Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| July 2015 |
August 2015 |
September 2015 |
January to September 2014 | January to September 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | -9,999 | 5,782 | 3,345 | 72,526 | 75,441 |
| Debt securities | -277 | 8,521 | 130 | 43,843 | 70,314 |
| Money market instruments | -3,904 | 249 | -766 | -1,140 | 1,933 |
| Governments | -5,670 | 2,240 | 147 | -4,298 | -4,835 |
| Federal government | -2,581 | 2,290 | -272 | -6,245 | -4,375 |
| Other governments | -3,089 | -50 | 420 | 1,948 | -460 |
| Corporations | 1,766 | -1,991 | -913 | 3,156 | 6,770 |
| Government business enterprises | -303 | -888 | 2,132 | 1,670 | 1,747 |
| Private corporations | 2,069 | -1,102 | -3,045 | 1,485 | 5,024 |
| Bonds | 3,627 | 8,272 | 896 | 44,984 | 68,379 |
| Governments | 2,420 | 1,385 | -4,756 | -551 | 14,913 |
| Federal government | 3,207 | 1,395 | -1,876 | -8,267 | 26,367 |
| Other governments | -786 | -11 | -2,880 | 7,717 | -11,453 |
| Corporations | 1,207 | 6,887 | 5,652 | 45,535 | 53,464 |
| Government business enterprises | 1,052 | 3,273 | 737 | 9,964 | 15,187 |
| Private corporations | 155 | 3,614 | 4,915 | 35,572 | 38,279 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -9,722 | -2,739 | 3,214 | 28,681 | 5,126 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | -458 | 8,730 | -6,158 | 40,376 | 23,072 |
| Debt securities | 3,999 | 2,906 | -5,108 | 10,982 | 11,835 |
| Money market instruments | -440 | -620 | -595 | -862 | -1,173 |
| Bonds | 4,439 | 3,526 | -4,514 | 11,845 | 13,009 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -4,457 | 5,823 | -1,050 | 29,395 | 11,236 |
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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