Table 1 
Canada's international transactions in securities  

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Canada's international transactions in securities
  July
2017		 August
2017		 September
2017		 January to September 2016 January to September 2017
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars
Foreign investment in Canadian securities 25,013 9,769 16,807 138,447 151,915
Debt securities 23,262 9,542 12,750 102,627 99,618
Money market instruments -1,495 1,436 -5,975 -1,621 -9,619
Governments -3,863 -924 -4,352 -5,019 -12,557
Federal government -3,939 -1,765 -3,635 -3,238 -5,268
Other governments 76 841 -717 -1,783 -7,290
Corporations 2,368 2,360 -1,623 3,401 2,939
Government business enterprises 862 1,832 -901 -717 -224
Private corporations 1,506 528 -722 4,120 3,163
Bonds 24,756 8,106 18,725 104,248 109,236
Governments 10,846 6,046 9,886 31,114 39,833
Federal government 7,991 4,326 9,488 23,240 13,909
Other governments 2,855 1,720 398 7,872 25,924
Corporations 13,910 2,060 8,839 73,135 69,402
Government business enterprises 26 -812 2,914 11,700 13,319
Private corporations 13,884 2,872 5,925 61,436 56,084
Equity and investment fund shares 1,751 227 4,057 35,819 52,298
Shares 2,148 349 3,559 35,640 52,198
Investment fund shares -397 -122 498 180 99
Canadian investment in foreign securities -2,463 12,066 2,412 13,044 51,666
Debt securities 1,091 4,843 686 3,177 12,001
Money market instruments 334 -55 489 -476 3,981
Bonds 757 4,898 198 3,652 8,020
Equity and investment fund shares -3,554 7,223 1,725 9,869 39,666
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 tables 376-0131 and 376-0139.
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