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Table 48
Foreign direct investment in Canada
1,2: sales, acquisitions and other flows, annual

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Foreign direct investment in Canada: sales, acquisitions and other flows, annual
Year Long-term inflows Long-term outflows Netshort-term flows Reinvested earnings Net flows
Sales of existing interests in Canada Otherlong-term inflows Total Acquisitions of direct investment interests from non-residents Otherlong-term outflows Total Sales/acquisitions with foreign direct investors Other flows Total
Vector number v113001 v113004 v112915 v113002 v113005 v112922 v113006 v113007 v113000 v113003 v112999
  millions of dollars
2004 15,741 18,923 34,663 -25,340 -17,938 -43,278 -5,158 13,193 -9,599 9,020 -579
2005 30,518 15,246 45,765 -4,822 -23,767 -28,589 -287 14,244 25,696 5,436 31,132
2006 67,308 20,157 87,465 -12,436 -24,441 -36,877 4,405 12,797 54,872 12,918 67,791
2007 98,898 22,840 121,737 -12,108 -13,851 -25,959 4,009 16,660 86,790 29,658 116,448
2008 30,354 20,223 50,576 -7,224 -13,004 -20,228 -393 17,755 23,130 24,581 47,710
2009 17,198 17,702 34,900 -6,263 -11,061 -17,324 -3,788 8,305 10,935 11,158 22,092