Table 1 
Canada's international transactions in securities  

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Canada's international transactions in securities
  January
2018		 February
2018		 March
2018		 January to March 2017 January to March 2018
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars
Foreign investment in Canadian securities 7,866 4,322 6,148 59,382 18,336
Debt securities 5,111 1,547 5,586 21,260 12,244
Money market instruments 6,839 2,237 6,275 -4,247 15,351
Governments -1,116 1,980 2,154 -7,464 3,018
Federal government -1,338 1,571 82 -2,022 315
Other governments 223 409 2,072 -5,442 2,704
Corporations 7,955 258 4,122 3,217 12,335
Government business enterprises 1,301 1,531 1,719 -777 4,551
Private corporations 6,653 -1,273 2,403 3,995 7,783
Bonds -1,727 -691 -690 25,506 -3,108
Governments -2,982 -9,040 -13,630 -59 -25,652
Federal government -1,558 -12,459 -13,615 -9,081 -27,632
Other governments -1,423 3,419 -14 9,021 1,982
Corporations 1,254 8,349 12,940 25,565 22,543
Government business enterprises -254 1,744 1,682 9,490 3,172
Private corporations 1,508 6,605 11,258 16,075 19,371
Equity and investment fund shares 2,755 2,775 562 38,122 6,092
Shares 2,378 2,653 660 38,078 5,691
Investment fund shares 376 122 -98 43 400
Canadian investment in foreign securities 16,320 5,591 -1,896 31,877 20,015
Debt securities 1,637 1,648 8,600 5,609 11,885
Money market instruments -151 66 1,462 2,361 1,377
Bonds 1,788 1,582 7,138 3,247 10,508
Equity and investment fund shares 14,684 3,942 -10,496 26,270 8,130
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 tables 376-0131 and 376-0139.
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