Vanguard Conservative ETF Portfolio (VCNS.TO) ETF Analysis

Fund Overview

Vanguard Conservative ETF Portfolio (VCNS.TO) is an exchange-traded fund. Vanguard Investments Canada Inc is the fund family on file. It has been trading since January 25, 2018. The fund holds CA$941.18M in total net assets.

The largest positions on file are Vanguard Canadian Aggregate Bond ETF (VAB.TO), Vanguard MStar US Total Market Index ETF (VUN.TO), and Vanguard FTSE Canada All Cap ETF (VCN.TO). Vanguard Canadian Aggregate Bond ETF alone accounts for 34.64% of the portfolio.

Performance Analysis

VCNS.TO last closed at CA$32.95 on September 4, 2026. The trailing one-year price return is +8.06%. Across 5 years the annualized return works out at +4.21%. The fund distributes at a trailing yield of 2.5%.

So far in 2026 the price is +6.19%. The strongest complete calendar year on file is 2019 at +11.96%; the weakest is 2022 at −11.77%. Of the 7 complete calendar years on file, 6 finished higher.

Price & Risk Profile

Annualized volatility over the trailing 8 years is 8.22%. The reported beta is 1.27. Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from CA$30.89 to CA$33.35. The latest close sits 6.67% above that 52-week low. The volatility figure is calculated from the stored daily closes, the same series the charts on this page use.