Chart 1
Foreign investment in Canadian securities

billions of dollars -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Aug. 2011 2012 2013 2014 Aug. 2015 Money market instrumentsMoney market instruments BondsBonds Equity and investment fund sharesEquity and investment fund shares
Source(s):
CANSIM table 376-0131.

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Foreign investment in Canadian securities, billions of dollars
  Money market instruments Bonds Equity and investment fund shares
August 2011 1.6 6.3 0.6
September 2011 7.2 -0.7 0.7
October 2011 0.6 3.7 0.1
November 2011 5.7 5.9 3.3
December 2011 3.5 3.4 1.6
January 2012 -4.6 2.0 -1.4
February 2012 -1.6 13.6 0.4
March 2012 -1.5 -0.6 0.3
April 2012 2.1 8.9 -0.9
May 2012 7.3 16.7 2.1
June 2012 0.8 -7.3 -0.9
July 2012 -3.0 5.9 4.7
August 2012 4.6 4.6 -0.6
September 2012 3.2 9.0 3.5
October 2012 -3.3 15.3 0.6
November 2012 3.8 1.9 0.0
December 2012 5.4 -0.8 -6.7
January 2013 -0.2 12.1 2.6
February 2013 -2.8 8.0 -11.6
March 2013 -3.1 5.4 -0.8
April 2013 5.0 7.8 2.2
May 2013 3.5 2.0 1.2
June 2013 0.4 -19.1 3.2
July 2013 0.9 3.6 1.5
August 2013 2.2 2.0 -2.2
September 2013 0.4 -1.4 10.7
October 2013 -6.1 6.1 4.4
November 2013 -7.1 11.0 5.2
December 2013 4.3 -10.9 2.3
January 2014 -1.4 -0.4 3.1
February 2014 2.3 2.1 1.5
March 2014 -6.1 3.9 2.9
April 2014 4.1 2.8 3.6
May 2014 2.9 15.9 3.2
June 2014 0.2 -3.8 2.6
July 2014 -1.9 2.6 4.6
August 2014 3.7 4.7 2.3
September 2014 -4.9 4.6 5.0
October 2014 -3.8 9.1 4.2
November 2014 0.1 4.8 -0.6
December 2014 2.0 -8.5 -7.0
January 2015 -5.8 10.6 1.0
February 2015 -2.2 9.4 1.6
March 2015 -5.3 21.0 6.8
April 2015 7.9 5.0 4.6
May 2015 -0.3 0.5 -5.3
June 2015 12.0 -8.9 5.6
July 2015 -3.9 3.5 -9.7
August 2015 0.2 5.6 -2.7
Source(s):
CANSIM table 376-0131.
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