Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| December 2016 |
January 2017 |
February 2017 |
January to February 2016 | January to February 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 10,163 | 6,352 | 38,836 | 30,697 | 45,188 |
| Debt securities | 458 | 7,384 | 2,962 | 27,105 | 10,346 |
| Money market instruments | -1,832 | -2,735 | -4,112 | 1,564 | -6,847 |
| Governments | -196 | -3,642 | -4,010 | -3,011 | -7,652 |
| Federal government | -1,539 | -2,269 | -1,106 | 365 | -3,375 |
| Other governments | 1,343 | -1,373 | -2,904 | -3,376 | -4,277 |
| Corporations | -1,636 | 908 | -102 | 4,577 | 806 |
| Government business enterprises | 1,035 | -654 | -122 | 939 | -776 |
| Private corporations | -2,671 | 1,561 | 20 | 3,638 | 1,581 |
| Bonds | 2,290 | 10,118 | 7,074 | 25,541 | 17,192 |
| Governments | 1,143 | -2,541 | 3,043 | 14,863 | 502 |
| Federal government | 393 | -5,450 | -2,097 | 10,453 | -7,547 |
| Other governments | 750 | 2,910 | 5,140 | 4,410 | 8,050 |
| Corporations | 1,147 | 12,659 | 4,031 | 10,678 | 16,690 |
| Government business enterprises | -5,052 | 2,981 | 4,325 | 2,459 | 7,306 |
| Private corporations | 6,198 | 9,678 | -294 | 8,218 | 9,384 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 9,706 | -1,032 | 35,874 | 3,590 | 34,842 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 6,656 | 8,631 | 6,330 | -11,245 | 14,961 |
| Debt securities | -5,018 | 4,867 | 1,485 | 3,254 | 6,352 |
| Money market instruments | -578 | 590 | 691 | -841 | 1,281 |
| Bonds | -4,440 | 4,276 | 795 | 4,094 | 5,071 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 11,674 | 3,764 | 4,845 | -14,499 | 8,609 |
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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