Best Canadian Consumer Defensive Stocks

Are you looking for stable, low-beta stocks that pay a dividend?
How about the Canadian Consumer Defensive sector.

Here’s a ranked list, for your further investigation.

Avrex Rank	Ticker	Company	Industry	Dividend Yield	P/E
1	MRU.TO	Metro	Grocery Stores	1.50%	8.8
2	PJC.A.TO	Jean Coutu Group PJC	Pharmaceutical Retailers	1.80%	9.3
3	EMP.A.TO	Empire	Grocery Stores	1.40%	11.7
4	CLR.TO	Clearwater Seafoods	Packaged Foods	1.20%	23.5
5	ATD.B.TO	Alimentation Couche-Tard	Grocery Stores	0.50%	18.1
6	LAS.A.TO	Lassonde Industries	Packaged Foods	1.50%	15.8
7	WN.TO	George Weston Limited	Grocery Stores	2.20%	17.4
8	ADW.A.TO	Andrew Peller	Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	2.90%	10.8
9	ATD.A.TO	Alimentation Couche-Tard	Grocery Stores	0.50%	18.3
10	L.TO	Loblaw Companies Limited	Grocery Stores	2.30%	17.9
11	SAP.TO	Saputo	Packaged Foods	1.90%	19.3
12	CBY.TO	Canada Bread Company	Packaged Foods	2.80%	24
13	CSW.B.TO	Corby Spirit and Wine	Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	3.60%	20.3
14	BCB.TO	Cott	Beverages - Soft Drinks	2.80%	21.1
15	DOL.TO	Dollarama	Discount Stores	0.60%	26
16	CSW.A.TO	Corby Spirit and Wine	Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries	3.60%	20.6
17	NWC.TO	North West Company	Grocery Stores	4.40%	18.9
18	RSI.TO	Rogers Sugar	Confectioners	6.60%	16
19	HLF.TO	High Liner Foods	Packaged Foods	1.60%	33.8
20	TPX.B.TO	Molson Coors Brewing	Beverages - Brewers	2.30%	20.5
21	BR.TO	Big Rock Brewery	Beverages - Brewers	4.50%	33
22	GCL.TO	Colabor Group	Food Distribution	4.90%	-
23	PBH.TO	Premium Brands Income	Packaged Foods	5.60%	33.3
24	KPT.TO	KP Tissue	Household & Personal Products	4.20%	-
25	AGT.TO	Alliance Grain Traders	Farm Products	3.70%	-
26	BRB.TO	Brick Brewing	Beverages - Brewers	0.00%	-
27	SOY.TO	SunOpta	Packaged Foods	0.00%	-
28	LWP.TO	Legumex Walker	Farm Products	0.00%	-
29	MFI.TO	Maple Leaf Foods	Packaged Foods	1.00%	33.3