Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| December 2014 |
January 2015 |
February 2015 |
January to February 2014 | January to February 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | -13,537 | 5,750 | 9,271 | 7,232 | 15,021 |
| Debt securities | -6,494 | 4,744 | 7,677 | 2,647 | 12,421 |
| Money market instruments | 2,038 | -5,750 | -2,226 | 907 | -7,976 |
| Governments | 1,126 | -2,996 | -2,679 | -2,632 | -5,675 |
| Federal government | -1,657 | -3,414 | -1,455 | -1,779 | -4,869 |
| Other governments | 2,783 | 418 | -1,224 | -853 | -806 |
| Corporations | 913 | -2,753 | 453 | 3,539 | -2,300 |
| Government business enterprises | 801 | -165 | -243 | 957 | -408 |
| Private corporations | 112 | -2,588 | 696 | 2,581 | -1,892 |
| Bonds | -8,532 | 10,493 | 9,902 | 1,740 | 20,395 |
| Governments | -5,270 | 9,665 | 5,543 | -2,064 | 15,208 |
| Federal government | -3,813 | 436 | 10,464 | -3,542 | 10,900 |
| Other governments | -1,457 | 9,229 | -4,921 | 1,478 | 4,308 |
| Corporations | -3,262 | 828 | 4,359 | 3,804 | 5,187 |
| Government business enterprises | -1,719 | -1,580 | 5,121 | 6,253 | 3,541 |
| Private corporations | -1,543 | 2,408 | -762 | -2,450 | 1,646 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -7,043 | 1,006 | 1,594 | 4,586 | 2,600 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 13,838 | -10,813 | 9,354 | 8,445 | -1,459 |
| Debt securities | 9,951 | -860 | 6,753 | 4,379 | 5,893 |
| Money market instruments | 24 | -97 | 741 | 196 | 644 |
| Bonds | 9,927 | -762 | 6,012 | 4,184 | 5,250 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 3,887 | -9,954 | 2,601 | 4,065 | -7,353 |
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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