Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| August 2021 |
September 2021 |
October 2021 |
January to October 2020 | January to October 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 23,683 | 19,782 | 23,923 | 115,528 | 150,583 |
| Debt securities | 23,409 | 16,567 | 20,414 | 140,926 | 118,658 |
| Money market instruments | 3,904 | 929 | -7,184 | 12,082 | 13,424 |
| Governments | -1,924 | -3,276 | -4,081 | 24,770 | 8,833 |
| Federal government | -1,382 | -2,813 | -3,659 | 31,690 | 2,272 |
| Other governments | -542 | -463 | -421 | -6,919 | 6,560 |
| Corporations | 5,827 | 4,205 | -3,103 | -12,690 | 4,592 |
| Government business enterprises | -1,048 | 1,323 | -175 | -715 | 4,549 |
| Private corporations | 6,875 | 2,882 | -2,929 | -11,976 | 41 |
| Bonds | 19,505 | 15,638 | 27,598 | 128,843 | 105,235 |
| Governments | 11,874 | -10,722 | 10,065 | 73,063 | 48,106 |
| Federal government | 12,976 | -8,040 | 8,352 | 46,549 | 27,918 |
| Other governments | -1,102 | -2,682 | 1,713 | 26,514 | 20,188 |
| Corporations | 7,631 | 26,360 | 17,533 | 55,780 | 57,131 |
| Government business enterprises | 1,440 | 978 | -1,878 | 12,483 | -8,218 |
| Private corporations | 6,191 | 25,382 | 19,411 | 43,296 | 65,346 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 274 | 3,215 | 3,509 | -25,395 | 31,924 |
| Shares | 195 | 3,139 | 3,615 | -21,814 | 31,150 |
| Investment fund shares | 79 | 76 | -106 | -3,580 | 774 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 15,084 | 17,164 | 5,408 | 7,232 | 126,917 |
| Debt securities | 7,131 | 522 | 7,226 | 1,030 | 40,340 |
| Money market instruments | -943 | -1,260 | 723 | 736 | -1,247 |
| Bonds | 8,074 | 1,782 | 6,504 | 295 | 41,587 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 7,953 | 16,642 | -1,818 | 6,204 | 86,576 |
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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