Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities

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Canada's international transactions in securities
  August 2012 September 2012 October 2012 January to October 20111 January to October 20121
  millions of dollars
Foreign investment in Canadian securities 7,563 14,117 13,260 74,210 76,162
Debt securities 8,213 10,627 12,516 58,001 68,307
Money market instruments 3,491 1,515 -2,973 22,825 395
Governments 2,569 609 -3,118 21,636 -3,955
Federal government 681 445 -1,483 20,619 -6,550
Other governments 1,888 164 -1,635 1,018 2,594
Corporations2 922 906 145 1,189 4,350
Bonds 4,722 9,112 15,489 35,176 67,913
Governments -489 8,939 8,151 19,551 45,222
Federal government -675 5,940 3,608 8,505 29,086
Other governments 186 2,999 4,543 11,046 16,136
Corporations2 5,211 174 7,338 15,625 22,691
Equity and investment fund shares -649 3,489 745 16,208 7,855
Canadian investment in foreign securities -1,683 6,028 3,188 12,607 21,356
Debt securities -1,141 1,577 3,185 -10,620 2,811
Money market instruments 20 -452 298 -827 -658
Bonds -1,161 2,029 2,887 -9,793 3,469
Equity and investment fund shares -542 4,451 2 23,227 18,544
1.
Cumulative transactions.
2.
Includes securities issued by government business enterprises and private corporations.
Note(s): 
In this table, a plus sign denotes an increase in investment and a minus sign denotes a decrease in investment. Transactions are recorded on a net basis.