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Foreign investment in Canadian debt securities, by sector of issuer

billions of dollars -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Oct. 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Oct. 2022 Federal governmentFederal government Provincial and municipal governmentsProvincial and municipal governments Government business enterprisesGovernment business enterprises Private corporationsPrivate corporations
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Foreign investment in Canadian debt securities, by sector of issuer, billions of dollars
  Federal government Provincial and municipal governments Government business enterprises Private corporations
October 2017 4.9 0.3 0.2 13.3
November 2017 9.5 1.7 1.5 8.2
December 2017 -1.9 -1.1 -5.9 6.8
January 2018 -2.9 -1.2 1.0 8.0
February 2018 -10.9 3.8 2.7 5.2
March 2018 -13.6 2.1 5.3 13.8
April 2018 -8.2 3.2 2.2 9.4
May 2018 1.1 -0.7 4.8 1.4
June 2018 -0.4 -0.9 -5.9 16.7
July 2018 4.2 1.6 -1.2 7.5
August 2018 -2.9 1.2 2.5 -5.8
September 2018 -0.6 -1.4 2.9 3.6
October 2018 2.6 2.3 -3.2 -1.0
November 2018 4.7 2.3 -2.0 2.2
December 2018 -7.3 -2.1 -7.1 -11.1
January 2019 10.6 8.0 -0.7 2.8
February 2019 -1.3 -2.0 0.4 8.3
March 2019 -6.7 -3.8 1.7 7.0
April 2019 -0.4 -0.1 -0.9 -0.7
May 2019 7.5 -0.3 3.8 3.5
June 2019 -9.6 2.4 -5.1 9.6
July 2019 -10.8 -0.7 1.3 6.3
August 2019 1.2 3.6 0.4 1.0
September 2019 -2.7 -3.2 -1.8 4.3
October 2019 3.0 7.4 0.7 3.5
November 2019 5.5 3.3 0.9 -9.7
December 2019 -4.4 -6.7 -3.6 5.1
January 2020 3.1 5.3 3.8 11.6
February 2020 14.8 2.9 2.7 0.1
March 2020 1.8 -3.2 4.4 -2.6
April 2020 27.8 5.5 3.4 20.9
May 2020 13.3 5.5 4.0 10.7
June 2020 -0.5 -7.3 -4.9 4.5
July 2020 4.6 6.0 -1.8 -16.6
August 2020 8.2 0.5 2.3 2.0
September 2020 -0.3 -1.7 -2.0 5.9
October 2020 5.5 6.2 -0.2 -5.3
November 2020 11.5 3.0 -3.6 -2.6
December 2020 -1.3 0.1 -8.1 8.9
January 2021 -9.6 10.1 1.9 -5.9
February 2021 -11.1 0.3 5.5 4.2
March 2021 -0.5 2.3 0.5 -7.1
April 2021 7.5 4.4 -0.6 -3.8
May 2021 18.3 5.3 2.8 0.6
June 2021 12.1 2.5 -13.1 16.6
July 2021 8.1 6.1 -1.2 2.0
August 2021 11.6 -1.6 0.4 12.9
September 2021 -10.9 -3.1 2.3 28.3
October 2021 5.9 1.3 -2.1 16.8
November 2021 15.2 2.7 4.0 9.7
December 2021 12.8 2.4 -7.8 13.2
January 2022 -2.2 3.0 -0.2 20.4
February 2022 -8.2 -4.9 9.7 11.8
March 2022 9.0 -3.4 -9.2 36.8
April 2022 -0.4 -1.3 -1.1 25.5
May 2022 -4.8 -1.7 6.5 4.1
June 2022 -9.9 -5.3 -9.7 19.6
July 2022 4.4 -4.3 -1.0 18.3
August 2022 7.3 0.8 4.8 12.8
September 2022 -15.0 -1.5 1.8 1.2
October 2022 2.2 -4.4 -3.5 14.4
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