Table 1 
Canada's international transactions in securities  

Canada's international transactions in securities
  November
2022
December
2022
January
2023
2021 2022
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars
Foreign investment in Canadian securities 12,370 21,224 4,214 218,025 143,478
Debt securities 9,294 23,248 9,714 172,062 155,561
Money market instruments 3,350 13,550 709 40,898 368
Governments 741 5,369 -1,629 22,853 -42,695
Federal government 2,074 5,018 1,123 12,475 -32,075
Other governments -1,332 351 -2,752 10,378 -10,619
Corporations 2,608 8,180 2,339 18,046 43,059
Government business enterprises -1,717 2,336 2,305 5,025 5,570
Private corporations 4,325 5,844 34 13,019 37,491
Bonds 5,944 9,698 9,004 131,165 155,193
Governments 5,969 4,889 -2,687 69,262 19,029
Federal government 5,024 6,891 1,747 46,968 33,362
Other governments 945 -2,003 -4,434 22,295 -14,332
Corporations -25 4,810 11,691 61,902 136,164
Government business enterprises 1,373 -3,600 2,322 -12,446 -8,962
Private corporations -1,397 8,410 9,369 74,350 145,127
Equity and investment fund shares 3,076 -2,024 -5,500 45,964 -12,082
Shares 3,309 -1,807 -5,160 46,121 -8,439
Investment fund shares -224 -214 -339 -156 -3,579
Canadian investment in foreign securities 14,659 -2,287 -16,178 165,470 -7,482
Debt securities 4,256 -1,509 -799 52,831 54,869
Money market instruments -726 2,419 684 325 2,388
Bonds 4,982 -3,928 -1,482 52,506 52,481
Equity and investment fund shares 10,403 -777 -15,379 112,640 -62,350
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.
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