VAB Vanguard Vanguard Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETF

Fixed Income (Canadian) CAD Toronto Stock Exchange
Price: $22.64
YTD: 0.55%
MER: 0.08%

Data as of: Nov. 6, 2026

MER
0.08%
Management Fee
Yield
3.60%
Distribution Yield
Price
$22.64
Current Price
Holdings
242
Total Securities
Inception
Nov 2011
Fund Launch

About VAB

VAB (Vanguard Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETF) is a Fixed Income (Canadian) ETF from Vanguard, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It holds 100% bonds and tracks the Bloomberg GA CAD Float Adj Idx CAD. The fund has a management expense ratio (MER) of 0.08% and monthly distributions.

Fund Details

Provider Vanguard
Category Fixed Income (Canadian)
AUM $7.8B
Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Last Distribution $0.0666
Domicile Canada
Benchmark Bloomberg GA CAD Float Adj Idx CAD

Asset Allocation

100%
Bonds 100%

Cumulative Returns

Period Return
1 Month 1.59%
3 Months 0.09%
6 Months —
YTD 0.55%
1 Year -0.56%
3 Years 15.58%
5 Years 3.31%
10 Years 14.31%
Since Inception 38.11%

Annualized Returns

Period Return
1 Year -0.56%
2 Years —
3 Years 4.98%
5 Years 0.67%
10 Years 1.34%
Since Inception 2.19%

Annualized returns represent the average annual return over the period.

Calendar Year Returns

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
2.30% 3.95% 6.89% -11.88% -2.85% 8.60% 6.71% 1.16% 2.27% 1.25%

Growth of $10,000

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Initial Investment
$
Monthly Contribution
$

TWR = Time-Weighted Return (measures fund performance). MWRR = Money-Weighted Return (measures your personal return including contribution timing). Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Top Holdings

Latest data
# Name Ticker Weight
1
C
Canadian Government Bond
Government Bonds
CAN
69.20%
2
H
Hydro-Quebec
Corporate Bonds
QHEL
2.08%
3
R
Royal Bank of Canada
Corporate Bonds
RY
1.27%
4
T
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The
Corporate Bonds
TD
1.24%
5
C
CPPIB Capital Inc
Corporate Bonds
CPPIBC
1.08%
6
B
Bank of Nova Scotia/The
Corporate Bonds
BNS
0.88%
7
B
Bank of Montreal
Corporate Bonds
BMO
0.84%
8
G
Government of Newfoundland an…
Government Bonds
NF
0.78%
9
C
Canadian Imperial Bank of Com…
Corporate Bonds
CM
0.76%
10
H
Hydro One Inc
Corporate Bonds
HYDONE
0.66%
11
B
Bell Telephone Co of Canada o…
Corporate Bonds
BCECN
0.61%
12
E
Enbridge Inc
Corporate Bonds
ENBCN
0.59%
13
T
TELUS Corp
Corporate Bonds
TCN
0.54%
14
A
Amazon.com Inc
Corporate Bonds
AMZN
0.53%
15
B
British Columbia Investment M…
Corporate Bonds
BCIMCO
0.52%

Showing top 15 holdings

Geographic Allocation

1
Canada 95.7%
2
Canada 95.7%
3
United States 3.2%
4
United States 3.2%
5
Supranational 0.4%
6
Supranational 0.4%
7
United Kingdom 0.3%
8
United Kingdom 0.3%
9
France 0.2%
10
France 0.2%