The winners are announced in the inaugural ETF Express ETF awards in Toronto, Canada.
The event at the Toronto Board of Trade was attended by many in the industry and heard speeches from ETF Express managing editor, Beverly Chandler; ETF data providers’ Trackinsight’s Robert Jaeger and Michael Cooke, representing CETFA.
The winners, drawn from both the issuer and service provider community are here:
| Category | Winner |
| Best Overall ETF Liquidity Provider/Market Maker in Canada | National Bank Financial Markets |
| Best Market Maker/Authorised Participant – Equity ETFs in Canada | National Bank Financial Markets |
| Best Market Maker/Authorised Participant – Fixed Income ETFs in Canada | National Bank Financial Markets |
| Best Canadian Exchange for Listing ETFs | Toronto Stock Exchange |
| Best Canadian Exchange for Trading ETFs | Toronto Stock Exchange |
| Best Canadian Index Overall Provider | Solactive |
| Best Index Provider – Equity ETFs in Canada | Solactive |
| Best Index Provider – Fixed Income ETFs in Canada | Solactive |
| Best Index Provider – Commodity ETFs in Canada | Solactive |
| Best Index Provider – ESG ETFs in Canada | MSCI |
| Best Index Provider – Emerging Markets ETFs in Canada | Solactive |
| Best Capital Markets Team in Canada | BMO ETFs |
| Best Institutional ETF Broker in Canada | National Bank Financial Markets |
| Best Retail ETF Broker in Canada | Toronto Dominion |
| Best ETF Custodian in Canada | CIBC Mellon |
| Best ETF Platform in Canada | CIBC Mellon |
| Best ETF Distributor in Canada | Harvest ETFs |
| Best ETF Back Office Tech Provider in Canada | TSX Trust |
| Best ETF Research Provider in Canada | National Bank Financial Markets |
| Best ETF Law Firm in Canada | Borden Ladner Gervais LLP |
| Best ETF Regulatory/Compliance Adviser in Canada | Borden Ladner Gervais LLP |
| Best ETF Auditor in Canada | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
| Best Overall ETF Administrator in Canada | State Street Trust Company Canada |
| Best ETF Administrator – Equity ETFs in Canada | State Street Trust Company Canada |
| Best ETF Administrator – Fixed Income ETFs in Canada | State Street Trust Company Canada |
| Best Canada Cryptocurrency Index Provider | Solactive |
| Best Canada Exchange for Listing Cryptocurrency-Linked ETPs | Toronto Stock Exchange |
| Most Innovative ETF Issuer in Canada | Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc. |
| Best Active ETF Issuer ($100m-$1bn) | Ninepoint Partners LP |
| Best Active ETF Issuer ($1bn-$5bn) | iShares by BlackRock |
| Best Active ETF Issuer ($5bn+) | BMO ETFs |
| Best Leveraged & Inverse ETF Issuer ($100m+) | Hamilton ETFs |
| Best Commodity ETF Issuer ($100m+) | Horizons ETFs |
| Best Thematic Ex-Crypto ETF Issuer ($100m+) | Ninepoint Partners LP |
| Best Emerging Markets Equity ETF Issuer ($100m-$1bn) | Horizons ETFs |
| Best Emerging Markets Equity ETF Issuer ($1bn+) | BMO ETFs |
| Best ESG Equity ETF Issuer ($100m+) | BMO ETFs |
| Best International Equity ETF Issuer ($100m-$1bn) | Harvest ETFs |
| Best International Equity ETF Issuer ($1bn+) | BMO ETFs |
| Best US Equity ETF Issuer ($100m-$1bn) | Fidelity |
| Best US Equity ETF Issuer ($1bn-$10bn) | Mackenzie Investments |
| Best US Equity ETF Issuer ($10bn+) | BMO ETFs |
| Best ESG Fixed Income ETF Issuer ($100m+) | iShares by BlackRock |
| Best International Fixed Income ETF Issuer ($100m-$1bn) | PIMCO |
| Best International Fixed Income ETF Issuer ($1bn+) | Purpose Investments |
| Best US Fixed Income ETF Issuer ($100m+) | BMO ETFs |
| Best Mixed-Allocation ETF Issuer ($100m+) | Purpose Investments |
| Best Crypto Linked ETF Issuer ($100m+) | Evolve ETFs |
| Best Bitcoin ETF Issuer ($100m+) | Purpose Investments |
| Best Canadian Equity ETF Issuer ($100m-$1bn) | Hamilton ETFs |
| Best Canadian Equity ETF Issuer ($1bn-$5bn) | Mackenzie Investments |
| Best Canadian Equity ETF Issuer ($5bn+) | BMO ETFs |
| Best Canadian Fixed Income ETF Issuer ($100m-$5bn) | Horizons ETFs |
| Best Canadian Fixed Income ETF Issuer ($5bn+) | BMO ETFs |
