Table 1 
Foreign direct investment positions at year end 

Foreign direct investment positions at year end
  2011 2012 2013 2014 2015p
  billions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollars
Canadian direct investment abroad 675.0 704.3 778.4 829.3 1,005.2
United States 272.4 275.6 307.0 342.4 448.5
United Kingdom 76.7 72.8 66.3 70.1 92.9
Barbados 55.9 64.4 67.7 70.3 79.9
Luxembourg 19.3 26.6 43.6 51.0 50.2
Cayman Islands 33.0 28.7 34.6 35.6 48.7
Australia 25.1 28.6 19.6 21.3 24.8
Bermuda 10.4 13.7 16.4 19.2 22.4
Netherlands 14.2 15.2 17.3 15.1 16.3
Chile 10.4 17.1 18.2 20.8 15.1
Mexico 9.6 10.1 13.1 13.7 14.8
Ireland 17.6 12.0 15.5 13.0 14.0
Brazil 10.4 11.0 16.4 14.0 12.6
China 3.2 4.5 6.1 8.1 12.4
All other countries 116.8 124.0 136.6 130.7 152.6
Foreign direct investment in Canada 603.5 633.8 688.9 719.6 768.5
United States 309.8 308.0 334.8 350.7 387.7
Netherlands 63.3 71.2 68.5 75.1 89.1
Luxembourg 23.1 43.2 60.8 60.4 60.8
United Kingdom 49.6 47.2 42.2 41.2 34.3
Japan 14.4 17.4 19.5 21.1 22.0
China 15.4 11.6 13.7 20.7 20.6
Brazil 17.5 18.5 18.9 17.7 19.7
Germany 11.0 10.6 12.8 12.5 13.5
Switzerland 19.2 18.2 25.0 23.3 12.3
Australia 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.9 8.3
France 10.6 10.4 9.9 8.2 7.9
All other countries 64.0 72.2 77.6 82.8 92.3
p
preliminary
Source(s):
CANSIM table 376-0051.
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