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Hillsdale Canadian Micro Cap Equity Fund Series A CA$

Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

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FundGrade A

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NAVPS
(12-12-2025)
$47.56
Change
$0.19 (0.41%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at September 30, 2025

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Hillsdale Canadian Micro Cap Equity Fund Series A CA$

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (November 29, 2013): 13.62%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 1.11% 5.79% 17.66% 24.95% 24.12% 26.96% 21.41% 16.82% 19.85% 21.00% 18.73% 14.13% 13.77% 15.93%
Benchmark 5.23% 17.24% 38.15% 46.68% 41.85% 34.48% 21.49% 13.80% 16.09% 15.47% 14.07% 10.28% 9.57% 11.56%
Category Average 2.20% 7.45% 18.13% 21.37% 17.92% 21.66% 13.92% 8.43% 11.45% 11.00% 10.70% 7.94% 7.49% 8.07%
Category Rank 10 / 15 11 / 15 13 / 15 9 / 15 8 / 15 8 / 15 4 / 15 3 / 14 3 / 12 4 / 12 4 / 12 2 / 11 2 / 11 2 / 11
Quartile Ranking 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -0.66% 2.31% -1.22% -0.52% 0.96% 4.63% 4.46% 1.63% 4.77% 5.49% -0.82% 1.11%
Benchmark -3.30% 0.65% -2.27% 2.56% -1.83% 7.20% 6.19% 1.50% 9.34% 8.91% 2.30% 5.23%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

17.58% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-26.76% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 2.35% 37.30% 13.19% -19.14% 14.17% 34.34% 23.16% 2.86% 13.37% 24.97%
Benchmark -13.31% 38.48% 2.75% -18.17% 15.84% 12.87% 20.27% -9.29% 4.79% 18.83%
Category Average -6.13% 18.01% 3.43% -15.15% 16.59% 11.91% 22.35% -11.32% 6.49% 16.84%
Quartile Ranking 1 2 1 3 4 2 2 2 1 2
Category Rank 2/ 11 4/ 11 2/ 11 8/ 11 12/ 12 4/ 12 6/ 12 4/ 14 3/ 15 4/ 15

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

37.30% (2016)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-19.14% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 86.55
US Equity 6.99
International Equity 4.21
Income Trust Units 2.24
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Basic Materials 29.13
Consumer Goods 12.79
Energy 11.81
Consumer Services 9.99
Industrial Goods 8.07
Other 28.21

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 95.78
Latin America 3.06
Europe 0.96
Africa and Middle East 0.20

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Hillsdale US Micro Cap Equity Fund Series Z U$ 5.55
Thor Explorations Ltd 4.49
Groupe Dynamite Inc 3.49
Black Diamond Group Ltd 2.63
AutoCanada Inc 2.56
Total Energy Services Inc 2.54
Elemental Royalties Corp 2.53
Firan Technology Group Corp 2.46
Dexterra Group Inc 2.18
Forage Orbit Garant Inc 2.17

Equity Style

Market capitalization is small. Equity style is blend.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Hillsdale Canadian Micro Cap Equity Fund Series A CA$

Median

Other - Cdn Small/Mid Cap Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 9.76% 12.73% 16.34%
Beta 0.47% 0.63% 0.71%
Alpha 0.10% 0.09% 0.07%
Rsquared 0.44% 0.60% 0.74%
Sharpe 1.65% 1.29% 0.88%
Sortino 3.67% 1.97% 1.17%
Treynor 0.35% 0.26% 0.20%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating Not Available

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.51% 9.76% 12.73% 16.34%
Beta 0.47% 0.47% 0.63% 0.71%
Alpha 0.05% 0.10% 0.09% 0.07%
Rsquared 0.68% 0.44% 0.60% 0.74%
Sharpe 2.28% 1.65% 1.29% 0.88%
Sortino 8.79% 3.67% 1.97% 1.17%
Treynor 0.42% 0.35% 0.26% 0.20%
Tax Efficiency 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

Fund Details

Start Date November 29, 2013
Instrument Type Exempt Product
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) $166

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
HIL230

Investment Objectives

The investment objective of the fund is to provide investors with long term capital growth in excess of the S&P/TSX Small Cap Index over five years by investing primarily in Canadian equities of smaller capitalization companies.

Investment Strategy

The Fund invests a minimum of 75% of its assets in a diversified selection of small capitalization Canadian corporations and trusts trading on major Canadian stock exchanges with a market capitalization between $25 million and $250 million at the time of investment. The Fund will have no fewer than 20 holdings encompassing no less than five sectors.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.

  • Alex Etsell
  • Christopher Guthrie
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.

Custodian

-

Registrar

-

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed No
PAC Initial Investment -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER -
Management Fee 2.50%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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