Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| August 2015 |
September 2015 |
October 2015 |
January to October 2014 | January to October 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 5,782 | 3,345 | 22,084 | 84,062 | 97,525 |
| Debt securities | 8,521 | 130 | 18,544 | 51,215 | 88,858 |
| Money market instruments | 249 | -766 | 3,105 | -4,914 | 5,038 |
| Governments | 2,240 | 147 | -251 | -8,183 | -5,086 |
| Federal government | 2,290 | -272 | 1,456 | -3,498 | -2,919 |
| Other governments | -50 | 420 | -1,708 | -4,684 | -2,168 |
| Corporations | -1,991 | -913 | 3,356 | 3,267 | 10,126 |
| Government business enterprises | -888 | 2,132 | -2,219 | 1,461 | -472 |
| Private corporations | -1,102 | -3,045 | 5,575 | 1,805 | 10,599 |
| Bonds | 8,272 | 896 | 15,439 | 56,131 | 83,818 |
| Governments | 1,385 | -4,756 | 10,233 | 5,024 | 25,146 |
| Federal government | 1,395 | -1,876 | 7,427 | -4,588 | 33,794 |
| Other governments | -11 | -2,880 | 2,806 | 9,614 | -8,647 |
| Corporations | 6,887 | 5,652 | 5,206 | 51,107 | 58,670 |
| Government business enterprises | 3,273 | 737 | 2,577 | 10,613 | 17,764 |
| Private corporations | 3,614 | 4,915 | 2,629 | 40,495 | 40,908 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -2,739 | 3,214 | 3,540 | 32,845 | 8,666 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 8,730 | -6,165 | 3,232 | 40,687 | 26,297 |
| Debt securities | 2,906 | -5,108 | 6,662 | 8,841 | 18,497 |
| Money market instruments | -620 | -595 | -650 | -45 | -1,823 |
| Bonds | 3,526 | -4,514 | 7,312 | 8,887 | 20,321 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 5,823 | -1,056 | -3,430 | 31,847 | 7,800 |
Note(s):
In this table, a positive value denotes an increase in investment and a negative value denotes a decrease in investment. Transactions are recorded on a net basis. Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 376-0131.
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