S&P/TSX Composite (GSPTSE)
Benchmark index · Canada · data since 1979-06-29 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.50%
7d
+0.30%
30d
+1.82%
YTD
+11.53%
1y
+29.21%
S&P/TSX Composite (GSPTSE) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.7 | 7.6 | -4.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 1.5 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 3.3 | -0.6 | -1.9 | -0.3 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 3.8 | -2.0 | 2.5 | -1.8 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 6.2 | -3.6 |
| 2023 | 7.1 | -2.6 | -0.6 | 2.7 | -5.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 | -1.6 | -3.7 | -3.4 | 7.2 | 3.6 |
| 2022 | -0.6 | 0.1 | 3.6 | -5.2 | -0.2 | -9.0 | 4.4 | -1.8 | -4.6 | 5.3 | 5.3 | -5.2 |
| 2021 | -0.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | -2.5 | 4.8 | -1.8 | 2.7 |
| 2020 | 1.5 | -6.1 | -17.7 | 10.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 2.1 | -2.4 | -3.4 | 10.3 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 3.0 | -3.3 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | -1.1 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | -1.6 | -3.2 | -0.5 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | -1.0 | -1.2 | -6.5 | 1.1 | -5.8 |
| 2017 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | -1.5 | -1.1 | -0.3 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | -1.4 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 0.8 | -0.0 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| 2015 | 0.3 | 3.8 | -2.2 | 2.2 | -1.4 | -3.1 | -0.6 | -4.2 | -4.0 | 1.7 | -0.4 | -3.4 |
| 2014 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 2.2 | -0.3 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | -4.3 | -2.3 | 0.9 | -0.8 |
| 2013 | 2.0 | 1.1 | -0.6 | -2.3 | 1.6 | -4.1 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 2012 | 4.2 | 1.5 | -2.0 | -0.8 | -6.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 0.9 | -1.5 | 1.6 |
| 2011 | 0.8 | 4.3 | -0.1 | -1.2 | -1.0 | -3.6 | -2.7 | -1.4 | -9.0 | 5.4 | -0.4 | -2.0 |
| 2010 | -5.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 1.4 | -3.7 | -4.0 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.8 |
| 2009 | -3.3 | -6.6 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 11.2 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 4.8 | -4.3 | 4.9 | 2.6 |
| 2008 | -4.9 | 3.3 | -1.7 | 4.4 | 5.6 | -1.7 | -6.0 | 1.3 | -14.7 | -16.9 | -5.0 | -3.0 |
| 2007 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 4.8 | -1.1 | -0.3 | -1.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | -6.4 | 1.1 |
| 2006 | 6.0 | -2.1 | 3.6 | 0.8 | -3.8 | -1.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | -2.6 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 1.2 |
| 2005 | -0.5 | 5.0 | -0.6 | -2.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | -5.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
| 2004 | 3.7 | 3.1 | -2.3 | -4.0 | 2.1 | 1.5 | -1.0 | -1.0 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| 2003 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -3.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | -1.2 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | -0.5 | -0.1 | 2.8 | -2.4 | -0.1 | -6.7 | -7.6 | 0.1 | -6.5 | 1.1 | 5.2 | 0.7 |
| 2001 | 4.3 | -13.3 | -5.8 | 4.5 | 2.7 | -5.2 | -0.6 | -3.8 | -7.6 | 0.7 | 7.8 | 3.5 |
| 2000 | 0.8 | 7.6 | 3.6 | -1.2 | -1.0 | 10.2 | 2.1 | 8.1 | -7.7 | -7.1 | -8.5 | 1.3 |
| 1999 | 3.8 | -6.2 | 4.5 | 6.3 | -2.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -1.6 | -0.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 11.8 |
| 1998 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 1.4 | -1.0 | -2.9 | -5.9 | -20.2 | 1.5 | 10.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 1997 | 3.1 | 0.8 | -5.0 | 2.2 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 6.8 | -3.9 | 6.5 | -2.8 | -4.8 | 2.9 |
| 1996 | 5.4 | -0.7 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 1.9 | -3.9 | -2.3 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 7.5 | -1.5 |
| 1995 | -4.7 | 2.7 | 4.6 | -0.8 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | -2.1 | 0.3 | -1.6 | 4.5 | 1.1 |
| 1994 | 5.4 | -2.9 | -2.1 | -1.4 | 1.4 | -7.0 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 0.1 | -1.4 | -4.6 | 2.9 |
| 1993 | -1.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 4.3 | -3.5 | 6.6 | -1.8 | 3.4 |
| 1992 | 2.4 | -0.4 | -4.7 | -1.7 | 1.0 | -0.0 | 1.6 | -1.2 | -3.1 | 1.2 | -1.6 | 2.1 |
| 1991 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 1.0 | -0.8 | 2.2 | -2.1 | 2.2 | -0.6 | -3.7 | 3.8 | -1.9 | 1.9 |
| 1990 | -6.7 | -0.5 | -1.3 | -8.2 | 7.2 | -1.1 | 0.5 | -6.0 | -5.6 | -2.5 | 2.3 | 3.4 |
| 1989 | 6.7 | -1.2 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 1.0 | -1.7 | -0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 1988 | -3.3 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 0.8 | -2.7 | 5.9 | -1.9 | -2.7 | -0.1 | 3.4 | -3.0 | 2.9 |
| 1987 | 9.2 | 4.5 | 6.9 | -0.6 | -0.8 | 1.5 | 7.8 | -0.9 | -2.3 | -22.6 | -1.4 | 6.1 |
| 1986 | -2.0 | 0.5 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | -1.2 | -4.9 | 3.2 | -1.6 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| 1985 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 3.8 | -0.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | -6.7 | 1.6 | 6.8 | 1.5 |
| 1984 | -3.3 | -2.0 | -1.6 | -2.5 | -4.0 | -0.4 | -3.6 | 11.6 | 0.2 | -1.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 1983 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | -5.5 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| 1982 | -8.6 | -6.5 | -5.0 | -2.5 | -1.4 | -10.5 | 3.3 | 14.3 | -0.7 | 10.7 | 3.6 | 6.5 |
| 1981 | -1.9 | -2.1 | 7.0 | -1.1 | 2.8 | -0.4 | -4.5 | -3.4 | -13.5 | -2.2 | 9.2 | -2.9 |
| 1980 | 11.8 | 8.1 | -18.0 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 1.9 | -0.9 | 7.2 | -5.6 |
| 1979 | · | · | · | · | · | 0.0 | -3.7 | 8.8 | 3.3 | -9.8 | 7.6 | 6.7 |
| Avg | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | -0.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | -1.3 | -0.1 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +1.2% | +0.8% | +0.2% | +1.0% | +1.3% | -0.3% | +1.0% | +0.7% | -1.3% | -0.1% | +1.9% | +1.4% |
| Win rate | 62%/47 | 60%/47 | 55%/47 | 60%/47 | 62%/47 | 48%/48 | 68%/47 | 62%/47 | 45%/47 | 57%/47 | 70%/47 | 79%/47 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-50%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±4.4%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
61%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+14.26%
1982-08
Worst month
-22.63%
1987-10
Longest streaks
12▲ / 7▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About S&P/TSX Composite
S&P/TSX Composite isn't a company — it's the scoreboard: Canada's benchmark index, tracked here like any other asset, no CEO, no earnings calls, just the crowd's verdict in one number — with price history on this site back to 1979. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1979) would be about $2,159 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was August 1982 at +14.26%; its worst, October 1987 at -22.63%.
- It has closed December in the green 37 out of 47 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.