The Globe and Mail’s comprehensive ranking of Canada’s corporate boards

For the 17th year in a row, Report on Business has rated the work of Canada’s corporate boards using a rigorous set of governance criteria designed to go far beyond minimum mandatory rules imposed by regulators.
Markers at the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness at University of Toronto examined the boards of directors of 242 companies and trusts in the S&P/TSX composite index to assess the quality of their governance practices.
Tap or click the arrows to scroll through the questions. For a full explanation of each question and how marks were assigned, see the full Board Games 2018 methodology.
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Editor’s note: A Monday Report on Business feature on corporate governance, called Board Games, included incorrect marking information for Barrick Gold Corp., which received a mark of 86, but should have scored 87 out of 100, tying for 44th place in the ranking.

A Monday Report on Business feature on corporate governance, called Board Games, included incorrect marking information for National Bank of Canada, which received a mark 87 but should have scored 88 out of 100, tying for 38th place in the ranking. The same report also included an incorrect mark for Nutrien Ltd., which received a score of 74 but should have scored 76, tying for 116th place.

A Monday Report on Business feature on corporate governance, called Board Games, included incorrect marking information for Great-West Lifeco Inc., which received a mark 50 but should have scored 52 out of 100, tying for 219th place in the ranking.

A Nov. 26 Report on Business feature on corporate governance, called Board Games included incorrect marking information for Methanex Corp., which received a mark of 85 but should have scored 87 out of 100, tying for 46th place in the ranking. The report also had incorrect marking information for NovaGold Resources Inc., which received a mark of 64 but should have scored 66 out of 100, tying for 172nd place.

A Nov. 26 Report on Business feature on corporate governance, called Board Games included incorrect marking information for Morneau Shepell Inc., which received a mark of 90 but should have scored 91 out of 100, tying for 28th place in the ranking. The report also had incorrect marking information for TMX Group Ltd., which received a mark of 86 but should have scored 87 out of 100, tying for 46th place.

A Monday Report on Business feature on corporate governance, called Board Games included incorrect marking information for Cenovus Energy Inc., which received a mark of 85 but should have scored 88 out of 100, tying for 38th place in the ranking. The report also had incorrect marking information for Goldcorp Inc., which received a mark of 83 but should have scored 85 out of 100, tying for 60th place.

A Nov. 26 Report on Business feature on corporate governance, called Board Games included incorrect marking information for Franco-Nevada Corp., which received a mark of 90 but should have scored 91 out of 100, tying for 28th place in the ranking.

A Nov. 26 Report on Business feature on corporate governance, called Board Games included incorrect marking information for Finning International Inc., which received a mark of 91 but should have scored 93 out of 100, tying for 18th place in the ranking.