Chart 3
Foreign investment in Canadian securities

billions of dollars -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Dec. 2011 2012 2013 2014 Dec. 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
December 2011 3.5 5.0 1.6
January 2012 -4.6 6.4 -1.4
February 2012 -1.6 14.8 0.4
March 2012 -1.5 5.9 0.3
April 2012 2.1 8.9 -0.9
May 2012 7.3 17.0 2.1
June 2012 0.8 -5.8 -0.9
July 2012 -3.0 5.8 4.7
August 2012 4.6 4.7 -0.6
September 2012 3.2 11.5 3.5
October 2012 -3.3 15.4 0.6
November 2012 3.8 -0.7 0.0
December 2012 5.4 0.7 -6.7
January 2013 -0.2 10.5 2.6
February 2013 -2.8 5.7 -11.6
March 2013 -3.1 5.4 -0.8
April 2013 5.0 7.8 2.2
May 2013 3.5 2.1 1.2
June 2013 0.4 -17.5 3.2
July 2013 0.9 3.9 1.5
August 2013 2.2 6.3 -2.2
September 2013 0.4 -1.0 10.7
October 2013 -6.1 10.9 4.4
November 2013 -7.1 11.1 5.2
December 2013 4.3 -10.2 2.3
January 2014 -1.4 -2.6 3.1
February 2014 2.3 2.7 1.5
March 2014 -6.1 4.8 2.9
April 2014 4.1 4.3 3.6
May 2014 2.9 17.5 3.2
June 2014 0.2 -1.9 2.6
July 2014 -1.9 5.1 4.6
August 2014 3.7 4.7 2.3
September 2014 -4.9 10.4 5.0
October 2014 -3.8 11.1 4.2
November 2014 0.1 6.6 -0.6
December 2014 2.0 -9.8 -7.0
January 2015 -5.8 18.0 1.0
February 2015 -2.2 12.1 1.6
March 2015 -5.3 20.0 6.8
April 2015 7.9 10.9 4.6
May 2015 -0.3 2.1 -5.3
June 2015 12.0 -8.0 5.6
July 2015 -3.9 3.6 -9.7
August 2015 0.2 8.3 -2.7
September 2015 -0.8 0.9 3.2
October 2015 3.1 12.4 3.5
November 2015 -1.7 1.5 3.1
December 2015 2.7 -6.8 2.6
Source(s):
CANSIM table 376-0131.
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