VCNS Vanguard Vanguard Conservative ETF Portfolio

Asset Allocation CAD Toronto Stock Exchange
Price: $32.74
YTD: 5.99%
MER: 0.22%

Data as of: Sept. 18, 2026

MER
0.22%
Management Fee
Yield
2.48%
Distribution Yield
Price
$32.74
Current Price
Holdings
13,678
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 $964.9M
Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Last Distribution $0.2038
Domicile Canada
Benchmark Internal Composite

Asset Allocation

40%
60%
Stocks 40%
Bonds 60%

Cumulative Returns

Period Return
1 Month 0.74%
3 Months 0.50%
6 Months
YTD 5.99%
1 Year 10.05%
3 Years 33.73%
5 Years 27.34%
10 Years
Since Inception 60.10%

Annualized Returns

Period Return
1 Year 10.05%
2 Years
3 Years 10.57%
5 Years 4.89%
10 Years
Since Inception 5.64%

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
24.79%
2
U
UNITED STATES TREASURY BILL 1…
Government Bonds
5.57%
3
J
Japan Government Five Year Bo…
Government Bonds
JGB
1.18%
4
N
NVIDIA Corp
Technology
NVDA
1.17%
5
A
Apple Inc
Technology
AAPL
1.15%
6
R
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
Financials
RY
1.04%
7
F
French Republic Government Bo…
Government Bonds
FRTR
0.89%
8
M
Microsoft Corp
Technology
MSFT
0.87%
9
I
Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Te…
Government Bonds
BTPS
0.81%
10
H
Hydro-Quebec
Corporate Bonds
QHEL
0.75%
11
U
United Kingdom Gilt
Government Bonds
UKT
0.73%
12
T
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The
Financials
TD
0.71%
13
F
Fannie Mae Pool
Corporate Bonds
FN
0.68%
14
A
Amazon.com Inc
Consumer Discretionary
AMZN
0.67%
15
F
Freddie Mac Pool
Corporate Bonds
FR
0.66%

Showing top 15 holdings

Geographic Allocation

1
Canada 59.8%
2
United States 44.7%
3
United States 44.4%
4
Canada 30.4%
5
Canada 30.0%
6
United States 20.7%
7
Japan 4.2%
8
Japan 4.2%
9
France 2.6%
10
United Kingdom 2.4%

Sector Allocation

1
Technology 24.7%
2
Financials 21.6%
3
Industrials 11.8%
4
Consumer Discretionary 9.7%
5
Energy 7.5%
6
Basic Materials 7.3%
7
Health Care 6.0%
8
Consumer Staples 3.4%
9
Utilities 3.2%
10
Telecommunications 2.6%