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About VANGUARD CANADIAN LONG TERM 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 wide spectrum of Canadian investment grade bonds with long-term maturities 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 10 years. Holdings are selected and weighted by market value. In all, the fund aims to provide moderate income with its high credit quality exposure to long-term bonds.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government74.73%
Corporate22.51%
Municipal2.69%
Miscellaneous0.07%
Stock breakdown by region
North America99.86%
Europe0.14%
Latin America0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
VLB invests in bonds. The fund's major sectors are Government, with 74.73% stocks, and Corporate, with 22.51% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
VLB top holdings are Canada Treasury Bonds 2.0% 01-DEC-2051 and Canada Treasury Bonds 2.75% 01-DEC-2055, occupying 3.83% and 3.77% of the portfolio correspondingly.
VLB last dividends amounted to 0.07 CAD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.07 CAD in dividends, which shows a 0.26% decrease.
VLB assets under management is 251.86 M CAD. It's fallen 0.92% over the last month.
VLB fund flows account for −14.17 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, VLB pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.92%. The last dividend (Jun 9, 2025) amounted to 0.07 CAD. The dividends are paid monthly.
VLB 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.
VLB expense ratio is 0.17% meaning you'd have to pay 0.17% of your investment to help manage the fund.
VLB follows the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Canadian Float Adjusted (10+ Y). ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
VLB invests in bonds.
VLB price has fallen by −2.43% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a −3.19% decrease. See more dynamics on VLB price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have fallen by −1.91% over the last month, showed a −4.05% decrease in three-month performance and has decreased by −2.03% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have fallen by −1.91% over the last month, showed a −4.05% decrease in three-month performance and has decreased by −2.03% in a year.
VLB trades at a premium (0.22%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.