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Canadian investment in foreign securities

billions of dollars -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 20 Apr. 2013 2014 2015 2016 Apr. 2017 Debt securitiesDebt securities Equity and investment fund sharesEquity and investment fund shares
Source(s):
CANSIM table 376-0131.

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Canadian investment in foreign securities, billions of dollars
  Debt securities Equity and investment fund shares
April 2013 2.936 -1.139
May 2013 0.471 -2.191
June 2013 2.226 1.461
July 2013 1.685 -0.712
August 2013 2.366 3.466
September 2013 -0.729 0.602
October 2013 1.126 -0.170
November 2013 7.016 0.213
December 2013 3.417 0.537
January 2014 0.739 1.685
February 2014 3.640 2.380
March 2014 1.453 6.646
April 2014 -1.234 3.148
May 2014 -1.314 3.301
June 2014 -0.098 2.027
July 2014 3.440 6.233
August 2014 -0.598 0.641
September 2014 4.954 3.334
October 2014 -2.141 2.452
November 2014 1.833 -0.010
December 2014 9.948 3.970
January 2015 -0.608 -10.317
February 2015 6.776 2.503
March 2015 -6.682 4.215
April 2015 5.127 5.427
May 2015 1.701 4.377
June 2015 3.813 4.770
July 2015 3.999 -4.372
August 2015 2.907 5.807
September 2015 -5.108 -1.121
October 2015 6.649 -3.457
November 2015 8.528 7.922
December 2015 7.769 9.609
January 2016 -2.320 -13.139
February 2016 5.574 -1.360
March 2016 1.950 0.521
April 2016 3.423 1.215
May 2016 -0.219 5.111
June 2016 -1.527 5.808
July 2016 2.989 1.601
August 2016 -1.669 3.269
September 2016 -5.024 6.843
October 2016 0.433 1.627
November 2016 -4.805 -3.165
December 2016 -5.018 11.674
January 2017 4.867 4.448
February 2017 1.485 5.599
March 2017 -0.735 16.153
April 2017 -4.137 -5.730
Source(s):
CANSIM table 376-0131.
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