VSB Vanguard Vanguard Canadian Short-Term Bond Index ETF

CAD Toronto Stock Exchange
Price: $23.12
YTD: 0.43%
MER: 0.10%

Data as of: Oct. 14, 2026

MER
0.10%
Management Fee
Yield
3.06%
Distribution Yield
Price
$23.12
Current Price
Holdings
170
Total Securities
Inception
Nov 2011
Fund Launch

About VSB

VSB (Vanguard Canadian Short-Term Bond Index ETF) is an ETF managed by Vanguard, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It tracks the Bloomberg GA CAD 1-5YrGov/CrFlAjCAD. The fund has a management expense ratio (MER) of 0.10% and monthly distributions.

Fund Details

Provider Vanguard
Category —
AUM $2B
Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Last Distribution $0.0486
Domicile Canada
Benchmark Bloomberg GA CAD 1-5YrGov/CrFlAjCAD

Cumulative Returns

Period Return
1 Month -0.65%
3 Months -0.92%
6 Months —
YTD 0.43%
1 Year 0.75%
3 Years 14.66%
5 Years 10.51%
10 Years 21.08%
Since Inception 33.69%

Annualized Returns

Period Return
1 Year 0.75%
2 Years —
3 Years 4.57%
5 Years 1.94%
10 Years 1.83%
Since Inception 1.93%

Annualized returns represent the average annual return over the period.

Calendar Year Returns

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
3.66% 5.54% 4.91% -3.97% -1.05% 5.14% 3.19% 1.69% -0.36% 0.98%

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
62.89%
2
R
Royal Bank of Canada
Financials
RY
2.70%
3
T
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The
Financials
TD
2.40%
4
B
Bank of Montreal
Financials
BMO
1.78%
5
C
Canadian Imperial Bank of Com…
Financials
CM
1.75%
6
B
Bank of Nova Scotia/The
Financials
BNS
1.68%
7
C
CPPIB Capital Inc
Other
CPPIBC
1.27%
8
N
National Bank of Canada
Financials
NACN
1.01%
9
F
Federation des Caisses Desjar…
Other
CCDJ
0.77%
10
B
Bell Telephone Co of Canada o…
Other
BCECN
0.72%
11
G
Government of Newfoundland an…
Government Bonds
NF
0.70%
12
M
Manulife Bank of Canada
Other
MFCCN
0.65%
13
I
International Bank for Recons…
Other
IBRD
0.62%
14
T
TELUS Corp
Other
TCN
0.60%
15
F
Ford Credit Canada Co Cie Cre…
Other
F
0.60%

Showing top 15 holdings

Geographic Allocation

1
Canada 94.5%
2
Canada 94.3%
3
United States 3.8%
4
United States 3.7%
5
Supranational 1.0%
6
Supranational 1.0%
7
Germany 0.3%
8
France 0.3%
9
France 0.3%
10
Germany 0.3%