On a regional basis, international equity ETFs accounted for $2.8 billion of the total, followed by Canadian equity ETFs at $2 billion and U.S. equity ETFs at $1 billion.

On a thematic basis, “all equity” asset allocation ETFs recorded $952 million in creations, and financials sector ETFs made a “strong comeback” with $1 billion in inflows. Meanwhile, energy sector and real estate sector ETFs suffered outflows of $163 million and $118 million, respectively.

Fixed-income ETFs registered inflows of $2.1 billion.

All fixed-income fund categories reported inflows, but flows were concentrated among Canadian corporate bond, Canadian aggregate bond, foreign bond and Canadian government bond funds. Those…