Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| February 2017 |
March 2017 |
April 2017 |
January to April 2016 | January to April 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 39,111 | 15,053 | 10,602 | 68,015 | 71,089 |
| Debt securities | 3,298 | 11,805 | 11,876 | 55,981 | 34,391 |
| Money market instruments | -4,112 | 2,944 | -1,092 | 9,923 | -4,995 |
| Governments | -4,010 | 539 | 343 | -1,190 | -6,770 |
| Federal government | -1,106 | 1,353 | 739 | -1,816 | -1,283 |
| Other governments | -2,904 | -814 | -396 | 626 | -5,487 |
| Corporations | -102 | 2,404 | -1,435 | 11,115 | 1,775 |
| Government business enterprises | -122 | 16 | -298 | 3,746 | -1,058 |
| Private corporations | 20 | 2,388 | -1,137 | 7,370 | 2,832 |
| Bonds | 7,411 | 8,861 | 12,968 | 46,057 | 39,386 |
| Governments | 3,042 | -569 | 7,462 | 14,269 | 7,395 |
| Federal government | -2,097 | -1,558 | 6,749 | 9,003 | -2,356 |
| Other governments | 5,138 | 989 | 712 | 5,265 | 9,749 |
| Corporations | 4,369 | 9,430 | 5,506 | 31,788 | 31,991 |
| Government business enterprises | 4,325 | 2,170 | 1,244 | 2,794 | 10,720 |
| Private corporations | 44 | 7,260 | 4,262 | 28,994 | 21,272 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 35,812 | 3,248 | -1,274 | 12,033 | 36,698 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 7,084 | 15,418 | -9,868 | -4,136 | 21,949 |
| Debt securities | 1,485 | -735 | -4,137 | 8,627 | 1,480 |
| Money market instruments | 691 | 1,089 | -74 | -991 | 2,296 |
| Bonds | 794 | -1,824 | -4,063 | 9,617 | -816 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 5,599 | 16,153 | -5,730 | -12,763 | 20,470 |
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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