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About VANGUARD CANADIAN AGG BD IDX ETF TRUST UNITS
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Inception date
Nov 30, 2011
Structure
Canadian Mutual Fund Trust (ON)
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Primary advisor
Vanguard Investments Canada, Inc.
The fund provides exposure to a wide spectrum of Canadian investment grade fixed income securities through a passively-managed, index-sampling strategy. This means that the sub-advisor matches the funds investments to the primary risk factors and other key characteristics of the underlying index. Bonds held in the portfolio include government, government-related, and corporate securities, and have a term to maturity greater than one year. Holdings are selected and weighted by market value. In all, the fund aims to provide current income with its high credit quality exposure.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government64.07%
Corporate35.06%
Municipal0.84%
Miscellaneous0.02%
Agency0.01%
Stock breakdown by region
North America99.40%
Europe0.38%
Asia0.17%
Oceania0.05%
Latin America0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
VAB invests in bonds. The fund's major sectors are Government, with 64.07% stocks, and Corporate, with 35.06% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
VAB top holdings are Canada Treasury Bonds 3.0% 01-JUN-2034 and Canada Treasury Bonds 2.75% 01-MAR-2030, occupying 1.42% and 1.36% of the portfolio correspondingly.
VAB last dividends amounted to 0.06 CAD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.07 CAD in dividends, which shows a 3.65% decrease.
VAB assets under management is 5.48 B CAD. It's risen 0.34% over the last month.
VAB fund flows account for 714.28 M CAD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, VAB pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.29%. The last dividend (May 8, 2025) amounted to 0.06 CAD. The dividends are paid monthly.
VAB shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc. under the brand Vanguard. The ETF was launched on Nov 30, 2011, and its management style is Passive.
VAB expense ratio is 0.09% meaning you'd have to pay 0.09% of your investment to help manage the fund.
VAB follows the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Canadian Float Adjusted. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
VAB invests in bonds.
VAB price has fallen by −1.03% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 2.46% increase. See more dynamics on VAB price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by −0.63% over the last month, have fallen by −0.63% over the last month, showed a −1.49% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 4.08% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by −0.63% over the last month, have fallen by −0.63% over the last month, showed a −1.49% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 4.08% in a year.
VAB trades at a premium (0.11%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.