HISA and short-term bond table (Canada & US)

Last update: December 16, 2025US table updated after latest US Fed cut

HISAs are “High Interest Savings Accounts” and offer a nearly zero risk, highly liquid way to earn some interest on your cash holdings. If your broker doesn’t give you access to HISAs (or you have to pay large transaction fees to acquire them), then there’s also ETFs that fit the bill, and some of them are now in this table, too. ETF posted rates are annualized rates, meaning it takes the most recent monthly distribution and multiply by 121.

Canada: Bank of Canada Rate = 2.25%

ProviderFundLinkRate SheetRate
RBCRBF2011, RBF2021, RBF2031, RBF2041RBCLink2.05%
ScotiabankDYN6004, DYN5004, DYN3065, DYN3055, DYN3075ScotiabankLink2.20%
Equitable BankEQB1001, ETR1001Equitable Bankn/a2.05%2
TDTDB8151, TDB8156, TDB8158, TDB8160TDn/a2.05%
RenaissanceATL5071Renaissancen/a2.05%
Home TrustHOM101,
HOM201
Home TrustLink2.15%3
B2BBTB101B2B Bankn/a2.15%
ManulifeMIP610, MIP810Manulifen/a1.90%
National BankNBC200, NBC6200, NBC8200NBI Altamira CashPerformern/a2.05%
Global XCASHCASH Fact Sheetn/a2.32%4
EvolveHISAHISA Fact Sheetn/a1.92%5
BMOZMMKZMMK Fact Sheetn/a2.64%6
Canadian HISA and HISA-like ETF rates

USA: Fed rate = 3.64%7

December 16, 2025: All rates now reflect latest US Fed movement.

ProviderFundLinkRate SheetRate
RBCRBF2015RBCLink3.40%
ScotiabankDYN6005,
DYN5005
ScotiabankLink3.40%
Equitable BankEQB1101,
ETR1101
Equitable Bankn/a3.05%
TDTDB8153TDn/a3.40%
RenaissanceATL5075Renaissancen/a3.40%
ManulifeMIP611Manulifen/a2.55%
National BankNBC201NBI Altamira CashPerformern/a3.40%
Global XUCSHUCSH Fact Sheetn/a3.90%8
EvolveHISUHISU Fact Sheetn/a3.43%9
iSharesICSHICSH Fact Sheetn/a4.24%10
USA HISA and HISA-like ETF rates
  1. Many of these funds also post “trailing” 12 month yields, which is historical context. In an environment where central bank interest rates aren’t changing much month to month, the trailing 12 month yields may be helpful, but since that’s not currently the world we live in, I don’t pay much attention to this metric since it doesn’t represent what interest my savings will generate THIS month. As a means to compare two funds, I guess it might have some merit. ↩︎
  2. updated to 2.05 as suspected on November 5 ↩︎
  3. Fact sheet now up to date, took longer than everyone else. ↩︎
  4. November 27 distribution ↩︎
  5. November 25 distribution ↩︎
  6. November 26 distribution ↩︎
  7. A guess at the overnight rate. US Fed’s rate is stated as a range, currently 3.50% – 3.75% ↩︎
  8. November 27 distribution ↩︎
  9. November 25 distribution ↩︎
  10. December 1 distribution ↩︎