Canada Life segregated funds policy originally with Great-West Life

Fund overview & performance

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October 31, 2026

This segregated fund invests primarily in Canadian stocks currently through the Counsel Canadian Growth mutual fund. On or about June 5, 2026, this fund's name changed to Canadian Growth Equity from Canadian Focused Growth and Picton Mahoney Asset Management assumed portfolio management responsibilities from Mackenzie Investments. With this change the segregated fund no longer invests directly in stocks but invests in Counsel Canadian Growth fund. The performance prior to the above dates were achieved under previous manager and/ or investment strategy.

Is this fund right for you?

  • A person who is investing for the medium to longer term, seeking the growth potential of stocks, and is comfortable with moderate risk.
  • Since the fund invests in stocks its value is affected by stock prices, which can rise and fall in a short period of time.

How is the fund invested? (as of August 31, 2026)

Asset allocation (%)
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 175.5
Income Trust Units 4.0
US Equity 2.0
Cash and Equivalents -81.6
Other 0.1
Geographic allocation (%)
Name Percent
Canada 96.7
Bermuda 2.1
United States 1.1
Other 0.1
Sector allocation (%)
Name Percent
Financial Services 54.2
Basic Materials 32.5
Energy 28.1
Technology 16.2
Industrial Services 14.1
Consumer Services 10.9
Utilities 6.5
Industrial Goods 6.1
Real Estate 4.2
Other -72.8

Growth of $10,000 (since inception)

Data not available based on date of inception

Fund details

As of August 31, 2026
Top holdings (%)
Top holdings Percent (%)
Toronto-Dominion Bank 16.1
Royal Bank of Canada 15.9
Shopify Inc Cl A 9.2
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd 7.4
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 6.0
Enbridge Inc 5.0
TC Energy Corp 4.6
Franco-Nevada Corp 4.4
Cenovus Energy Inc 4.3
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 4.2
Total allocation in top holdings 77.1
As of August 31, 2026
Portfolio characteristics
Portfolio characteristics Value
Standard deviation -
Dividend yield 1.83%
Yield to maturity -
Duration (years) -
Coupon -
Average credit rating Not rated
Average market cap (million) $150,718.1

Understanding returns

Annual compound returns (%)

Short term
1 MO 3 MO YTD 1 YR
Data not available based on date of inception
Long term
3 YR 5 YR 10 YR INCEPTION
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Calendar year returns (%)

2025 - 2022
2025 2024 2023 2022
Data not available based on date of inception
2021 - 2018
2021 2020 2019 2018
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Range of returns over five years

Best return / Worst return
Best return Best period end date Worst return
Worst period end date
Data not available based on date of inception
Summary
Average return % of periods with positive returns Number of positive periods Number of negative periods
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