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Vanguard Canadian Short-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF

Cdn Short Term Fixed Inc

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2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

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NAVPS
(05-30-2025)
$24.24
Change
$0.01 (0.06%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (November 02, 2012): 2.68%

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 0.14% 0.81% 2.86% 1.66% 8.28% 6.22% 5.09% 2.50% 2.79% 2.91% 3.08% 2.62% 2.68% 2.57%
Benchmark 0.02% 0.85% 2.65% 1.69% 7.45% 5.10% 3.95% 1.89% 1.83% 2.22% 2.42% 2.02% 2.00% 1.94%
Category Average 0.07% 0.69% 2.21% 1.41% 6.46% 4.71% 3.52% 1.55% 1.77% 1.86% 1.96% 1.64% 1.60% 1.45%
Category Rank 99 / 286 81 / 278 29 / 268 77 / 277 16 / 257 20 / 217 15 / 201 36 / 193 24 / 183 17 / 176 16 / 166 20 / 154 13 / 143 14 / 136
Quartile Ranking 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 0.90% 0.79% 1.67% 0.53% 1.54% -0.26% 0.61% 0.57% 0.84% 0.40% 0.27% 0.14%
Benchmark 0.86% 0.79% 1.36% 0.63% 1.26% -0.30% 0.48% 0.46% 0.83% 0.52% 0.31% 0.02%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

2.52% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-2.44% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 2.55% 2.16% 0.93% 1.73% 4.20% 6.26% -0.76% -4.30% 6.55% 6.94%
Benchmark 2.56% 0.90% 0.27% 1.89% 2.98% 5.17% -0.92% -3.98% 4.92% 5.71%
Category Average 0.55% 0.85% 0.42% 0.53% 2.93% 4.36% -0.83% -4.45% 4.84% 5.17%
Quartile Ranking 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1
Category Rank 14/ 136 25/ 141 33/ 145 38/ 163 21/ 173 8/ 182 67/ 188 102/ 197 19/ 209 25/ 229

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

6.94% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-4.30% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Corporate Bonds 97.47
Cash and Equivalents 1.15
Canadian Government Bonds 0.71
Foreign Corporate Bonds 0.66
Other 0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 98.85
Cash and Cash Equivalent 1.15

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 100.00

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Bank of Nova Scotia 2.95% 08-Mar-2027 1.16
Toronto-Dominion Bank 4.21% 01-Jun-2027 0.89
Toronto-Dominion Bank 4.68% 08-Jan-2029 0.87
Bank of Montreal 4.71% 07-Nov-2027 0.85
Royal Bank of Canada 4.63% 01-May-2028 0.82
Bank of Montreal 3.19% 01-Mar-2028 0.81
Bank of Montreal 4.31% 01-May-2027 0.80
Canadian Imperial Bank Commrce 4.95% 29-May-2027 0.76
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.85% 02-Nov-2026 0.74
Bank of Nova Scotia 4.68% 01-Feb-2029 0.74

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: S. Average Credit Quality: M.
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

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Vanguard Canadian Short-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF

Median

Other - Cdn Short Term Fixed Inc

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 2.76% 2.76% 2.42%
Beta 1.10% 1.13% 1.14%
Alpha 0.01% 0.01% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.95% 0.94% 0.81%
Sharpe 0.40% 0.14% 0.36%
Sortino 1.29% -0.10% -0.24%
Treynor 0.01% 0.00% 0.01%
Tax Efficiency 74.52% 57.35% 54.82%
Volatility Volatility rating is 1 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 1 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 1 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 1 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 1.89% 2.76% 2.76% 2.42%
Beta 1.13% 1.10% 1.13% 1.14%
Alpha 0.00% 0.01% 0.01% 0.00%
Rsquared 0.95% 0.95% 0.94% 0.81%
Sharpe 2.27% 0.40% 0.14% 0.36%
Sortino 9.66% 1.29% -0.10% -0.24%
Treynor 0.04% 0.01% 0.00% 0.01%
Tax Efficiency 81.90% 74.52% 57.35% 54.82%

Fund Details

Start Date November 02, 2012
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 Short-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF seeks to track, to the extent reasonably possible and before fees and expenses, the performance of a broad Canadian credit bond index with a short-term dollar weighted average maturity. Currently, this Vanguard ETF seeks to track the Barclays Global Aggregate Canadian Credit 1-5 year Float Adjusted Bond Index (or any successor thereto).

Investment Strategy

In order to achieve its investment objective, Vanguard Canadian Short-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF employs a "passive management" - or indexing - investment approach designed to track the performance of the Barclays Global Aggregate Canadian Credit 1 - 5 year Float Adjusted Bond Index. This Vanguard ETF invests by sampling the applicable Index,

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Vanguard Investments Canada Inc.

Sub-Advisor

Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC

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 0.11%
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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