Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| October 2015 |
November 2015 |
December 2015 |
2014 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 19,080 | 2,939 | -1,409 | 75,388 | 95,523 |
| Debt securities | 15,533 | -186 | -4,031 | 50,171 | 81,135 |
| Money market instruments | 3,105 | -1,717 | 2,736 | -2,755 | 6,057 |
| Governments | -251 | -1,002 | 831 | -6,998 | -5,257 |
| Federal government | 1,456 | 643 | -2,217 | -6,776 | -4,493 |
| Other governments | -1,708 | -1,645 | 3,049 | -221 | -764 |
| Corporations | 3,356 | -715 | 1,905 | 4,242 | 11,316 |
| Government business enterprises | -2,219 | -680 | 949 | 1,897 | -203 |
| Private corporations | 5,575 | -35 | 955 | 2,344 | 11,519 |
| Bonds | 12,428 | 1,531 | -6,767 | 52,927 | 75,078 |
| Governments | 9,427 | 904 | -5,248 | 2,600 | 19,299 |
| Federal government | 7,426 | 480 | -5,207 | -6,087 | 28,369 |
| Other governments | 2,000 | 424 | -42 | 8,689 | -9,071 |
| Corporations | 3,001 | 627 | -1,519 | 50,326 | 55,779 |
| Government business enterprises | 1,231 | -60 | -3,115 | 11,592 | 13,243 |
| Private corporations | 1,770 | 687 | 1,596 | 38,736 | 42,536 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 3,548 | 3,125 | 2,622 | 25,215 | 14,386 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 3,193 | 16,450 | 17,445 | 56,427 | 60,303 |
| Debt securities | 6,649 | 8,528 | 7,769 | 20,622 | 34,871 |
| Money market instruments | -650 | 315 | 67 | -87 | -1,441 |
| Bonds | 7,299 | 8,213 | 7,702 | 20,710 | 36,312 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -3,457 | 7,922 | 9,675 | 35,807 | 25,429 |
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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