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Vanguard Canadian Government Bond Index ETF

Canadian Fixed Income

FundGrade E Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade E

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2020

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NAVPS
(12-12-2025)
$22.27
Change
-$0.03 (-0.12%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at October 31, 2025

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Vanguard Canadian Government Bond Index ETF

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 31, 2017): 1.50%

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 0.29% 3.02% 2.32% 3.41% 2.42% 5.08% 3.52% 0.11% -0.88% 0.37% 1.59% 1.29% - -
Benchmark 0.26% 2.84% 2.50% 3.81% 3.28% 5.72% 4.33% 0.82% -0.13% 1.09% 2.21% 1.89% 1.95% 2.09%
Category Average 0.21% 2.56% 2.39% 3.49% 2.66% 5.43% 3.97% 0.38% -0.44% 0.69% 1.74% 1.31% 1.39% 1.50%
Category Rank 102 / 489 41 / 486 388 / 475 357 / 473 411 / 472 376 / 435 369 / 413 359 / 404 350 / 387 314 / 364 271 / 347 232 / 320 - -
Quartile Ranking 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -0.95% 1.22% 1.21% -0.41% -0.78% -0.16% -0.04% -1.03% 0.39% 2.02% 0.69% 0.29%
Benchmark -0.52% 1.13% 1.14% -0.29% -0.77% 0.08% 0.04% -0.74% 0.37% 1.80% 0.76% 0.26%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

4.60% (November 2023)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-3.77% (April 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - 1.24% 6.20% 8.49% -3.22% -12.76% 6.10% 3.09%
Benchmark 3.57% 1.54% 2.70% 1.29% 6.97% 8.61% -2.71% -11.46% 6.38% 4.10%
Category Average 1.07% 1.60% 1.96% -0.34% 6.21% 8.18% -2.79% -12.16% 6.16% 3.68%
Quartile Ranking - - - 2 3 2 3 4 3 4
Category Rank - - - 94/ 324 182/ 353 182/ 365 289/ 387 361/ 404 264/ 413 379/ 437

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

8.49% (2020)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-12.76% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Government Bonds 92.16
Canadian Corporate Bonds 7.84

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 100.00

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Canadian Government Bond 2.75% 01-Sep-2030 2.32
Canada Government 3.25% 01-Jun-2035 2.07
Canada Government 2.75% 01-Mar-2030 1.73
Canadian Government Bond 2.50% 01-Aug-2027 1.66
Canada Government 3.50% 01-Sep-2029 1.63
Canada Government 3.25% 01-Dec-2034 1.60
Canada Government 3.00% 01-Jun-2034 1.60
Canada Government 2.75% 01-May-2027 1.47
Canada Government 1.50% 01-Dec-2031 1.35
Canada Government 4.00% 01-Mar-2029 1.33

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: L. Average Credit Quality: H.
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Vanguard Canadian Government Bond Index ETF

Median

Other - Canadian Fixed Income

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 6.13% 6.66% -
Beta 1.07% 1.09% -
Alpha -0.01% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.92% 0.95% -
Sharpe -0.04% -0.50% -
Sortino 0.16% -0.71% -
Treynor 0.00% -0.03% -
Tax Efficiency 67.39% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 3 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 3.31% 6.13% 6.66% -
Beta 1.17% 1.07% 1.09% -
Alpha -0.01% -0.01% -0.01% -
Rsquared 0.98% 0.92% 0.95% -
Sharpe -0.08% -0.04% -0.50% -
Sortino -0.25% 0.16% -0.71% -
Treynor 0.00% 0.00% -0.03% -
Tax Efficiency 49.95% 67.39% - -

Fund Details

Start Date January 31, 2017
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
N/A

Investment Objectives

Vanguard Canadian Government Bond Index ETF seeks to track, to the extent reasonably possible and before fees and expenses, the performance of a broad Canadian government bond index. Currently, this Vanguard ETF seeks to track the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Canadian Government Float Adjusted Bond Index (or any successor thereto). It invests primarily in public, investment-grade government fixed income securities issued in Canada.

Investment Strategy

In order to achieve its investment objective, Vanguard Canadian Government Bond Index ETF employs a "passive management" - or indexing - investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Canadian Government Float Adjusted Bond Index. This Vanguard ETF invests by sampling the applicable Index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified subset of Constituent Securities and/or other securities selected by the Sub-advisor.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Vanguard Investments Canada Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC

  • Anatoly Shtekhman

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Vanguard Investments Canada Inc.

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

State Street Trust Company Canada

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 0.17%
Management Fee 0.10%
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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