Both Canadian (+7.4%) and foreign-controlled (+4.0%) asset values increased in 2019. The foreign-controlled share of assets decreased, from 15.3% in 2018 to 14.8% in 2019. This was the 12th year where the share of assets under foreign control decreased.
Enterprises controlled from the United States maintained the largest overall share of foreign-controlled assets in Canada (51.9%), followed by the United Kingdom (11.0%) and Japan (6.0%).
To provide additional geographic-level detail on foreign control in Canada, data have been compiled by macro-region and by country.
In 2019, more than half of all assets under foreign control belonged to enterprises from the Americas macro region (53.7%), followed by Europe at 31.4% and Asia at 13.3%. The share of assets owned by enterprises in the Americas region grew slightly in 2019, whereas the shares of European and Asian controlled enterprises marked a small decline from 2018 levels.
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