Sector & Thematic
Targeted exposure to tech, energy, healthcare, AI, clean energy, mining, and more.
16 guides · 32 ETFs covered
Top Picks in Sector & Thematic
TD Global Technology Leaders Index ETF
$61.66
+16.58% YTD
iShares Global Healthcare (CAD Hedged)
$68.05
-3.65% YTD
iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index ETF
$24.87
+27.21% YTD
BMO Equal Weight Utilities Index ETF
$30.10
+18.36% YTD
iShares S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index ETF
$64.78
+1.74% YTD
iShares Global Agriculture Common Class
$70.75
+11.21% YTD
BMO Clean Energy Index ETF
$23.75
+31.14% YTD
Global X Lithium Producers Index ETF
$24.92
+12.40% YTD
BetaPro Natural Gas Leveraged Daily Bull ETF
$10.91
-30.92% YTD
BMO Global Infrastructure Index ETF
$59.40
+14.41% YTD
iShares MSCI EAFE Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)
$47.23
+11.34% YTD
Evolve Global Materials & Mining Enhanced Yield Index ETF
$30.08
+17.18% YTD
Sector & Thematic Guides
3 Best AI ETFs in Canada
The best AI ETFs in Canada include TEC.TO (~0.20% MER), CIAI.TO (~0.40%), and CHPS.TO (~0.28%). These ETFs provide exposure to artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and automation companies, offering high growth potential but with increased volatility, making them best suited as a small satellite position in a diversified portfolio.
3 Best Technology ETFs in Canada
The best technology ETFs in Canada include TEC.TO (~0.20% MER), XIT.TO (~0.61%), and XQQ.TO (~0.20%). These ETFs provide exposure to global and Canadian technology companies, offering strong growth potential but higher volatility, making them best suited as a satellite position within a diversified investment portfolio.
3 Best Healthcare ETFs in Canada
The best healthcare ETFs in Canada include XHC.TO (~0.40% MER), HHL.TO (~0.60%), and ZUH.TO (~0.39%). These ETFs provide exposure to global healthcare companies, offering a mix of defensive stability and growth potential, making them suitable as a satellite position in a diversified portfolio.
2 Best Energy ETFs in Canada
The best energy ETFs in Canada include XEG.TO (~0.61% MER) and ZEO.TO (~0.61%). These ETFs provide exposure to Canadian oil and gas companies, offering strong upside during commodity cycles but with high volatility, making them best suited as a tactical or satellite position in a diversified portfolio.
2 Best Oil ETFs in Canada
The best oil ETFs in Canada include XEG.TO (~0.61% MER) for equity exposure and HOU.TO (~1.15% MER) for leveraged oil price tracking. These ETFs provide ways to benefit from rising oil prices but are highly volatile, making them better suited for short-term or tactical positions rather than long-term core investments.
2 Best Utilities ETFs in Canada
The best utilities ETFs in Canada include ZUT.TO (~0.61% MER) and XUT.TO (~0.61%). These ETFs provide exposure to stable, income-generating utility companies, offering defensive characteristics and consistent dividends, but with sensitivity to interest rates and lower growth potential compared to broader equity ETFs.
4 Best Consumer Staples ETFs in Canada
The best consumer staples ETFs in Canada include XST.TO (~0.61% MER), STPL.TO (~0.20%), ZXLP.TO (~0.39%), and ZEAT.TO (~0.61%). These ETFs provide exposure to essential goods companies, offering defensive stability and consistent income, but with lower growth potential compared to broader market ETFs.
2 Best Agriculture ETFs in Canada
The best agriculture ETFs in Canada include COW.TO (~0.70% MER) and ZEAT.TO (~0.61%). These ETFs provide exposure to livestock commodities and global agribusiness companies, offering diversification and inflation-hedging potential, but with cyclical performance and higher volatility compared to broad-market ETFs.
2 Best Clean Energy ETFs in Canada
The best clean energy ETFs in Canada include ZCLN.TO (~0.40% MER) and HCLN.TO (~0.40%). These ETFs provide exposure to global renewable energy companies, offering strong long-term growth potential but high volatility, making them best suited as a small satellite position in a diversified portfolio.
2 Best Lithium ETFs in Canada
The best lithium ETFs in Canada include HLIT.TO (~0.40% MER) and global options like BATT. These ETFs provide exposure to lithium producers and battery technology companies, offering strong growth potential tied to EV adoption, but with high volatility and concentration risk, making them best suited as a satellite position.
2 Best Natural Gas ETFs in Canada
The best natural gas ETFs in Canada include HNU.TO (leveraged) and HUN.TO (unleveraged). These ETFs track natural gas futures, offering direct exposure to commodity price movements, but with high volatility and complexity, making them better suited for short-term trading rather than long-term investing.
2 Best Infrastructure ETFs in Canada
The best infrastructure ETFs in Canada include ZGI.TO (~0.40% MER) and CIF.TO (~0.65%). These ETFs provide exposure to global infrastructure assets like utilities, pipelines, and transportation, offering stable income and potential inflation protection, but with sensitivity to interest rates and moderate growth compared to broad equity ETFs.
2 Best Industrial ETFs in Canada
The best industrial ETFs in Canada include XIN.TO (~0.06% MER) and XGI.TO (~0.61%). These ETFs provide exposure to global industrial companies across sectors like manufacturing and transportation, offering growth potential tied to economic cycles, but with sensitivity to downturns and less stability than defensive sectors.
2 Best Mining ETFs in Canada
The best mining ETFs in Canada include BASE.TO (~0.20% MER) and XGD.TO (~0.61%). These ETFs provide exposure to global mining companies and commodity producers, offering strong upside during commodity cycles, but with high volatility and concentration risk, making them best suited as a satellite position.
2 Best Commodity ETFs in Canada
The best commodity ETFs in Canada include NREA.TO (~0.61% MER) and CGL.TO (~0.55%). These ETFs provide exposure to real assets like gold and natural resources, offering diversification and potential inflation protection, but with cyclical performance and higher volatility compared to traditional equity or bond ETFs.
2 Best Precious Metals ETFs in Canada
The best precious metals ETFs in Canada include ZMT.TO (~0.61% MER) and XGD.TO (~0.61%). These ETFs provide exposure to gold and silver through mining companies or diversified metals portfolios, offering inflation protection and defensive characteristics, but with cyclical performance and higher volatility compared to traditional asset classes.
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