Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| June 2017 |
July 2017 |
August 2017 |
January to August 2016 | January to August 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | -916 | 23,970 | 9,846 | 120,394 | 133,843 |
| Debt securities | -2,702 | 22,333 | 9,614 | 89,676 | 85,999 |
| Money market instruments | -106 | -1,495 | 1,461 | 3,778 | -3,619 |
| Governments | -2,621 | -3,863 | -924 | -4,846 | -8,205 |
| Federal government | -1,116 | -3,939 | -1,765 | -3,071 | -1,633 |
| Other governments | -1,505 | 76 | 841 | -1,777 | -6,573 |
| Corporations | 2,515 | 2,368 | 2,385 | 8,627 | 4,587 |
| Government business enterprises | 629 | 862 | 1,832 | 805 | 677 |
| Private corporations | 1,886 | 1,506 | 553 | 7,824 | 3,910 |
| Bonds | -2,596 | 23,828 | 8,153 | 85,898 | 89,618 |
| Governments | -8,815 | 10,854 | 6,053 | 29,342 | 29,962 |
| Federal government | -9,852 | 7,991 | 4,326 | 19,765 | 4,420 |
| Other governments | 1,037 | 2,862 | 1,727 | 9,576 | 25,540 |
| Corporations | 6,219 | 12,974 | 2,100 | 56,556 | 59,657 |
| Government business enterprises | -1,316 | 26 | -812 | 9,313 | 10,405 |
| Private corporations | 7,536 | 12,948 | 2,911 | 47,244 | 49,251 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 1,785 | 1,637 | 232 | 30,715 | 47,842 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 13,451 | -1,781 | 12,041 | 11,226 | 49,911 |
| Debt securities | -1,923 | 1,091 | 4,843 | 8,201 | 11,315 |
| Money market instruments | -3,743 | 334 | -55 | -828 | 3,492 |
| Bonds | 1,820 | 757 | 4,898 | 9,028 | 7,822 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 15,374 | -2,871 | 7,198 | 3,026 | 38,599 |
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.
- Date modified: