Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| September 2016 |
October 2016 |
November 2016 |
January to November 2015 | January to November 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 11,801 | 15,766 | 7,244 | 104,238 | 149,525 |
| Debt securities | 6,113 | 13,958 | 1,794 | 92,437 | 105,863 |
| Money market instruments | -5,399 | 7,691 | -1,133 | 3,321 | 4,937 |
| Governments | -159 | 620 | 632 | -6,088 | -3,761 |
| Federal government | -167 | 26 | 1,553 | -2,276 | -1,659 |
| Other governments | 8 | 594 | -921 | -3,813 | -2,103 |
| Corporations | -5,240 | 7,071 | -1,765 | 9,411 | 8,699 |
| Government business enterprises | -1,522 | 314 | -983 | -1,152 | -1,380 |
| Private corporations | -3,718 | 6,758 | -782 | 10,564 | 10,080 |
| Bonds | 11,512 | 6,266 | 2,926 | 89,114 | 100,923 |
| Governments | -1,688 | 2,149 | -2,722 | 25,574 | 23,097 |
| Federal government | 268 | 1,135 | 198 | 34,602 | 17,376 |
| Other governments | -1,956 | 1,014 | -2,920 | -9,028 | 5,718 |
| Corporations | 13,200 | 4,117 | 5,648 | 63,541 | 77,826 |
| Government business enterprises | 2,107 | -850 | 1,899 | 16,358 | 12,459 |
| Private corporations | 11,093 | 4,967 | 3,749 | 47,185 | 65,368 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 5,688 | 1,808 | 5,450 | 11,802 | 43,661 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 1,818 | 2,069 | -7,872 | 42,858 | 7,241 |
| Debt securities | -5,024 | 433 | -4,814 | 27,102 | -1,204 |
| Money market instruments | 352 | 562 | -1,112 | -1,508 | -1,026 |
| Bonds | -5,376 | -129 | -3,702 | 28,610 | -179 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 6,843 | 1,635 | -3,058 | 15,754 | 8,446 |
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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