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About VANGUARD CANADIAN SHT TM BD IDX ETF TRUST UNITS
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Inception date
Nov 30, 2011
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 short-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 term to maturity between one and five years. Holdings are selected and weighted by market value. In all, the fund aims to provide current income with its high credit quality exposure to short-term bonds.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government53.51%
Corporate46.34%
Municipal0.13%
Agency0.03%
Stock breakdown by region
North America99.30%
Europe0.32%
Asia0.32%
Oceania0.07%
Latin America0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
VSB invests in bonds. The fund's major sectors are Government, with 53.51% stocks, and Corporate, with 46.34% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
VSB top holdings are Canada Treasury Bonds 2.75% 01-MAR-2030 and Canada Treasury Bonds 3.5% 01-SEP-2029, occupying 3.48% and 3.24% of the portfolio correspondingly.
VSB last dividends amounted to 0.06 CAD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.06 CAD in dividends, which shows a 11.56% increase.
VSB assets under management is 1.07 B CAD. It's fallen 10.45% over the last month.
VSB fund flows account for −86.94 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, VSB pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 2.35%. The last dividend (Jun 9, 2025) amounted to 0.06 CAD. The dividends are paid monthly.
VSB shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc. under the brand Vanguard. The ETF was launched on Nov 30, 2011, and its management style is Passive.
VSB expense ratio is 0.11% meaning you'd have to pay 0.11% of your investment to help manage the fund.
VSB follows the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Canadian Government/Credit Float Adjusted (1-5 Y). ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
VSB invests in bonds.
VSB price has fallen by −0.43% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 2.50% increase. See more dynamics on VSB price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.22% over the last month, showed a 0.60% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 5.34% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.22% over the last month, showed a 0.60% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 5.34% in a year.
VSB trades at a premium (0.09%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.