TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec 20, 2017) -

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FT Portfolios Canada Co. ("First Trust") is pleased to announce cash and reinvested distributions for its Exchange Traded Funds (the "ETFs") listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the period ending December 29, 2017. Reinvested distributions generally represent realized capital gains and other income or special distributions received by the ETFs over and above cash distributions paid out during the year and are paid to unitholders, as required, to ensure the ETFs are not liable for ordinary income tax.

The cash distributions are payable on January 8, 2018 to Unitholders of record on December 29, 2017 with an ex-dividend date of December 28, 2017. The effective date for the reinvested distributions will be December 29, 2017. Details for the per unit distribution amounts are shown below:

Fund Name	Fund Ticker	Cash Distribution Amount ($)	Reinvested Distribution Amount ($)
First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FUD	0.1094	-
	FUD.A	0.0965	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ Emerging Market Dividend ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FDE	0.0500	-
	FDE.A	0.0350	-
First Trust Senior Loan ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FSL	0.0600	-
	FSL.A	0.0420	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ European Dividend Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)	EUR	0.0700	-
	EUR.A	0.0485	-
First Trust Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FSD	0.0900	0.4284
	FSD.A	0.0629	0.4410
First Trust Global Risk Managed Income Index ETF	ETP	0.0650	-
	ETP.A	0.0470	-
First Trust Tactical Bond Index ETF	FTB	0.0600	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Consumer Discretionary Sector Index ETF	FHD	0.0842	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Consumer Staples Sector Index ETF	FHC	0.3862	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Financial Sector Index ETF	FHF	0.0555	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Materials Sector Index ETF	FHM	0.9453	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Industrials Sector Index ETF	FHG	0.0250	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Technology Sector Index ETF	FHQ	0.0650	0.1576
	FHQ.F	-	0.0508
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Utilities Sector Index ETF	FHU	0.1100	0.4766
First Trust Dorsey Wright U.S. Sector Rotation Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FSR	0.3761	0.8439
First Trust Canadian Capital Strength ETF	FST	0.0550	-
	FST.A	0.0200	-