Table 1 
Canada's international transactions in securities  

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Canada's international transactions in securities
  August
2017		 September
2017		 October
2017		 January to October 2016 January to October 2017
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars
Foreign investment in Canadian securities 9,777 16,686 20,808 153,512 171,022
Debt securities 9,534 12,742 19,103 116,707 116,998
Money market instruments 1,436 -5,975 -8,829 6,070 -18,448
Governments -924 -4,352 -3,661 -4,399 -16,218
Federal government -1,765 -3,635 -1,044 -3,212 -6,312
Other governments 841 -717 -2,617 -1,189 -9,907
Corporations 2,360 -1,623 -5,168 10,472 -2,229
Government business enterprises 1,832 -901 -1,396 -411 -1,620
Private corporations 528 -722 -3,772 10,885 -609
Bonds 8,098 18,717 27,932 110,637 135,446
Governments 6,046 9,886 7,666 33,279 47,499
Federal government 4,326 9,488 5,974 24,393 19,883
Other governments 1,720 398 1,692 8,884 27,616
Corporations 2,053 8,831 20,266 77,359 87,947
Government business enterprises -812 2,914 1,633 10,841 14,952
Private corporations 2,864 5,917 18,633 66,518 72,994
Equity and investment fund shares 243 3,944 1,704 36,804 54,023
Shares 366 3,450 1,551 37,388 53,779
Investment fund shares -123 493 154 -583 245
Canadian investment in foreign securities 12,065 1,749 16,485 15,105 67,486
Debt securities 4,843 686 2,242 3,610 14,243
Money market instruments -55 489 -348 86 3,633
Bonds 4,898 198 2,590 3,523 10,610
Equity and investment fund shares 7,222 1,062 14,244 11,496 53,245
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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