Foreign investors added $31.3 billion of Canadian securities to their holdings in September, closing the third quarter with investments totalling $80.3 billion. Meanwhile, Canadian investors acquired $22.1 billion of foreign securities in September, for a total of $57.6 billion in the third quarter.
As a result, international transactions in securities generated a net inflow of funds of $9.2 billion in the Canadian economy in September. In the third quarter, the net inflow of funds amounted to $22.7 billion, the first quarterly inflow recorded in 2025.
Despite the strong foreign investment in Canadian securities in the third quarter, cross-border transactions have resulted in a net outflow of funds of $61.9 billion from January to September 2025, compared with a net inflow of $49.7 billion for the same period in 2024.
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