Table 1 
Canada's international transactions in securities  

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Canada's international transactions in securities
  December
2017		 January
2018		 February
2018		 January to February 2017 January to February 2018
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars
Foreign investment in Canadian securities -1,555 5,632 3,960 45,113 9,592
Debt securities -3,955 2,778 1,093 10,621 3,871
Money market instruments 401 6,119 1,990 -6,841 8,109
Governments 858 -1,833 1,732 -7,652 -101
Federal government -1,267 -1,338 1,571 -3,375 233
Other governments 2,125 -494 161 -4,277 -333
Corporations -458 7,952 258 813 8,210
Government business enterprises -40 1,301 1,531 -793 2,832
Private corporations -417 6,651 -1,273 1,606 5,378
Bonds -4,356 -3,341 -897 17,461 -4,238
Governments -4,826 -2,981 -9,039 508 -12,020
Federal government -625 -1,558 -12,459 -7,531 -14,017
Other governments -4,201 -1,422 3,420 8,039 1,998
Corporations 470 -360 8,142 16,954 7,782
Government business enterprises -5,682 -253 1,545 7,314 1,292
Private corporations 6,152 -107 6,598 9,640 6,491
Equity and investment fund shares 2,400 2,854 2,867 34,492 5,721
Shares 2,482 2,477 2,745 34,632 5,222
Investment fund shares -82 376 122 -140 498
Canadian investment in foreign securities 21,991 13,175 6,347 16,511 19,522
Debt securities 2,172 1,636 1,648 6,424 3,284
Money market instruments 148 -151 66 1,353 -85
Bonds 2,024 1,788 1,582 5,071 3,370
Equity and investment fund shares 19,818 11,538 4,699 10,088 16,237
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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