Table 1 
Foreign direct investment positions at year end 

Foreign direct investment positions at year end
  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
  billions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollars
Canadian direct investment abroad 845.2 1,043.8 1,105.2 1,167.2 1,288.9
United States 346.5 448.3 490.2 525.0 595.0
United Kingdom 74.8 92.5 92.9 97.6 109.3
Luxembourg 55.4 71.4 78.9 81.7 90.1
Barbados 55.8 59.7 60.2 56.0 64.8
Bermuda 31.9 43.4 42.5 45.5 47.0
Cayman Islands 36.9 39.9 41.1 40.2 39.6
Netherlands 20.4 31.5 33.5 34.6 36.5
Australia 22.0 25.8 28.6 31.9 31.2
Bahamas 18.9 19.6 22.7 24.1 27.1
Mexico 13.8 16.8 17.6 19.5 22.5
Chile 18.8 15.7 17.6 22.7 21.5
Peru 11.8 13.4 12.9 13.6 14.2
Brazil 14.0 11.9 12.1 14.0 14.1
China 8.0 10.3 10.2 11.2 12.7
Germany 9.2 10.6 11.6 9.2 10.5
All other countries 107.0 133.1 132.6 140.3 152.7
Foreign direct investment in Canada 744.7 782.9 810.7 834.8 876.9
United States  351.8 369.5 376.8 386.9 406.1
Netherlands  77.2 92.5 102.7 101.9 106.7
Luxembourg  61.2 51.5 51.5 54.6 55.8
United Kingdom  39.2 46.8 46.7 47.0 50.4
Switzerland  42.9 32.3 41.4 44.0 46.1
Japan  22.2 26.5 27.9 28.2 28.9
Hong Kong 14.7 11.2 14.7 20.1 21.8
Germany  12.2 15.0 15.9 16.6 17.0
China  15.6 13.8 15.2 16.2 17.0
Bermuda  2.7 17.7 15.8 15.5 16.6
Brazil 19.8 19.2 15.9 13.2 14.6
France 9.3 8.0 10.5 11.5 13.5
Australia 6.4 9.4 10.3 9.3 9.7
Cayman Islands 5.2 5.8 6.4 8.0 8.9
Ireland 6.6 7.0 6.2 7.1 8.1
All other countries 57.8 56.8 52.8 54.7 55.7
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