Table 1 
Canada's international transactions in securities  

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Canada's international transactions in securities
  September
2017		 October
2017		 November
2017		 January to November 2016 January to November 2017
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars
Foreign investment in Canadian securities 16,648 20,765 19,564 161,102 190,354
Debt securities 12,742 19,103 20,071 118,860 137,055
Money market instruments -5,975 -8,829 2,318 4,937 -16,130
Governments -4,352 -3,661 859 -3,767 -15,359
Federal government -3,635 -1,044 267 -1,659 -6,045
Other governments -717 -2,617 592 -2,110 -9,315
Corporations -1,623 -5,168 1,459 8,707 -770
Government business enterprises -901 -1,396 -446 -1,384 -2,066
Private corporations -722 -3,772 1,905 10,093 1,296
Bonds 18,717 27,932 17,753 113,923 153,185
Governments 9,878 7,673 9,892 30,576 57,359
Federal government 9,488 5,974 8,827 24,609 28,710
Other governments 390 1,698 1,065 5,966 28,648
Corporations 8,839 20,259 7,861 83,348 95,825
Government business enterprises 2,922 1,626 1,280 12,739 16,263
Private corporations 5,917 18,633 6,581 70,609 79,560
Equity and investment fund shares 3,905 1,662 -507 42,241 53,297
Shares 3,416 1,517 -391 42,710 53,202
Investment fund shares 490 145 -116 -469 95
Canadian investment in foreign securities 1,749 16,559 -4,586 7,135 62,974
Debt securities 686 2,242 -385 -1,195 13,858
Money market instruments 489 -348 -15 -1,026 3,618
Bonds 198 2,590 -370 -171 10,240
Equity and investment fund shares 1,062 14,318 -4,201 8,331 49,118
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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