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Canadian investment in foreign securities

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billions of dollars -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 Mar. 2014 2015 2016 2017 Mar. 2018 Foreign debt securitiesForeign debt securities Foreign equities and investment fund sharesForeign equities and investment fund shares
Source(s):
CANSIM table 376-0131.

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Canadian investment in foreign securities, billions of dollars
  Foreign debt securities Foreign equities and investment fund shares
March 2014 1.453 6.646
April 2014 -1.234 3.148
May 2014 -1.314 3.301
June 2014 -0.098 2.027
July 2014 3.440 6.233
August 2014 -0.598 0.641
September 2014 4.954 3.334
October 2014 -2.141 2.452
November 2014 1.833 -0.010
December 2014 9.948 3.970
January 2015 -0.608 -10.317
February 2015 6.776 2.503
March 2015 -6.682 4.215
April 2015 5.127 5.427
May 2015 1.701 4.377
June 2015 3.813 4.770
July 2015 3.999 -4.372
August 2015 2.907 5.807
September 2015 -5.108 -1.121
October 2015 6.649 -3.457
November 2015 8.528 7.922
December 2015 7.769 9.609
January 2016 -2.320 -13.139
February 2016 5.574 -1.360
March 2016 1.950 0.521
April 2016 3.423 1.215
May 2016 -0.219 5.111
June 2016 -1.527 5.808
July 2016 2.989 1.601
August 2016 -1.669 3.269
September 2016 -5.024 6.843
October 2016 0.433 1.627
November 2016 -4.805 -3.165
December 2016 -5.018 11.674
January 2017 4.933 4.468
February 2017 1.491 5.620
March 2017 -0.815 16.182
April 2017 -4.090 -5.818
May 2017 5.785 -1.554
June 2017 -1.923 15.374
July 2017 1.091 -3.555
August 2017 4.843 7.223
September 2017 0.686 1.062
October 2017 2.242 14.038
November 2017 -0.385 -4.230
December 2017 2.172 19.818
January 2018 1.637 14.684
February 2018 1.648 3.942
March 2018 8.600 -10.496
Source(s):
CANSIM table 376-0131.
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