The top 101 exchange traded funds for Canadians

This guide highlights the best exchange-traded funds available to Canadian investors, including low-cost balanced portfolios, specialized strategies, and targeted exposures across equities and bonds. It offers investors a practical starting point for building, refining, or stress-testing their portfolios in today’s market environment. Visit our website for an expanded list of 500 ETFs.

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Data from Bloomberg as of May 14, 2026, average premium = average premium over net asset value, average spread = average bid-ask spread, average volume= average volume over past 30 days in thousands, total returns are shown and include reinvested distributions, stock crash represents returns from February 20, 2020 to March 23, 2020, bond crash represents returns from June 1, 2021 to October 21, 2022, inception = starting year. Frequency codes are: M = monthly, Q = quarterly, S = semi-annually, A = annually, N = none. Annual fee = management expense ratio via Bloomberg, ETF websites, or Morningstar Canada and may be estimated. Names are shortened for space.