 93Manufacturers — 94Women-managed organizations – 95

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INDEX OF LISTS

Accounting firms — 30Ad agencies — 40Airlines — 79Architects — 72Banks — 32Casinos and bingo halls — 82Commercial printers — 44Construction companies — 75Construction starts — 76Convention and meeting

venues — 48Credit Unions — 32Employment and recruitment agencies — 88, 90, 92, 93Engineering firms — 51Fastest-growing companies — 20, 22, 24Financial planning — 36Golf courses — 85Graphic designers — 42, 43Highest-paid executives — 26, 27Hotels — 84Insurance brokers — 33Interior designers — 74Law firms — 34Manufacturers — 94Mining companies — 60Mining mergers and acquisitions — 59Private companies — 8, 10, 12, 13Professional organizations — 38Promotional product companies — 49Property managers — 64Public companies — 14, 16, 17, 18, 19Public relations — 45Real estate brokerages — 70Real estate deals — 66, 68Resorts — 80Sales and management

training firms — 37 Security companies — 86Tech companies — 54, 56, 58Telecoms — 52Trade and consumer shows — 46Women-managed organizations – 95

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