Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| May 2017 |
June 2017 |
July 2017 |
January to July 2016 | January to July 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 29,515 | -858 | 23,954 | 105,081 | 123,952 |
| Debt securities | 22,275 | -2,643 | 22,313 | 76,967 | 76,338 |
| Money market instruments | 1,443 | -66 | -1,495 | 2,613 | -5,113 |
| Governments | 5,973 | -2,621 | -3,863 | -5,379 | -7,281 |
| Federal government | 6,470 | -1,116 | -3,939 | -4,018 | 132 |
| Other governments | -498 | -1,505 | 76 | -1,363 | -7,414 |
| Corporations | -4,530 | 2,555 | 2,368 | 7,995 | 2,168 |
| Government business enterprises | -1,571 | 629 | 862 | 924 | -1,138 |
| Private corporations | -2,959 | 1,926 | 1,505 | 7,073 | 3,304 |
| Bonds | 20,832 | -2,577 | 23,808 | 74,353 | 81,452 |
| Governments | 14,443 | -8,776 | 10,845 | 24,805 | 23,900 |
| Federal government | 4,271 | -9,812 | 7,983 | 17,004 | 86 |
| Other governments | 10,172 | 1,037 | 2,862 | 7,800 | 23,813 |
| Corporations | 6,389 | 6,198 | 12,962 | 49,548 | 57,550 |
| Government business enterprises | 1,787 | -1,316 | 26 | 5,437 | 11,218 |
| Private corporations | 4,602 | 7,515 | 12,937 | 44,112 | 46,334 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 7,241 | 1,785 | 1,641 | 28,111 | 47,614 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 4,320 | 13,318 | -1,828 | 9,626 | 37,741 |
| Debt securities | 5,874 | -2,056 | 1,097 | 9,870 | 6,395 |
| Money market instruments | 4,710 | -3,876 | 334 | -647 | 3,464 |
| Bonds | 1,163 | 1,820 | 763 | 10,516 | 2,930 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -1,554 | 15,374 | -2,925 | -243 | 31,347 |
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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