ETF comparison
EWC vs VT
International Developed vs Global Stock (incl. US).
iShares MSCI Canada ETF · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
80 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EWC and VT would leave roughly 2.6% 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
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VT 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 VT.
Top shared holdings
80 shared in total| # | Holding | In EWC | In VT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 8.71% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 2 | THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 6.28% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 3 | SHOPIFY INC. | 4.74% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 4 | BANK OF MONTREAL | 3.74% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 5 | Enbridge Inc. | 3.89% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 6 | CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE | 3.30% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 7 | THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | 3.22% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 8 | CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED | 3.08% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 9 | Brookfield Corporation | 3.05% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 10 | Suncor Energy Inc. | 2.44% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 11 | Canadien Pacifique Kansas City Limitee | 2.60% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 12 | AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED | 3.00% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in EWC
4 total- ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0.46%
- CCL INDUSTRIES INC. 0.31%
- CANADIAN UTILITIES LIMITED 0.16%
- EMPIRE COMPANY LIMITED 0.15%
Only in VT
9,970 total- NVIDIA Corp 4.06%
- Apple Inc 3.87%
- Microsoft Corp 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.28%
- Alphabet Inc 1.83%
- Broadcom Inc 1.57%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.56%
- Alphabet Inc 1.44%
- Meta Platforms Inc 1.06%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.81%
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- EWC vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 0.2%
- EWC vs VSS · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares 0.1%
- EWC vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with VT
- VT vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 2.4%
- VT vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 2.1%
- VT vs EWY · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF 2.0%
- VT vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 2.0%
- VT vs BBAX · JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia Pacific ex-Japan ETF 1.9%
- VT vs EWL · iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF 1.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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.