VAB Vanguard Vanguard Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETF

Fixed Income (Canadian) CAD Toronto Stock Exchange
Price: $22.68
YTD: 2.13%
MER: 0.09%

Data as of: July 31, 2026

MER
0.09%
Management Fee
Yield
3.18%
Distribution Yield
Price
$22.68
Current Price
Holdings
236
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 0.09% and monthly distributions.

Fund Details

Provider Vanguard
Category Fixed Income (Canadian)
AUM $7.5B
Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Last Distribution $0.0665
Domicile Canada
Benchmark Bloomberg GA CAD Float Adj Idx CAD

Asset Allocation

100%
Bonds 100%

Cumulative Returns

Period Return
1 Month 0.44%
3 Months 2.00%
6 Months
YTD 2.13%
1 Year 3.19%
3 Years 13.21%
5 Years 3.33%
10 Years 16.33%
Since Inception 40.33%

Annualized Returns

Period Return
1 Year 3.19%
2 Years
3 Years 4.18%
5 Years 0.63%
10 Years 1.50%
Since Inception 2.35%

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
69.74%
2
H
Hydro-Quebec
Corporate Bonds
QHEL
2.13%
3
R
Royal Bank of Canada
Corporate Bonds
RY
1.31%
4
T
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The
Corporate Bonds
TD
1.13%
5
C
CPPIB Capital Inc
Corporate Bonds
CPPIBC
1.07%
6
G
Government of Newfoundland an…
Government Bonds
NF
0.85%
7
B
Bank of Montreal
Corporate Bonds
BMO
0.80%
8
B
Bank of Nova Scotia/The
Corporate Bonds
BNS
0.79%
9
C
Canadian Imperial Bank of Com…
Corporate Bonds
CM
0.73%
10
H
Hydro One Inc
Corporate Bonds
HYDONE
0.67%
11
B
Bell Telephone Co of Canada o…
Corporate Bonds
BCECN
0.65%
12
E
Enbridge Inc
Corporate Bonds
ENBCN
0.60%
13
A
Amazon.com Inc
Corporate Bonds
AMZN
0.55%
14
N
National Bank of Canada
Corporate Bonds
NACN
0.52%
15
T
TELUS Corp
Corporate Bonds
TCN
0.50%

Showing top 15 holdings

Geographic Allocation

1
Canada 96.2%
2
Canada 95.7%
3
United States 3.0%
4
United States 2.6%
5
Supranational 0.4%
6
Supranational 0.4%
7
United Kingdom 0.2%
8
United Kingdom 0.2%
9
France 0.2%
10
France 0.2%