Canadian Direct Investment Abroad by Industry and Country, Annual

Annual data on direct investment positions for Canadian direct investment abroad. The dataset is organized by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) of Canadian reporting entities, industry of foreign affiliates, and selected countries and regions. It is provided by Statistics Canada and was last updated on 2026-04-29.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Canadian foreign direct investment based on annual time-series data.
• Compare investment positions across different industrial sectors using NAICS classifications.
• Model the geographic distribution of Canadian capital based on selected countries and regions.

Strengths

• Data is structured by the standardized North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
• Covers selected countries and regions, providing a geographic dimension.
• Annual frequency supports longitudinal analysis of investment trends.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

Time Range

Annual

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 12:46:49.380006; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canadian investment abroad, selected countries and regions