Scale. When I compare the USA to Canada, I usually think ten to one. The branch plant mentality, and the resource give away. It's a big US company in Canada

Scale. When I compare the USA to Canada, I usually think ten to one. The branch plant mentality, and the resource give away. It's a big US company in Canada reaping the benefits (but only 1/10 of what they reap in the USA.) And yes sometimes, it's a big (as in big for Canada) Canadian company in the USA reaping (ten times) the benefit but that's rare. Canada's 100 biggest companies by revenue in 2012... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/top-1000/canadas-100-biggest-companies-by-revenue-in-2012/article4372876/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazi... 22 BCE Inc.(De11) 19,588,000 7.69 20 Bombardier Inc.(De11)1 18,882,000 11.99 26 Research In Motion(Ma12)1 18,456,000 -7.33 27 Bombardier Aerospace(De11)1 18,347,000 -1.14 29 Bell Canada(De11) 17,133,000 9.34 53 Telus Communications(De11) 10,397,000 8.4 54 Telus Corp.(De11) 10,397,000 6.27 64 IBM Canada(De11) 9,051,000 14.3 A few big "tech" companies, but mostly insurance, Canadian chartered banks, and "branch-plant" resource extraction. I like flickr, but I don't see it on the list.