The Globe and Mail attempts to identify Canadian dividend payers whose share prices have outpaced U.S. markets in its Frida edition. The Globe's guest columnist Scott Clayton writes in the Number Cruncher column that the S&P 500 index is up about 60 per cent from its prerecession peak in October, 2007. By contrast, the S&P/TSX composite is at a virtual standstill since it hit its prerecession high in June, 2008. That reflects its high proportion of oil and other resource stocks. Some Canadian stocks, however, have posted the same sort of outsized gains as U.S. markets. Beyond that, a select few have moved even higher -- as well as offering highly sustainable dividends. Mr. Clayton's search for those stocks started with an extensive list of dividend payers. He singled out Canadian stocks with share prices that are up 60 per cent or more from their respective prerecession highs. Finally, he applied the proprietary TSI Dividend Sustainability Rating System to each of those stock issuers and came up with the following "gems." Mr. Clayton's select Canadian dividend stocks are Emera, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canadian Tire, Metro, Canadian Pacific Railway, Calian Group and Intact Financial.