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Profit HOT 50, Canada's Emerging Growth Companies

HOT 50 rank	Company	Growth (%)	Revenue 2007 ($)	Revenue 2009 ($)	Profit margin	Employees 2007	Employees 2009	Exports as % of sales
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1	Great Circle Works Inc. / Zipfy Inc.	2,277	< 50,000	1,188,355	0-10%	2	4	80
2	GT Global Telecom Networks Corp.	1,936	< 50,000	1,018,101	0-10%	10	24	0
3	Teach Away Inc.	1,823	78,473	1,508,709	>10%	4	13	100
4	SalesForce Search Ltd.	1,620	59,551	1,024,443	>10%	2	20	0
5	Simply Good Technologies Inc.	1,495	< 50,000	797,498	0-10%	4	12	18
6	Paradigm Public Relations Inc.	1,350	178,719	2,592,187	>10%	2	10	0
7	Shopify (Jaded Pixel Technologies Inc.)	1,174	193,772	2,469,255	0-10%	5	20	90
8	VersaPay Corp. (TSXV: VPY)	1,107	697,100	8,412,095	LOSS	22	53	0
9	Fabulous Furballs Ltd.*	981	78,914	853,121	LOSS	5	15	0
10	Mama Earth Organics Inc.	925	76,472	784,189	0-10%	3	13	0
11	Benbria Corp.	879	65,595	642,080	LOSS	6	16	25
12	Syncapse Corp.	714	1,115,563	US 9,077,063	0-10%	10	130	60
13	Traxion Consulting Inc.	678	131,277	1,021,276	>10%	3	8	75
14	RevenueWire Inc.	630	1,453,879	10,607,172	>10%	8	38	90
15	Best Body Bootcamp Inc.	623	85,551	618,227	0-10%	2	10	0
16	Appnovation Technologies Inc.	612	147,389	1,048,948	>10%	2	20	90
17	Flashframe Digital Media	554	77,192	504,460	>10%	2	4	0
18	The Envision Group (Envision Engineering and Contracting Inc.)	535	12,362,379	78,531,067	0-10%	55	340	0
19	I&W Research Inc.	482	113,190	658,972	>10%	2	4	80
20	Forward Focus Recruitment Inc.	413	143,823	738,241	>10%	2	5	0
21	Millier Dickinson Blais Inc.	390	368,189	1,804,856	>10%	4	11	0
22	Xtreme Labs Inc.	383	649,462	3,138,337	>10%	8	39	80
23	Staffmax Staffing & Recruiting Corp.	376	233,349	1,110,650	>10%	3	6	0
24	CakeMail Inc.	366	211,160	985,001	0-10%	4	14	65
25	HomeStars (Home Stars Directory Ltd.)	359	130,124	596,819	LOSS	7	12	0
26	Spark Internet Marketing Corp.	346	317,273	1,413,854	0-10%	4	9	25
27	CONASYS Consumer Assurance Systems Inc.	337	126,156	550,674	LOSS	5	15	0
28	The Tile Shoppe Inc.	312	2,400,027	9,897,071	0-10%	19	29	0
29	Crystal Creek Homes Inc.	296	3,140,765	12,431,418	0-10%	4	24	0
30	Vayyoo Inc.	266	149,885	549,215	>10%	5	14	20
31	N4 Systems Inc.	260	167,290	601,884	LOSS	3	14	95
32	Groupworks Financial Corp. (TSXV: GWC)	256	3,848,206	13,688,443	0-10%	40	165	0
33	Arrow Professional Services Inc.	252	622,384	2,190,964	0-10%	4	10	0
34	Voices.com (Interactive Voices Inc.)	228	447,177	1,466,248	0-10%	6	10	90
35	VMG Cinematic (Viral Media Group Inc.)	205	176,837	538,871	0-10%	6	6	0
36	Dynamysk Automation Ltd.	204	2,980,273	9,048,442	0-10%	33	32	70
37	Deco Window Repair Inc.	188	530,075	1,524,560	>10%	13	35	0
38	Canada's Best Store Fixtures Inc.	187	7,831,219	22,443,666	0-10%	10	40	2
39	Orckestra Conseil Inc.	170	805,728	2,173,731	>10%	13	25	15
40	General Bio Energy (Clean Power Concepts Inc.) (OTC: CPOW)	167	297,382	793,025	>10%	4	12	70
41	Alberta Land & Investment Brokers Inc.	150	797,367	1,993,935	>10%	17	46	0
42	GeoSource Energy Corp.	127	1,094,846	2,486,443	LOSS	13	27	0
43	Burger Shoppe Quality Meats (BQM Diner Inc.)	124	464,283	1,038,860	>10%	7	16	0
44	True North Mortgage Inc.	107	688,781	1,425,245	>10%	3	8	0
45	Westlake Industries Inc.	101	16,514,157	33,235,995	>10%	89	185	8
46	Dominion Lending Centres Inc.*	98	6,892,611	13,662,108	0-10%	6	25	0
47	Meridian Fire Protection Inc.	91	1,061,771	2,027,375	0-10%	6	12	0
48	CITYTREND (Romanesky Urban Planning and Management Ltd.)	89	265,747	503,065	LOSS	3	6	0
49	Clean Sheet Communications Inc.	88	1,515,595	2,844,451	0-10%	12	28	0
50	Q4 Web Systems Inc.	82	469,209	852,173	LOSS	13	18	20

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^* Franchisor reporting corporate revenue only, not systemwide sales

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