Table 1 
Canada's international transactions in securities  

Canada's international transactions in securities
  October
2024
November
2024
December
2024
January to December 2023 January to December 2024
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars
Foreign investment in Canadian securities 21,585 13,841 14,370 32,809 192,863
Debt securities 11,808 22,456 13,837 81,118 200,466
Money market instruments -2,107 19,499 6,741 1,433 3,548
Governments 3,070 17,650 1,056 29,432 19,378
Federal government 3,400 15,308 -217 28,071 20,745
Other governments -329 2,343 1,273 1,362 -1,367
Corporations -5,177 1,848 5,685 -27,998 -15,831
Government business enterprises -811 -891 332 -1,686 -5,179
Private corporations -4,366 2,739 5,353 -26,311 -10,650
Bonds 13,915 2,958 7,096 79,682 196,920
Governments 6,129 1,668 15,262 7,287 120,532
Federal government 8,175 4,376 13,877 13,103 100,258
Other governments -2,046 -2,708 1,385 -5,822 20,273
Corporations 7,786 1,290 -8,166 72,401 76,385
Government business enterprises -602 -52 -6,335 -1,926 -2,506
Private corporations 8,388 1,342 -1,831 74,327 78,891
Equity and investment fund shares 9,777 -8,615 533 -48,306 -7,605
Shares 9,868 -7,308 1,810 -43,518 6
Investment fund shares -90 -1,307 -1,277 -4,660 -7,610
Canadian investment in foreign securities -2,784 17,645 3,772 53,603 111,722
Debt securities 12,968 11,957 -1,500 37,342 85,411
Money market instruments 1,751 1,578 149 3,973 -1,445
Bonds 11,217 10,379 -1,648 33,368 86,857
Equity and investment fund shares -15,752 5,687 5,272 16,260 26,311
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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