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Market Statistics - October 2026

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Market Statistics – Expanded View

All figures in CAD unless mentioned otherwise.

Income

Fixed Income


	1 Month	YTD	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years	20 Years	5 Year STD DEV
Canadian Treasury Bills	0.19	1.90	2.28	3.38	3.16	2.01	1.65	0.44
Canadian Short-Term Bonds	0.70	1.22	1.15	4.71	2.41	2.02	2.85	2.55
Global Government Short-Term Bonds (hedged to CAD)	0.74	0.07	0.32	3.11	1.28	1.36	2.22	2.31
Canadian Total Bond Market	1.49	0.69	-0.32	5.13	0.80	1.53	3.29	6.14
Total Global Bond Market (hedged to CAD)	1.55	-1.14	-1.44	3.58	-0.31	1.13	3.01	4.98

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)


	1 Month	YTD	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years	20 Years	5 Year STD DEV
Canadian REITs	-1.24	4.28	5.01	10.48	-0.46	5.02	6.40	16.83
Global REITs	0.56	9.36	7.47	13.20	3.45	4.50	4.49	14.52

Equities

Canadian Equity


	1 Month	YTD	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years	20 Years	5 Year STD DEV
Total Market	1.24	14.37	20.35	26.95	14.34	12.44	8.57	12.41
Value	4.69	30.55	41.57	35.85	21.28	15.37	10.33	13.11
Growth	-0.87	0.79	2.44	19.40	8.42	9.25	6.53	14.29
Small Cap Value	-2.28	12.98	20.37	25.41	15.70	12.77	8.62	15.81
Small Cap Growth	-9.22	2.48	12.16	31.43	12.66	12.58	7.58	20.44

U.S. Equity


	1 Month	YTD	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years	20 Years	5 Year STD DEV
Total Market	-2.48	13.68	11.53	23.39	13.75	15.38	11.98	13.32
Value	2.45	26.69	28.14	23.57	14.51	12.55	9.86	12.05
Growth	-7.83	1.59	-2.99	22.56	13.10	18.19	14.10	17.62
Small Cap Value	0.61	22.01	22.98	21.66	10.16	10.50	8.63	18.03
Small Cap Growth	-3.13	11.19	6.69	20.50	6.03	10.92	9.87	19.93

International Equity


	1 Month	YTD	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years	20 Years	5 Year STD DEV
Total Market	-2.78	11.28	12.85	20.04	10.74	9.51	6.40	12.07
Value	-2.21	15.91	21.39	24.98	16.67	10.45	6.05	11.49
Growth	-2.96	7.03	5.02	15.18	5.96	8.61	6.37	14.29
Small Cap Value	-3.67	11.10	14.55	21.74	11.07	9.03	7.28	12.94
Small Cap Growth	-4.14	9.50	8.90	18.28	3.98	7.93	6.96	15.18

Emerging Markets Equity


	1 Month	YTD	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years	20 Years	5 Year STD DEV
Total Market	-9.80	14.15	12.13	21.39	9.37	8.55	7.07	16.15
Value	-7.61	21.46	21.51	23.33	12.26	8.54	6.90	15.08
Growth	-11.89	9.78	6.42	21.71	6.93	8.54	6.93	18.65
Small Cap Value	-8.47	7.81	5.51	15.26	10.19	9.09	8.87	13.37
Small Cap Growth	-11.73	3.15	-0.31	12.89	6.52	7.56	6.55	16.39

International and Emerging Markets Equity


	1 Month	YTD	1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years	20 Years	5 Year STD DEV
Total Market	-5.19	12.77	13.21	20.89	10.79	9.35	6.33	12.52

Market Statistics – October 2026