| Rank | Company | Ticker | 5-yr return (%) | Industry | Head office | IID | markettick |
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| 1 | Silver Wheaton Corp | SLW | 178.50 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 65 | T.SLW |
| 2 | Absolute Software Corp | ABT | 135.80 | Software | Vancouver | 37 | T.ABT |
| 3 | Birchcliff Energy Ltd | BIR | 134.10 | Oil, gas & consumable fuels | Calgary | 22 | T.BIR |
| 4 | Pan Orient Energy Corp | POE | 131.90 | Oil, gas & consumable fuels | Calgary | 28 | V.POE |
| 5 | Aurelian Resources Inc | ARU | 127.40 | Metals & mining | Toronto | 140 | T.ARU |
| 6 | Thompson Creek Metals Co Inc | TCM | 126.70 | Metals & mining | Toronto | 49 | T.TCM |
| 7 | Uex Corp | UEX | 121.10 | Oil, gas & consumable fuels | Vancouver | 464 | T.UEX |
| 8 | Polymet Mining Corp | POM | 115.80 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 386 | T.POM |
| 9 | Augusta Resource Corp | AZC | 111.70 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 41 | T.AZC |
| 10 | Noront Resources Ltd | NOT | 109.90 | Metals & mining | Toronto | 3 | V.NOT |
| 11 | Aquiline Resources Inc | AQI | 109.80 | Metals & mining | Toronto | 181 | T.AQI |
| 12 | Gold Eagle Mines Ltd | GEA | 106.40 | Metals & mining | Toronto | 239 | T.GEA |
| 13 | Quaterra Resources Inc | QTA | 103.50 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 104 | V.QTA |
| 14 | Oilexco Inc | OIL | 101.60 | Oil, gas & consumable fuels | Calgary | 46 | T.OIL |
| 15 | Research In Motion Ltd | RIM | 101.40 | Communications equipment | Waterloo, Ont. | 24 | T.RIM |
| 16 | Timminco Ltd | TIM | 101.20 | Metals & mining | Toronto | 1 | T.TIM |
| 17 | Noveko International Inc | EKO | 93.60 | Health care equip. & supplies | Lachine, Que. | 4 | V.EKO |
| 18 | Pelangio Mines Inc | PLG | 92.20 | Metals & mining | Milton, Ont. | 12 | T.PLG |
| 19 | Imperial Metals Corp | III | 90.80 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 390 | T.III |
| 20 | ECU Silver Mining Inc | ECU | 90.30 | Metals & mining | Rouyn-Noranda, Que. | 430 | T.ECU |
| 21 | Denison Mines Corp | DML | 86.80 | Oil, gas & consumable fuels | Toronto | 484 | T.DML |
| 22 | Skye Resources Inc | SKR | 85.70 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 470 | T.SKR |
| 23 | Petaquilla Minerals Ltd | PTQ | 85.10 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 159 | T.PTQ |
| 24 | Eveready Income Fund | EIS.UN | 83.00 | Energy equipment & services | Edmonton | 396 | T.EIS.UN |
| 25 | Strateco Resources Inc | RSC | 81.00 | Oil, gas & consumable fuels | Boucherville, Que. | 463 | T.RSC |
| 26 | First Quantum Minerals Ltd | FM | 79.90 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 160 | T.FM |
| 27 | Phoenix Technology Income Fund | PHX.UN | 77.20 | Energy equipment & services | Calgary | 44 | T.PHX.UN |
| 28 | Tanganyika Oil Co Ltd | TYK | 77.00 | Oil, gas & consumable fuels | Vancouver | 321 | V.TYK |
| 29 | Urbana Corp | URB | 76.60 | Capital markets | Toronto | 264 | T.URB |
| 30 | First Majestic Silver Corp | FR | 74.40 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 331 | T.FR |
| 31 | Garda World Security Corp | GW | 74.30 | Commercial services & supplies | Montreal | 443 | T.GW |
| 32 | Silvercorp Metals Inc | SVM | 73.70 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 114 | T.SVM |
| 33 | Cathedral Energy Services Income Trust | CET.UN | 72.80 | Energy equipment & services | Calgary | 79 | T.CET.UN |
| 34 | MagIndustries Corp | MAA | 72.60 | Metals & mining | Toronto | 32 | V.MAA |
| 35 | Major Drilling Group International | MDI | 71.50 | Metals & mining | Moncton, N.B. | 42 | T.MDI |
| 36 | Taseko Mines Ltd | TKO | 70.40 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 40 | T.TKO |
| 37 | Petrobank Energy & Resources Ltd | PBG | 69.70 | Oil, gas & consumable fuels | Calgary | 29 | T.PBG |
| 38 | Inmet Mining Corp | IMN | 69.60 | Metals & mining | Toronto | 101 | T.IMN |
| 39 | UTS Energy Corp | UTS | 69.40 | Oil, gas & consumable fuels | Calgary | 115 | T.UTS |
| 40 | Guyana Goldfields Inc | GUY | 69.30 | Metals & mining | Toronto | 400 | T.GUY |
| 41 | Lundin Mining Corp | LUN | 68.60 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 476 | T.LUN |
| 42 | Wajax Income Fund | WJX.UN | 68.10 | Machinery | Mississauga, Ont. | 183 | T.WJX.UN |
| 43 | Sherwood Copper Corp | SWC | 65.80 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 244 | V.SWC |
| 44 | Northern Dynasty Minerals | NDM | 65.50 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 383 | T.NDM |
| 45 | Potash Corp of Saskatchewan | POT | 63.70 | Chemicals | Saskatoon, Sask. | 17 | T.POT |
| 46 | BAM Investments Ltd | BNB | 63.50 | Capital markets | Toronto | 382 | T.BNB |
| 47 | Western Canadian Coal Corp | WTN | 59.30 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 21 | T.WTN |
| 48 | Kodiak Exploration Ltd | KXL | 59.10 | Metals & mining | Vancouver | 13 | V.KXL |
| 49 | Fording Canadian Coal Trust | FDG.UN | 58.40 | Metals & mining | Calgary | 19 | T.FDG.UN |
| 50 | Sino-Forest Corp | TRE | 57.73 | Paper & forest products | Mississauga, Ont. | 76 | T.TRE |