Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| February 2016 |
March 2016 |
April 2016 |
January to April 2015 | January to April 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 15,918 | 17,048 | 15,520 | 69,709 | 59,899 |
| Debt securities | 12,536 | 10,398 | 13,498 | 55,649 | 47,702 |
| Money market instruments | -164 | 2,316 | 6,043 | -5,387 | 9,923 |
| Governments | -519 | -3,065 | 4,891 | -6,982 | -1,184 |
| Federal government | -2,138 | -4,057 | 1,876 | -3,818 | -1,816 |
| Other governments | 1,619 | 993 | 3,014 | -3,164 | 632 |
| Corporations | 356 | 5,381 | 1,152 | 1,597 | 11,108 |
| Government business enterprises | 1,640 | 2,112 | 706 | -895 | 3,760 |
| Private corporations | -1,285 | 3,269 | 447 | 2,492 | 7,348 |
| Bonds | 12,700 | 8,082 | 7,454 | 61,035 | 37,778 |
| Governments | 9,077 | -2,987 | 2,403 | 25,719 | 14,247 |
| Federal government | 7,627 | -2,076 | 604 | 23,337 | 8,960 |
| Other governments | 1,450 | -911 | 1,799 | 2,383 | 5,287 |
| Corporations | 3,623 | 11,069 | 5,051 | 35,315 | 23,530 |
| Government business enterprises | 1,432 | 1,109 | -791 | 3,601 | 2,771 |
| Private corporations | 2,191 | 9,960 | 5,842 | 31,715 | 20,759 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 3,382 | 6,650 | 2,022 | 14,060 | 12,196 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 4,382 | 2,266 | 4,670 | 6,441 | -3,633 |
| Debt securities | 5,954 | 2,126 | 3,866 | 4,613 | 10,254 |
| Money market instruments | 44 | -342 | 192 | 380 | -991 |
| Bonds | 5,910 | 2,469 | 3,674 | 4,233 | 11,246 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -1,573 | 140 | 804 | 1,828 | -13,888 |
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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