Table 1 
Canada's international transactions in securities  

Canada's international transactions in securities
  August
2023
September
2023
October
2023
January to October 2022 January to October 2023
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars
Foreign investment in Canadian securities -8,573 -15,063 -15,753 104,113 5,166
Debt securities -2,773 -16,709 -13,741 117,197 47,369
Money market instruments 2,346 837 -6,278 -16,532 -6,962
Governments 4,986 -1,658 6,104 -48,805 25,057
Federal government 4,344 -2,120 3,833 -39,167 27,141
Other governments 642 463 2,271 -9,638 -2,082
Corporations -2,640 2,495 -12,382 32,271 -32,018
Government business enterprises -1,004 238 -848 4,951 -637
Private corporations -1,636 2,257 -11,534 27,322 -31,380
Bonds -5,118 -17,546 -7,464 133,731 54,330
Governments -8,214 -9,849 -1,930 8,161 -8,455
Federal government -8,572 -7,884 -1,723 21,447 -5,711
Other governments 358 -1,965 -208 -13,284 -2,745
Corporations 3,095 -7,698 -5,533 125,568 62,783
Government business enterprises 1,019 -5,929 266 -6,710 -758
Private corporations 2,076 -1,769 -5,799 132,279 63,543
Equity and investment fund shares -5,801 1,646 -2,011 -13,086 -42,204
Shares -5,991 2,385 -1,858 -9,944 -38,961
Investment fund shares -4 -762 -193 -3,141 -3,738
Canadian investment in foreign securities 14,753 9,604 -8,202 -23,858 11,341
Debt securities 4,294 7,862 780 48,119 24,347
Money market instruments 475 -596 383 695 3,193
Bonds 3,819 8,458 397 47,424 21,152
Equity and investment fund shares 10,459 1,742 -8,982 -71,976 -13,005
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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