VLB Vanguard Vanguard Canadian Long-Term Bond Index ETF

Fixed Income (Canadian) CAD Toronto Stock Exchange
Price: $20.58
YTD: 2.72%
MER: 0.17%

Data as of: June 18, 2026

MER
0.17%
Management Fee
Yield
3.87%
Distribution Yield
Price
$20.58
Current Price
Holdings
93
Total Securities
Inception
Jan 2017
Fund Launch

About VLB

VLB (Vanguard Canadian Long-Term 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 10+ Yr FlAj Ix CAD. The fund has a management expense ratio (MER) of 0.17% and monthly distributions.

Fund Details

Provider Vanguard
Category Fixed Income (Canadian)
AUM $296.3M
Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Last Distribution $0.0635
Domicile Canada
Benchmark Bloomberg GA CAD 10+ Yr FlAj Ix CAD

Asset Allocation

100%
Bonds 100%

Cumulative Returns

Period Return
1 Month 2.32%
3 Months -1.22%
6 Months
YTD 2.72%
1 Year 1.94%
3 Years 2.68%
5 Years -8.06%
10 Years
Since Inception 10.16%

Annualized Returns

Period Return
1 Year 1.94%
2 Years
3 Years 2.37%
5 Years -1.52%
10 Years
Since Inception 1.28%

Annualized returns represent the average annual return over the period.

Calendar Year Returns

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
-1.06% 0.68% 9.31% -21.68% -5.12% 11.61% 12.68% -0.11%

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
73.95%
2
H
Hydro-Quebec
Corporate Bonds
QHEL
5.57%
3
H
Hydro One Inc
Corporate Bonds
HYDONE
1.14%
4
G
Government of Newfoundland an…
Government Bonds
NF
1.14%
5
C
City of Toronto Canada
Corporate Bonds
TRNT
1.06%
6
4
407 International Inc
Corporate Bonds
ETRHWY
0.87%
7
C
Coastal Gaslink Pipeline LP
Corporate Bonds
COAGAS
0.79%
8
C
CU Inc
Corporate Bonds
CUCN
0.79%
9
T
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd
Corporate Bonds
TRPCN
0.74%
10
R
Rogers Communications Inc
Corporate Bonds
RCICN
0.64%
11
C
City of Montreal Canada
Corporate Bonds
MNTRL
0.63%
12
P
Pembina Pipeline Corp
Corporate Bonds
PPLCN
0.62%
13
E
Enbridge Inc
Corporate Bonds
ENBCN
0.57%
14
E
Enbridge Gas Inc
Corporate Bonds
ENBGAS
0.55%
15
N
North West Redwater Partnersh…
Corporate Bonds
NWRWPT
0.49%

Showing top 15 holdings

Geographic Allocation

1
Canada 99.2%
2
Canada 99.1%
3
United States 0.5%
4
United States 0.4%
5
Other 0.2%
6
United Kingdom 0.1%
7
United Kingdom 0.1%
8
Belgium 0.1%
9
Belgium 0.1%
10
France 0.1%