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About VANGUARD CANADIAN CORPORATE BOND IN ETF UNIT
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Inception date
Jan 31, 2017
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 portfolio of investment grade corporate fixed income securities issued in Canada 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 have term to maturity greater than one year. Holdings are selected and weighted by market value. In all, the fund aims to provide moderate income with its high credit quality exposure to corporate securities.
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Corporate99.87%
Municipal0.06%
Government0.06%
Stock breakdown by region
North America98.72%
Europe1.10%
Oceania0.19%
Latin America0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
VCB invests in bonds. The fund's major sectors are Corporate, with 99.87% stocks, and Municipal, with 0.06% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
VCB last dividends amounted to 0.08 CAD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.08 CAD in dividends, which shows a 2.13% increase.
VCB assets under management is 404.21 M CAD. It's risen 0.49% over the last month.
VCB fund flows account for 69.30 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, VCB pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.85%. The last dividend (Jun 9, 2025) amounted to 0.08 CAD. The dividends are paid monthly.
VCB shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc. under the brand Vanguard. The ETF was launched on Jan 31, 2017, and its management style is Passive.
VCB expense ratio is 0.16% meaning you'd have to pay 0.16% of your investment to help manage the fund.
VCB follows the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Canadian Credit Float Adjusted. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
VCB invests in bonds.
VCB price has fallen by −0.49% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 2.63% increase. See more dynamics on VCB price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by −0.13% over the last month, have fallen by −0.13% over the last month, showed a 0.47% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 4.83% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by −0.13% over the last month, have fallen by −0.13% over the last month, showed a 0.47% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 4.83% in a year.
VCB trades at a premium (0.20%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.