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EWCiShares MSCI Canada ETF

Grow my money30y track recordRanked #306 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Canadian equities.

By iShares · Launched 1996

Annual Cost

0.50%

#2,576 of 5,562 · average

Fund Size

$5.5B

#419 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+29.1%

Track Record

30 years

#27 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$13,117+31.2%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

MSCI Canada Custom Capped Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 42.7% of fundmoderately concentrated

Royal Bank of Canada
7.9%
Shopify Inc
7.0%
Toronto-Dominion Bank/The
5.3%
Enbridge Inc
3.9%
Brookfield Corp
3.4%
Bank of Montreal
3.3%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd
3.2%
Bank of Nova Scotia/The
3.1%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
2.9%
Barrick Mining Corp
2.6%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.8%
Cash
0.2%

By sector

Financial Services
38.7%
Energy
18.3%
Basic Materials
15.7%
Industrials
9.2%
Technology
8.3%
Consumer Cyclical
3.5%
Consumer Defensive
3.1%
Utilities
2.2%
Other
1.1%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
14.5%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-42.7%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
1.10Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.60Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Canadian equities.
Strategy
Tracks the MSCI Canada Custom Capped Index, designed to measure broad-based equity performance in Canada. Invests primarily in large- and mid-cap Canadian companies, with constraints on issuer weightings to ensure diversification.
Inception date
March 12, 1996
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-06-19