Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| September 2020 |
October 2020 |
November 2020 |
January to November 2019 | January to November 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 4,612 | 6,931 | 11,783 | 46,480 | 121,975 |
| Debt securities | 376 | 6,350 | 7,298 | 48,169 | 142,939 |
| Money market instruments | -441 | -390 | 1,100 | -2,060 | 13,182 |
| Governments | 4,507 | -1,764 | 6,614 | -161 | 31,384 |
| Federal government | 4,454 | -767 | 5,933 | -1,777 | 37,623 |
| Other governments | 53 | -997 | 681 | 1,615 | -6,238 |
| Corporations | -4,948 | 1,374 | -5,514 | -1,899 | -18,204 |
| Government business enterprises | -2,351 | -699 | -5,212 | -2,226 | -5,927 |
| Private corporations | -2,597 | 2,073 | -302 | 327 | -12,278 |
| Bonds | 817 | 6,739 | 6,198 | 50,231 | 129,756 |
| Governments | -8,184 | 11,827 | 6,638 | 9,256 | 69,443 |
| Federal government | -6,410 | 4,628 | 4,273 | -3,704 | 40,569 |
| Other governments | -1,774 | 7,199 | 2,365 | 12,960 | 28,872 |
| Corporations | 9,001 | -5,087 | -440 | 40,978 | 60,315 |
| Government business enterprises | 299 | 449 | 1,576 | 3,852 | 13,981 |
| Private corporations | 8,702 | -5,536 | -2,016 | 37,123 | 46,335 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 4,235 | 581 | 4,485 | -1,689 | -20,965 |
| Shares | 4,250 | 652 | 5,582 | 518 | -16,248 |
| Investment fund shares | -17 | -94 | -1,121 | -2,207 | -4,682 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 11,341 | 7,975 | 7,576 | 19,159 | 13,035 |
| Debt securities | 5,177 | 6,422 | 475 | 28,424 | 1,505 |
| Money market instruments | -511 | -394 | -53 | -1,337 | 683 |
| Bonds | 5,688 | 6,816 | 527 | 29,759 | 822 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 6,164 | 1,552 | 7,102 | -9,268 | 11,532 |
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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