This Week in Canada ETFs: June 29 - July 3, 2026
Here’s a recap of all the key developments from week 27 of 2026 in Canada’s ETF market.
Here’s a recap of ETF activity across the Canadian market this week, from launches and filings to key updates.
ETF Launches
Desjardins Investments has expanded its ETF lineup with three actively managed funds covering Canadian fixed income, Canadian equities and global equities, providing investors with new core portfolio building blocks managed by Desjardins Global Asset Management.
The new lineup includes the Desjardins Active Canadian Bond Universe ETF (DACU), which invests primarily in Canadian government and corporate bonds while maintaining limited exposure to foreign fixed income securities. The Desjardins Canadian Equity Leaders ETF (DACL) focuses on large- and mid-cap Canadian companies, seeking income and long-term capital appreciation. Completing the trio is the Desjardins Global Opportunities ETF (DAGL), an actively managed global equity strategy investing across developed and emerging markets.
The three ETFs carry management fees of 0.30% for DACU, 0.43% for DACL, and 0.54% for DAGL.
ETF Filings
Global X filed seven new ETFs spanning both core portfolio exposures and thematic investing. The proposed lineup includes three low-cost bond ETFs covering U.S. Treasuries, the broad Canadian bond market and Canadian corporate bonds, alongside four equity ETFs tracking Canadian equities, South Korean stocks, artificial intelligence memory companies and Asian semiconductor manufacturers.
BMO Global Asset Management filed the BMO Credit Stress Opportunities ETF (ZCDX/ZCDX.U), a strategy designed to benefit from deteriorating conditions in the U.S. high yield bond market. The ETF will use credit default swap indexes to gain inverse exposure to high yield credit risk while minimizing interest rate exposure, offering investors a potential hedge against widening credit spreads.
Ninepoint filed the Ninepoint Anthropic HighShares ETF (ANHI), which will invest in Anthropic while generating additional income through a covered call strategy on up to half the portfolio. The ETF may also employ leverage of up to 33%, combining single-company exposure with enhanced income potential.
Other News
BMO Global Asset Management has updated the ticker symbols for the Active ETF Series of six mutual funds, replacing the existing "B" tickers with new "Z" tickers. The changes affect BGDV (now ZGDV), BGEQ (ZGEQ), BGHC (ZGHC), BGIF (ZGIF), BGIN (ZGIN) and BGRT (ZGRT). The update is administrative only and does not affect the funds' investment objectives or strategies.
Please note this article is for information purposes only and does not in any way constitute investment advice. It is essential that you seek advice from a registered financial professional prior to making any investment decision.
