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EWC vs SCHF

Both International Developed.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF · Schwab International Equity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
10.1 %

77 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWC and SCHF would leave roughly 10.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EWC only 90.6% Shared 10.1% SCHF only 89.5%
In EWC only
8 positions
Shared
77 positions
In SCHF only
1,402 positions

Side by side

EWC

iShares MSCI Canada ETF

iShares · International Developed

67 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$5.96B
TTM yield
1.26%
Top-10 conc.
41.7%
SCHF

Schwab International Equity ETF

Schwab · International Developed

94 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$66.22B
TTM yield
3.07%
Top-10 conc.
12.8%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
97
80
Tax efficiency
77
90
Liquidity
100
55
Concentration
96
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Tracking quality
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EWC sub-score SCHF

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

SCHF is 47 bps cheaper than EWC. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/yr more in fees for EWC.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with EWC vs SCHF.

Top shared holdings

77 shared in total
# Holding In EWC In SCHF Overlap
1 Royal Bank of Canada 7.78% 0.81% 0.81%
2 Toronto-Dominion Bank/The 5.61% 0.56% 0.56%
3 Shopify Inc 4.83% 0.50% 0.50%
4 Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 4.16% 0.43% 0.43%
5 Enbridge Inc 3.81% 0.39% 0.39%
6 Bank of Montreal 3.43% 0.35% 0.35%
7 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 3.12% 0.32% 0.32%
8 Bank of Nova Scotia/The 3.11% 0.32% 0.32%
9 Brookfield Corp 2.86% 0.32% 0.32%
10 Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 3.02% 0.30% 0.30%
11 Barrick Mining Corp 2.87% 0.29% 0.29%
12 Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd 2.68% 0.27% 0.27%

Only in EWC

8 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 1.00%
  • Rogers Communications Inc 0.47%
  • Toromont Industries Ltd 0.41%
  • CCL Industries Inc 0.34%
  • Canadian Utilities Ltd 0.15%
  • Empire Co Ltd 0.15%
  • IGM Financial Inc 0.14%
  • Brookfield Renewable Corp 0.08%

Only in SCHF

1,402 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.41%
  • ASML Holding NV 1.95%
  • SK hynix Inc 1.36%
  • Roche Holding AG 1.14%
  • Novartis AG 1.11%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 1.10%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 1.07%
  • Nestle SA 0.94%
  • Toyota Motor Corp 0.89%
  • Shell PLC 0.81%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.