S&P 500 ETFs in Canada

Every Canadian-listed fund whose stated index is the S&P 500, the market-cap-weighted index of 500 large US companies. Funds are grouped by the currency the class trades in and by whether the fund hedges its currency exposure back to CAD.

Plain trackers13 5 CAD · 4 CAD-hedged · 4 USD
Reported assetsCA$111.5B listing currency, not converted
Lowest fee0.08% lowest reported MER
Fund lineup
9 funds. Tap a column name to sort.

Prices and AUM are shown in Canadian dollars. Return percentages are calculated from the CAD-listed class. Listing currency does not by itself describe the currency exposure of the fund's holdings. CAD hedging is shown separately.

UnhedgedCurrency exposure passes through to a CAD holder
#ETF
1
+11.2%
2
+11.0%
3
+11.0%
4
+10.9%
5
+10.6%
CAD-hedgedThe fund hedges its currency exposure back to CAD
#ETF
1
+9.0%
2
+8.8%
3
+8.8%
4
+8.7%
Hedging, on this index
Unhedged, 1Y+10.9%
CAD-hedged, 1Y+8.8%
Unhedged, 5Y+14.2%
CAD-hedged, 5Y+10.0%

Average annualized return, %

Averages of the plain CAD classes above, total return with distributions reinvested. Past performance does not indicate future results.

Same index, three ways to hold it

Holds a US-listed ETF on the index: XUS.U.TO, XUS.TO, VFV.TO, ZUE.TO, VSP.TO, XSP.TO

Holds the index constituents: ZSP.U.TO, USSX.U.TO, USSX.TO, ZSP.TO

Swap-based, corporate class: HXS.U.TO, HXS.TO, HSH.TO

Same index, other rules

These funds start from the same index but weight or screen it differently, so their returns can differ from the trackers above.

ETF1Y
EQL.U.TOCI Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Index ETF+18.8%
EQL.TOCI Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Index ETF+18.2%
EQLI.TOInvesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Income Advantage ETF+16.1%
EQL.F.TOCI Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Index ETF+15.9%
XUSC.U.TOiShares S&P 500 3% Capped Index ETF+13.8%
XUSC.TOiShares S&P 500 3% Capped Index ETF+12.7%
ESG.TOCI S&P 500 ESG Index ETF+11.5%
ULV.U.TOCI Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility Index ETF+10.9%
XSPC.TOiShares S&P 500 3% Capped Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)+10.5%
ESG.F.TOCI S&P 500 ESG Index ETF+9.6%
ULV.F.TOCI Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility Index ETF+8.7%
ULV.C.TOCI Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility Index ETF+8.6%
EQLI.U.TOInvesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Income Advantage ETFLess than 1 year
EQLI.F.TOInvesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Income Advantage ETFLess than 1 year

Membership comes from each fund's stated index, reviewed by hand and recorded as a benchmark stamp, not from a name or theme match. Funds tracking a variant of the index are listed separately.

Related page or tool: Open Backtest Studio for a hypothetical comparison of S&P 500 trackers across selected periods.

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