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Foreign investment in Canadian bonds, by sector of issuer

billions of dollars -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Apr. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Apr. 2021 GovernmentsGovernments Government business enterprisesGovernment business enterprises Private corporationsPrivate corporations
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Foreign investment in Canadian bonds, by sector of issuer, billions of dollars
  Governments Government business enterprises Private corporations
April 2016 2.4 -0.8 11.5
May 2016 9.8 5.6 2.8
June 2016 -3.5 -4.2 7.1
July 2016 5.9 1.6 1.4
August 2016 5.8 3.9 0.6
September 2016 -0.9 2.1 7.6
October 2016 2.2 -0.9 4.2
November 2016 -2.7 1.9 2.3
December 2016 1.1 -5.1 1.1
January 2017 -2.1 3.0 7.0
February 2017 3.4 4.3 -1.3
March 2017 -0.6 2.2 5.5
April 2017 7.5 1.2 -1.7
May 2017 12.6 1.8 5.6
June 2017 -8.4 -1.3 7.3
July 2017 10.8 0.0 16.4
August 2017 6.1 -0.8 3.3
September 2017 9.9 2.9 2.3
October 2017 7.7 1.6 17.1
November 2017 10.3 2.0 6.3
December 2017 -4.8 -5.7 6.3
January 2018 -3.0 -0.3 1.3
February 2018 -9.1 1.2 6.4
March 2018 -13.7 3.6 11.3
April 2018 -1.9 1.5 8.9
May 2018 1.0 3.9 4.1
June 2018 -1.7 -3.8 16.4
July 2018 6.8 0.6 4.8
August 2018 -2.8 -1.3 -4.9
September 2018 -7.4 2.5 2.9
October 2018 2.7 -1.5 1.9
November 2018 5.2 -0.4 2.9
December 2018 -9.4 -7.5 -10.0
January 2019 16.3 0.4 -1.0
February 2019 -1.6 1.7 6.3
March 2019 -5.6 1.6 7.7
April 2019 -2.8 -0.2 4.7
May 2019 8.2 3.9 0.4
June 2019 -5.6 -5.5 5.3
July 2019 -10.8 2.0 9.5
August 2019 2.1 0.4 -0.6
September 2019 -2.8 -1.6 5.4
October 2019 5.3 0.7 5.8
November 2019 6.5 0.4 -6.4
December 2019 -11.7 -4.7 0.2
January 2020 10.6 3.2 8.7
February 2020 14.3 1.4 6.2
March 2020 5.1 -0.6 2.3
April 2020 19.0 2.6 27.3
May 2020 5.7 7.5 12.5
June 2020 -8.3 -2.9 4.3
July 2020 3.5 -2.5 -17.4
August 2020 9.4 3.0 -1.8
September 2020 -8.2 0.3 8.5
October 2020 11.8 0.5 -7.3
November 2020 6.6 1.6 -2.3
December 2020 -2.9 -6.9 1.0
January 2021 7.1 0.5 -0.9
February 2021 -4.9 2.7 2.6
March 2021 -0.6 -0.8 -6.6
April 2021 12.7 -1.3 -5.8
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