Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| November 2014 |
December 2014 |
January 2015 |
January to December 2013 | January to December 2014 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 4,302 | -13,543 | 5,732 | 43,088 | 59,785 |
| Debt securities | 4,882 | -6,497 | 4,726 | 24,190 | 34,568 |
| Money market instruments | 121 | 2,038 | -5,764 | -2,521 | -2,755 |
| Governments | 59 | 1,126 | -2,996 | -6,901 | -6,997 |
| Federal government | -1,621 | -1,657 | -3,414 | -10,015 | -6,776 |
| Other governments | 1,680 | 2,783 | 418 | 3,115 | -222 |
| Corporations | 62 | 913 | -2,767 | 4,380 | 4,242 |
| Government business enterprises | -365 | 801 | -165 | 272 | 1,897 |
| Private corporations | 427 | 112 | -2,602 | 4,107 | 2,345 |
| Bonds | 4,761 | -8,536 | 10,489 | 26,711 | 37,324 |
| Governments | 954 | -5,270 | 9,665 | -10,270 | -951 |
| Federal government | 423 | -3,813 | 436 | -7,162 | -9,640 |
| Other governments | 531 | -1,457 | 9,229 | -3,106 | 8,689 |
| Corporations | 3,806 | -3,266 | 824 | 36,981 | 38,275 |
| Government business enterprises | 2,693 | -1,719 | -1,580 | 4,635 | 11,586 |
| Private corporations | 1,113 | -1,547 | 2,404 | 32,345 | 26,689 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -580 | -7,045 | 1,006 | 18,897 | 25,216 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 1,825 | 13,886 | -10,781 | 29,310 | 56,359 |
| Debt securities | 1,839 | 9,949 | -588 | 23,009 | 20,619 |
| Money market instruments | -66 | 24 | -97 | 1,586 | -88 |
| Bonds | 1,905 | 9,925 | -491 | 21,423 | 20,707 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -14 | 3,937 | -10,193 | 6,304 | 35,740 |
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.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 376-0131.
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