Annual Canadian and Foreign Direct Investment Positions by Country

Annual data on direct investment positions from Statistics Canada. Values for Canadian direct investment abroad and foreign direct investment in Canada are presented by country. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-29.

Use Cases

• Modeling bilateral investment relationships based on country-level data.
• Analyzing trends in Canada's outward direct investment over time.
• Comparing foreign direct investment inflows from different source countries.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative national statistics agency, Statistics Canada.
• Annual time-series data allows for longitudinal analysis of investment trends.
• Country-level breakdown enables geographic analysis of investment flows.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

Time Range

Annual data

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 12:46:47.622521; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada and international partner countries