Table 1
Canada's international transactions in securities
| December 2023 |
January 2024 |
February 2024 |
January to February 2023 | January to February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Foreign investment in Canadian securities | 10,797 | 8,875 | -8,776 | 11,089 | 99 |
| Debt securities | 10,967 | 8,857 | -6,074 | 23,388 | 2,783 |
| Money market instruments | 6,132 | -7,741 | -20,819 | -1,578 | -28,560 |
| Governments | 2,353 | 5,169 | -15,104 | -619 | -9,935 |
| Federal government | -1,363 | 6,186 | -11,812 | 4,386 | -5,626 |
| Other governments | 3,716 | -1,017 | -3,292 | -5,005 | -4,309 |
| Corporations | 3,779 | -12,910 | -5,716 | -958 | -18,626 |
| Government business enterprises | 365 | 2,635 | -1,003 | 858 | 1,632 |
| Private corporations | 3,415 | -15,545 | -4,712 | -1,816 | -20,257 |
| Bonds | 4,835 | 16,598 | 14,745 | 24,965 | 31,343 |
| Governments | 2,950 | 9,516 | 1,488 | -61 | 11,004 |
| Federal government | 4,329 | 7,950 | 3,151 | 7,933 | 11,101 |
| Other governments | -1,379 | 1,566 | -1,663 | -7,995 | -97 |
| Corporations | 1,885 | 7,082 | 13,257 | 25,026 | 20,339 |
| Government business enterprises | -3,322 | 3,945 | 3,635 | 4,750 | 7,580 |
| Private corporations | 5,208 | 3,137 | 9,622 | 20,277 | 12,759 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | -171 | 17 | -2,701 | -12,298 | -2,684 |
| Shares | 190 | 202 | -2,187 | -10,100 | -1,985 |
| Investment fund shares | -360 | -184 | -515 | -2,198 | -699 |
| Canadian investment in foreign securities | 29,964 | -7,606 | 24,189 | -17,810 | 16,583 |
| Debt securities | -74 | 7,253 | 17,795 | 992 | 25,048 |
| Money market instruments | 1,391 | -846 | 1,538 | -262 | 692 |
| Bonds | -1,465 | 8,099 | 16,257 | 1,254 | 24,356 |
| Equity and investment fund shares | 30,038 | -14,859 | 6,395 | -18,801 | -8,464 |
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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