Canadian equity funds that have outperformed this year

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What are we looking for?

Canadian equity funds that have outperformed in an already stellar year

The screen

The Canadian equity market has quietly but meaningfully outpaced the U.S. year-to-date through the end of November, a reversal of the pattern investors have grown used to in recent years. Strength has come from familiar places: financials and materials, two sectors that together make up a substantial portion of the S&P/TSX Composite Index and have contributed the lion’s share of market gains in 2025.

Materials – particularly gold and base-metals producers – have benefited from firm commodity prices, while the large Canadian banks and insurers have rebounded alongside improving credit conditions and stabilizing rate expectations.

In short, 2025’s rally is less ab