Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| February 2015 |
March 2015 |
April 2015 |
January to April 2014 | January to April 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 8,789 | 22,556 | 12,935 | 18,476 | 50,091 |
| Debt securities | 7,192 | 15,710 | 9,272 | 7,378 | 36,978 |
| Money market instruments | -2,183 | -5,329 | 4,237 | -1,050 | -9,025 |
| Governments | -2,679 | -4,093 | 2,786 | -4,269 | -6,982 |
| Federal government | -1,455 | -1,943 | 2,994 | -4,791 | -3,818 |
| Other governments | -1,224 | -2,150 | -208 | 522 | -3,164 |
| Corporations | 496 | -1,236 | 1,451 | 3,218 | -2,042 |
| Government business enterprises | -243 | -840 | 353 | 2,752 | -895 |
| Private corporations | 739 | -396 | 1,098 | 466 | -1,147 |
| Bonds | 9,376 | 21,038 | 5,035 | 8,428 | 46,002 |
| Governments | 5,596 | 4,208 | 5,784 | -7,012 | 25,306 |
| Federal government | 10,511 | 5,161 | 6,766 | -8,862 | 22,923 |
| Other governments | -4,916 | -953 | -982 | 1,849 | 2,383 |
| Corporations | 3,780 | 16,830 | -749 | 15,441 | 20,696 |
| Government business enterprises | 5,125 | -211 | 299 | 4,924 | 3,638 |
| Private corporations | -1,344 | 17,041 | -1,048 | 10,516 | 17,059 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 1,597 | 6,846 | 3,663 | 11,099 | 13,113 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 9,250 | -3,074 | 6,557 | 18,457 | 1,808 |
| Debt securities | 6,767 | -7,232 | 1,846 | 4,598 | 773 |
| Money market instruments | 741 | -812 | 388 | 597 | 220 |
| Bonds | 6,026 | -6,420 | 1,459 | 4,002 | 555 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 2,482 | 4,159 | 4,711 | 13,859 | 1,035 |
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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