Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| March 2019 |
April 2019 |
May 2019 |
January to May 2018 | January to May 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | -1,555 | -12,790 | 10,195 | 36,633 | 36,423 |
| Debt securities | -718 | -4,167 | 14,780 | 31,138 | 34,599 |
| Money market instruments | -5,425 | -3,826 | 1,928 | 11,157 | -3,298 |
| Governments | -4,895 | 2,306 | -1,047 | -722 | -2,946 |
| Federal government | -223 | 3,268 | -1,297 | -1,650 | 1,461 |
| Other governments | -4,672 | -962 | 250 | 929 | -4,407 |
| Corporations | -530 | -6,132 | 2,975 | 11,878 | -352 |
| Government business enterprises | 159 | -745 | -28 | 6,248 | -2,150 |
| Private corporations | -689 | -5,387 | 3,003 | 5,630 | 1,798 |
| Bonds | 4,707 | -341 | 12,852 | 19,981 | 37,898 |
| Governments | -5,665 | -2,775 | 8,171 | -26,622 | 12,829 |
| Federal government | -6,498 | -3,661 | 8,828 | -32,835 | 8,259 |
| Other governments | 834 | 886 | -657 | 6,214 | 4,570 |
| Corporations | 10,372 | 2,434 | 4,680 | 46,602 | 25,068 |
| Government business enterprises | 1,557 | -158 | 3,856 | 9,872 | 7,384 |
| Private corporations | 8,815 | 2,592 | 824 | 36,730 | 17,684 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -837 | -8,623 | -4,585 | 5,494 | 1,823 |
| Shares | -1,050 | -8,769 | -3,878 | 5,898 | 1,899 |
| Investment fund shares | 213 | 146 | -708 | -403 | -77 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 1,311 | -189 | 4,112 | 19,150 | 2,257 |
| Debt securities | 3,445 | -337 | 5,975 | 20,745 | 17,310 |
| Money market instruments | 394 | -846 | -1,448 | 820 | -1,926 |
| Bonds | 3,051 | 509 | 7,423 | 19,926 | 19,235 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -2,135 | 147 | -1,863 | -1,594 | -15,054 |
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):
Tables 36-10-0028-01 and 36-10-0583-01.
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