Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| November 2016 |
December 2016 |
January 2017 |
January to December 2015 |
January to December 2016 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 7,572 | 10,211 | 6,196 | 106,024 | 161,754 |
| Debt securities | 2,116 | 506 | 7,237 | 91,599 | 108,380 |
| Money market instruments | -1,133 | -1,832 | -2,735 | 6,058 | 3,107 |
| Governments | 632 | -196 | -3,642 | -5,257 | -3,965 |
| Federal government | 1,553 | -1,539 | -2,269 | -4,494 | -3,199 |
| Other governments | -921 | 1,343 | -1,373 | -763 | -766 |
| Corporations | -1,765 | -1,636 | 908 | 11,315 | 7,072 |
| Government business enterprises | -973 | 1,035 | -654 | -203 | -349 |
| Private corporations | -792 | -2,671 | 1,561 | 11,518 | 7,421 |
| Bonds | 3,248 | 2,338 | 9,971 | 85,542 | 105,274 |
| Governments | -2,723 | 1,194 | -2,683 | 21,767 | 24,289 |
| Federal government | 196 | 444 | -5,563 | 30,836 | 17,820 |
| Other governments | -2,919 | 750 | 2,880 | -9,069 | 6,470 |
| Corporations | 5,971 | 1,144 | 12,655 | 63,775 | 80,984 |
| Government business enterprises | 1,899 | -5,052 | 2,981 | 13,243 | 7,412 |
| Private corporations | 4,073 | 6,196 | 9,674 | 50,532 | 73,572 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 5,456 | 9,706 | -1,041 | 14,425 | 53,374 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | -7,970 | 6,656 | 8,628 | 60,236 | 13,792 |
| Debt securities | -4,805 | -5,018 | 4,867 | 34,873 | -6,214 |
| Money market instruments | -1,112 | -578 | 590 | -1,441 | -1,604 |
| Bonds | -3,694 | -4,440 | 4,276 | 36,314 | -4,610 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -3,165 | 11,674 | 3,761 | 25,363 | 20,006 |
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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