Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| November 2018 |
December 2018 |
January 2019 |
2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 10,236 | -20,488 | 28,398 | 189,166 | 67,078 |
| Debt securities | 7,301 | -25,697 | 19,375 | 132,617 | 40,484 |
| Money market instruments | -409 | -827 | 5,067 | -12,095 | 16,242 |
| Governments | 1,852 | -25 | 2,345 | -10,795 | 9,029 |
| Federal government | 1,690 | -32 | -2,219 | -7,312 | 3,902 |
| Other governments | 162 | 7 | 4,564 | -3,484 | 5,129 |
| Corporations | -2,261 | -802 | 2,722 | -1,303 | 7,211 |
| Government business enterprises | -1,580 | 319 | -1,109 | -2,095 | 3,439 |
| Private corporations | -681 | -1,121 | 3,831 | 792 | 3,772 |
| Bonds | 7,709 | -24,870 | 14,308 | 144,714 | 24,240 |
| Governments | 5,153 | -9,369 | 15,197 | 53,669 | -33,286 |
| Federal government | 3,006 | -7,268 | 12,868 | 29,173 | -38,198 |
| Other governments | 2,147 | -2,100 | 2,329 | 24,497 | 4,913 |
| Corporations | 2,556 | -15,501 | -889 | 91,045 | 57,526 |
| Government business enterprises | -421 | -7,461 | 441 | 11,269 | -1,501 |
| Private corporations | 2,978 | -8,040 | -1,331 | 79,778 | 59,026 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 2,935 | 5,209 | 9,023 | 56,548 | 26,596 |
| Shares | 2,407 | 5,117 | 8,821 | 56,273 | 25,138 |
| Investment fund shares | 528 | 92 | 203 | 275 | 1,458 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | -4,982 | -425 | -8,799 | 84,656 | 58,140 |
| Debt securities | 347 | -1,068 | 1,541 | 16,028 | 50,376 |
| Money market instruments | 679 | -772 | -535 | 3,766 | 2,290 |
| Bonds | -333 | -296 | 2,076 | 12,262 | 48,087 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -5,329 | 643 | -10,340 | 68,628 | 7,766 |
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):
Tables 36-10-0028-01 and 36-10-0583-01.
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