Effective November 18, 2025, Vanguard reduced the management fee for this ETF from 0.22% to 0.17%. The MER does not yet reflect this fee cut as it is calculated at the fund's fiscal year end.

About this fund

Fund objectives

Vanguard Conservative ETF Portfolio seeks to provide a combination of income and moderate long-term capital growth by investing in equity and fixed income securities.

Why this fund

  • Seeks to achieve its investment objective by primarily investing in equity and fixed income securities. It may do so either directly or indirectly through investment in one or more exchange traded funds managed by the manager or an affiliate or certain other investment funds.
  • In seeking to achieve the investment objective (under normal market conditions), the sub-advisor will strive to maintain a long-term strategic asset allocation of equity (approximately 40%) and fixed income (approximately 60%) securities. The portfolio asset mix may be reconstituted and rebalanced from time to time at the discretion of the sub-advisor.
  • The underlying funds are expected to be index funds that provide exposure to broad-based equity and fixed income markets.

Fund facts

Inception date
Jan 25 2018
Total assets
Asset class
Multi-Asset
Investment manager
Vanguard Global Equity Index Management
Distribution Per Unit
$0.20
Distribution frequency
Quarterly
Benchmark
Internal Composite

Performance

Risk and Volatility

As at May 31 2026

Beta
Alpha
Standard Deviation
Sharpe Ratio

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Portfolio data

Allocation to underlying Vanguard funds

As at Apr 30 2026

Percentage
Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETF 34.46%
U.S. Total Market Index ETF 18.47%
FTSE Canada All Cap Index ETF 12.49%
Global ex-U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ETF (CAD-hedged) 12.07%
U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ETF (CAD-hedged) 11.57%
FTSE Developed All Cap ex North America Index ETF 7.67%
FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap Index ETF 3.25%

Total allocation percentages shown may not equal 100% due to rounding

Asset allocation

As at Apr 30 2026

Percentage
Bond 58.10%
Short-term reserves 0.02%
Stock 41.88%
Characteristics
StocksFundAs at
Number of stocks 13,726 Apr 30 2026
Median market capital 136.1 B May 31 2026
Price earning / ratio (P/E) 21.9 x May 31 2026
Price / book ratio (P/B) 3.2 x May 31 2026
Return on equity (ROE) 14.9% May 31 2026
Earnings growth rate 17.7% May 31 2026
FundamentalsFundAs at
Number of bonds 17,115 Apr 30 2026
YTM (Yield to Maturity) effective 3.8% May 31 2026
Average Duration 6.5 Years May 31 2026
Average maturity 9.8 Years May 31 2026
Average quality AAA May 31 2026
Cash Investment 0.0% Apr 30 2026
Market allocation

As at Apr 30 2026

CountryRegionFundBenchmarkVariance +/-
United States of AmericaNorth America 44.11%
CanadaNorth America 30.00%
JapanPacific 4.25%
United KingdomEurope 2.47%
TaiwanEmerging Markets 2.20%
ChinaEmerging Markets 2.16%
Republic Of KoreaPacific 1.67%
FranceEurope 1.48%
SwitzerlandEurope 1.44%
GermanyEurope 1.37%
IndiaEmerging Markets 1.23%
AustraliaPacific 1.22%
NetherlandsEurope 0.77%
SpainEurope 0.59%
ItalyEurope 0.58%
Top 10 Holdings

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Prices and distribution

Prices

Nav Price (CAD)
$32.98
Change
+$0.110.33%
As at Jun 12 2026
NAV 52-week high
$33.09
As at Jun 15 2026
NAV 52-week low
$29.72
As at Jun 15 2026
NAV 52-week difference
$3.37
Change
+10.17%
As at Jun 15 2026
Historical Prices

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Inception date

Jan 25 2018

Listing date

Feb 01 2018

Date NAV (CAD) Market price (CAD)
Jun 12 2026 $32.9819 $33.0000
Jun 11 2026 $32.8718 $32.8700
Jun 10 2026 $32.4855 $32.4900
Jun 09 2026 $32.6818 $32.6800
Jun 08 2026 $32.6521 $32.6200
Jun 05 2026 $32.6445 $32.6600
Jun 04 2026 $33.0680 $33.0500
Jun 03 2026 $32.9768 $33.0050
Jun 02 2026 $33.0890 $33.0900
Jun 01 2026 $32.9646 $32.9600
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Distribution history

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

12 month trailing yield

2.43%

(May 31 2026)

Distribution yield

2.42%

(May 31 2026)

TypeEx-dividend dateRecord datePayment dateCash distribution per unitReinvestment distribution per unitTotal distribution per unit
Income Apr 01 2026 Apr 01 2026 Apr 09 2026 $0.19922 $0.19922
CGCA Dec 30 2025 Dec 30 2025 Jan 07 2026 $0.42871 $0.42871
Income Dec 30 2025 Dec 30 2025 Jan 07 2026 $0.23710 $0.23710
Income Oct 01 2025 Oct 01 2025 Oct 08 2025 $0.17617 $0.17617
Income Jul 02 2025 Jul 02 2025 Jul 09 2025 $0.18742 $0.18742
Income Apr 01 2025 Apr 01 2025 Apr 08 2025 $0.19506 $0.19506
CGCA Dec 30 2024 Dec 30 2024 Jan 07 2025 $0.41857 $0.41857
Income Dec 30 2024 Dec 30 2024 Jan 07 2025 $0.20598 $0.20598
Income Oct 01 2024 Oct 01 2024 Oct 08 2024 $0.14311 $0.14311
Income Jul 02 2024 Jul 02 2024 Jul 09 2024 $0.20555 $0.20555
Annual distributions

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YearEligible dividendsNon eligible dividendsOther incomeCapital gainsReturn of capitalForeign incomeForeign tax paidTotal distribution per unit
2018 $0.06377 $0.00000 $0.16261 $0.04930 $0.00149 $0.28670 $0.03755 $0.52632
2019 $0.08750 $0.00000 $0.20359 $0.00000 $0.00143 $0.35171 $0.04523 $0.59900
2020 $0.09327 $0.00000 $0.21256 $0.04860 $0.00071 $0.24853 $0.02440 $0.57926
2021 $0.09023 $0.00000 $0.21520 $0.27437 $0.00035 $0.34855 $0.04423 $0.88446
2022 $0.09235 $0.00000 $0.23803 $0.08370 $0.00033 $0.27056 $0.02654 $0.65844
2023 $0.09991 $0.00000 $0.25094 $0.20589 $0.00079 $0.38557 $0.04006 $0.90304
2024 $0.09966 $0.00000 $0.28981 $0.41857 $0.00025 $0.41085 $0.04724 $1.17190
2025 $0.09085 $0.00000 $0.30773 $0.42871 $0.00198 $0.44341 $0.04822 $1.22446

Purchase information

Currencies and stock exchanges

Listed currencies: CAD

Base currency: CAD

Exchanges: Toronto Stock Exchange

Fund codes

The management expense ratio (MER) is the MER as of the most recent fund year end, including waivers and absorptions, and is expressed as an annualized percentage of the daily average net asset value. Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. expects to continue absorbing or waiving certain fees indefinitely but may, in its discretion, discontinue this practice at any time. For recently launched funds, MER information is not yet available.