VCNS Vanguard Vanguard Conservative ETF Portfolio

Asset Allocation CAD Toronto Stock Exchange
Price: $33.26
YTD: 5.47%
MER: 0.22%

Data as of: June 18, 2026

MER
0.22%
Management Fee
Yield
2.42%
Distribution Yield
Price
$33.26
Current Price
Holdings
14,098
Total Securities
Inception
Jan 2018
Fund Launch

About VCNS

VCNS (Vanguard Conservative ETF Portfolio) is an Asset Allocation ETF from Vanguard, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It holds 40% stocks / 60% bonds. The fund has a management expense ratio (MER) of 0.22% and quarterly distributions.

Fund Details

Provider Vanguard
Category Asset Allocation
AUM $893.3M
Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Last Distribution $0.1992
Domicile Canada
Benchmark Internal Composite

Asset Allocation

40%
60%
Stocks 40%
Bonds 60%

Cumulative Returns

Period Return
1 Month 2.65%
3 Months 2.03%
6 Months
YTD 5.47%
1 Year 13.64%
3 Years 30.98%
5 Years 28.79%
10 Years
Since Inception 56.33%

Annualized Returns

Period Return
1 Year 13.64%
2 Years
3 Years 10.97%
5 Years 5.63%
10 Years
Since Inception 5.75%

Annualized returns represent the average annual return over the period.

Calendar Year Returns

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
9.68% 11.31% 10.32% -11.70% 5.77% 9.41% 12.10%

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
24.80%
2
U
UNITED STATES TREASURY BILL 1…
Government Bonds
5.46%
3
N
NVIDIA Corp
Technology
NVDA
1.22%
4
J
Japan Government Five Year Bo…
Government Bonds
JGB
1.17%
5
A
Apple Inc
Technology
AAPL
1.06%
6
R
Royal Bank of Canada
Financials
RY
0.89%
7
F
French Republic Government Bo…
Government Bonds
FRTR
0.88%
8
F
Fannie Mae Pool
Corporate Bonds
FN
0.83%
9
M
Microsoft Corp
Technology
MSFT
0.80%
10
I
Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Te…
Government Bonds
BTPS
0.80%
11
H
Hydro-Quebec
Corporate Bonds
QHEL
0.73%
12
F
Freddie Mac Pool
Corporate Bonds
FR
0.72%
13
A
Amazon.com Inc
Consumer Discretionary
AMZN
0.68%
14
U
United Kingdom Gilt
Government Bonds
UKT
0.67%
15
T
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The
Financials
TD
0.64%

Showing top 15 holdings

Geographic Allocation

1
Canada 60.5%
2
United States 44.5%
3
United States 44.1%
4
Canada 30.0%
5
Canada 29.7%
6
United States 20.2%
7
Japan 4.3%
8
Japan 4.3%
9
France 2.5%
10
United Kingdom 2.5%

Sector Allocation

1
Technology 24.1%
2
Financials 20.1%
3
Industrials 12.2%
4
Consumer Discretionary 10.1%
5
Energy 8.2%
6
Basic Materials 7.9%
7
Health Care 5.8%
8
Utilities 3.4%
9
Consumer Staples 3.4%
10
Telecommunications 2.7%