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Foreign investment in Canadian debt securities, by sector of issuer

billions of dollars -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 Oct. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Oct. 2025 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 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 4.4
March 2021 -0.5 2.3 0.5 -6.9
April 2021 7.5 4.4 -0.6 -3.8
May 2021 18.3 5.3 2.8 0.5
June 2021 12.0 2.5 -13.1 16.6
July 2021 8.2 6.1 -1.2 1.5
August 2021 11.6 -1.6 0.4 13.0
September 2021 -10.8 -3.1 2.3 28.2
October 2021 5.9 1.3 -2.1 16.7
November 2021 15.3 2.8 4.0 9.6
December 2021 12.7 2.4 -7.8 13.1
January 2022 -2.2 3.0 -0.2 20.4
February 2022 -7.8 -4.9 9.7 11.8
March 2022 9.0 -3.4 -9.2 36.9
April 2022 -0.3 -1.3 -1.1 25.5
May 2022 -4.8 -1.7 6.5 4.1
June 2022 -9.9 -5.3 -9.7 18.7
July 2022 6.4 -4.3 -1.1 18.3
August 2022 5.3 0.8 4.9 11.1
September 2022 -15.0 -1.5 1.8 -1.3
October 2022 2.2 -4.4 -3.5 15.1
November 2022 6.1 -0.4 -0.3 2.9
December 2022 12.0 -1.7 -1.3 14.1
January 2023 3.4 -7.2 4.6 9.4
February 2023 8.9 -5.8 1.0 9.0
March 2023 -14.0 -0.3 -1.5 3.4
April 2023 8.8 4.1 0.7 9.1
May 2023 17.0 1.8 -0.2 -4.3
June 2023 6.9 -0.4 3.2 8.9
July 2023 4.3 1.4 -3.0 13.1
August 2023 -4.3 1.0 0.0 0.4
September 2023 -10.0 -1.5 -5.7 0.5
October 2023 8.4 2.1 -0.6 -17.2
November 2023 10.4 -2.0 0.7 7.1
December 2023 3.1 2.3 -3.0 8.6
January 2024 18.7 0.5 6.6 -12.4
February 2024 -5.0 -5.0 3.4 5.0
March 2024 6.4 2.5 -2.5 11.5
April 2024 17.4 10.1 -1.0 8.0
May 2024 15.4 6.7 1.0 7.2
June 2024 7.7 -0.5 -6.8 10.4
July 2024 9.7 1.4 -1.4 0.7
August 2024 2.1 1.3 2.2 16.1
September 2024 3.7 1.9 -0.8 10.9
October 2024 11.6 -2.4 -1.4 4.0
November 2024 19.7 -0.4 -0.9 4.1
December 2024 13.7 2.7 -5.9 3.1
January 2025 -4.2 11.7 1.4 6.6
February 2025 -11.7 -1.0 2.9 21.2
March 2025 8.7 -2.0 -2.9 4.0
April 2025 6.1 -8.0 1.4 -22.2
May 2025 0.1 7.9 0.6 -3.4
June 2025 -0.9 3.7 -3.6 4.8
July 2025 19.4 6.0 4.2 -16.1
August 2025 0.0 5.7 2.1 22.5
September 2025 7.6 4.1 1.7 15.2
October 2025 20.3 3.2 -0.4 10.8
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