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About Vanguard Canadian Short-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF
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Inception date
Nov 2, 2012
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.
ISIN
CA92203N1015
The fund provides exposure to a portfolio of short-term investment grade corporate bonds issued in Canada 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. Such bonds have a 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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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Corporate100.12%
Government0.01%
Futures−0.13%
Stock breakdown by region
North America98.88%
Europe0.80%
Oceania0.32%
Latin America0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
VSC invests in bonds. The fund's major sectors are Corporate, with 100.12% stocks, and Government, with 0.01% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
VSC last dividends amounted to 0.07 CAD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.08 CAD in dividends, which shows a 7.51% decrease.
VSC assets under management is 1.11 B CAD. It's risen 2.59% over the last month.
VSC fund flows account for 183.43 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, VSC pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.60%. The last dividend (Sep 9, 2025) amounted to 0.07 CAD. The dividends are paid monthly.
VSC shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc. under the brand Vanguard. The ETF was launched on Nov 2, 2012, and its management style is Passive.
VSC expense ratio is 0.11% meaning you'd have to pay 0.11% of your investment to help manage the fund.
VSC follows the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Canadian Credit Float Adjusted (1-5 Y). ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
VSC invests in bonds.
VSC price has risen by 0.33% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 1.93% increase. See more dynamics on VSC price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.25% over the last month, showed a 0.70% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 4.24% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.25% over the last month, showed a 0.70% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 4.24% in a year.
VSC trades at a premium (0.17%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.