VLB Vanguard Vanguard Canadian Long-Term Bond Index ETF

Fixed Income (Canadian) CAD Toronto Stock Exchange
Price: $19.78
YTD: 3.34%
MER: 0.17%

Data as of: July 31, 2026

MER
0.17%
Management Fee
Yield
3.69%
Distribution Yield
Price
$19.78
Current Price
Holdings
95
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 $265.8M
Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Last Distribution $0.0691
Domicile Canada
Benchmark Bloomberg GA CAD 10+ Yr FlAj Ix CAD

Asset Allocation

100%
Bonds 100%

Cumulative Returns

Period Return
1 Month 0.60%
3 Months 3.25%
6 Months
YTD 3.34%
1 Year 2.67%
3 Years 7.32%
5 Years -9.11%
10 Years
Since Inception 13.48%

Annualized Returns

Period Return
1 Year 2.67%
2 Years
3 Years 2.34%
5 Years -1.98%
10 Years
Since Inception 1.34%

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
71.80%
2
H
Hydro-Quebec
Corporate Bonds
QHEL
5.79%
3
G
Government of Newfoundland an…
Government Bonds
NF
1.15%
4
H
Hydro One Inc
Corporate Bonds
HYDONE
1.11%
5
C
City of Toronto Canada
Corporate Bonds
TRNT
1.02%
6
C
Coastal Gaslink Pipeline LP
Corporate Bonds
COAGAS
0.92%
7
4
407 International Inc
Corporate Bonds
ETRHWY
0.92%
8
T
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd
Corporate Bonds
TRPCN
0.80%
9
C
CU Inc
Corporate Bonds
CUCN
0.78%
10
E
Enbridge Inc
Corporate Bonds
ENBCN
0.74%
11
R
Rogers Communications Inc
Corporate Bonds
RCICN
0.67%
12
A
Amazon.com Inc
Corporate Bonds
AMZN
0.66%
13
C
City of Montreal Canada
Corporate Bonds
MNTRL
0.64%
14
P
Pembina Pipeline Corp
Corporate Bonds
PPLCN
0.63%
15
B
Bell Telephone Co of Canada o…
Corporate Bonds
BCECN
0.58%

Showing top 15 holdings

Geographic Allocation

1
Canada 98.7%
2
Canada 98.1%
3
United States 1.5%
4
United States 1.0%
5
Belgium 0.1%
6
France 0.1%
7
Belgium 0.1%
8
France 0.1%
9
United Kingdom 0.1%
10
United Kingdom 0.1%