Hot stocks: Canada’s top performers in Q3 2026

In a quarter that saw stock markets generally rein in their torrid pace of appreciation, mining and metals producers bulldozed their rivals aside among top-performing Canadian stocks. The materials sector took all top 10 spots among the fastest-growing mid- to large-capitalization stocks in the country.While artificial intelligence (AI) remained the most talked-about theme globally, nine of Canada’s top 10 performers with at least $2 billion in market capitalization were miners and mineral