ETF comparison
EWC vs VSS
Both International Developed.
iShares MSCI Canada ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWC and VSS would leave roughly 0.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares
Vanguard · International Developed
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VSS is 44 bps cheaper than EWC. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/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 VSS.
Top shared holdings
1 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWC | In VSS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE CORPORATION | 0.18% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
Only in EWC
83 total- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 8.71%
- THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 6.28%
- SHOPIFY INC. 4.74%
- Enbridge Inc. 3.89%
- BANK OF MONTREAL 3.74%
- CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE 3.30%
- THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 3.22%
- CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED 3.08%
- Brookfield Corporation 3.05%
- AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED 3.00%
Only in VSS
4,817 total- Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.27%
- Aritzia Inc 0.27%
- Finning International Inc 0.24%
- Storebrand ASA 0.24%
- Accelleron Industries AG 0.24%
- Games Workshop Group PLC 0.24%
- Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.24%
- Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.23%
- South Bow Corp 0.22%
- Subsea 7 SA 0.21%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open EWC or VSS at a brokerage
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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.