Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| February 2020 |
March 2020 |
April 2020 |
January to April 2019 | January to April 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 19,395 | -9,815 | 49,035 | 24,913 | 74,739 |
| Debt securities | 20,326 | -3,629 | 53,962 | 18,878 | 93,099 |
| Money market instruments | -2,192 | -6,759 | 7,029 | -5,211 | -919 |
| Governments | 2,545 | -6,868 | 12,590 | -1,899 | 5,645 |
| Federal government | 3,643 | -3,347 | 10,207 | 2,758 | 8,793 |
| Other governments | -1,098 | -3,521 | 2,383 | -4,657 | -3,147 |
| Corporations | -4,737 | 109 | -5,561 | -3,312 | -6,565 |
| Government business enterprises | 1,326 | 5,047 | 829 | -2,122 | 7,830 |
| Private corporations | -6,063 | -4,938 | -6,390 | -1,190 | -14,395 |
| Bonds | 22,518 | 3,130 | 46,932 | 24,089 | 94,018 |
| Governments | 14,521 | 1,559 | 18,945 | 4,708 | 44,585 |
| Federal government | 10,271 | 1,284 | 15,847 | -527 | 30,750 |
| Other governments | 4,249 | 274 | 3,098 | 5,235 | 13,833 |
| Corporations | 7,997 | 1,571 | 27,988 | 19,381 | 49,434 |
| Government business enterprises | 1,405 | -600 | 2,571 | 3,533 | 6,569 |
| Private corporations | 6,593 | 2,172 | 25,416 | 15,848 | 42,866 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -931 | -6,186 | -4,927 | 6,036 | -18,360 |
| Shares | -497 | -5,377 | -4,458 | 5,407 | -16,266 |
| Investment fund shares | -434 | -809 | -469 | 628 | -2,094 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 6,195 | -42,030 | -134 | -3,671 | -45,248 |
| Debt securities | 145 | -12,713 | -4,965 | 8,900 | -15,311 |
| Money market instruments | 2,155 | -1,432 | 1,407 | -478 | 3,086 |
| Bonds | -2,009 | -11,281 | -6,372 | 9,376 | -18,396 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 6,049 | -29,316 | 4,831 | -12,572 | -29,936 |
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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