Chart 1 
Canadian holdings of foreign securities, by major geographic area

Chart description

The title of the graph is "Canadian holdings of foreign securities, by major geographic area."
This is a combined line chart.
There are in total 16 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 1,000 with ticks every 100 points.
There are 5 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "billions of dollars."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1997 to 2012.
The title of series 1 is " United States."
This series is a column stacked chart.
The minimum value is 127 occurring in 1997.
The maximum value is 514 occurring in 2012.
The title of series 2 is " Europe."
This series is a column stacked chart.
The minimum value is 59 occurring in 1997.
The maximum value is 232 occurring in 2007.
The title of series 3 is " Asia and Oceania."
This series is a column stacked chart.
The minimum value is 24 occurring in 1997.
The maximum value is 118 occurring in 2012.
The title of series 4 is " Other regions."
This series is a column stacked chart.
The minimum value is 18 occurring in 1997 and 2002.
The maximum value is 57 occurring in 2012.
The title of series 5 is " Total."
This series is a line chart.
The minimum value is 228 occurring in 1997.
The maximum value is 887 occurring in 2012.