Monthly International Securities Transactions by Country and Instrument

Statistics Canada's dataset covers Canada's international portfolio transactions in Canadian and foreign securities. Monthly data includes sales, purchases, and net flows, broken down by type of instrument and for six countries or regions. The data was last updated on March 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling net capital flows between Canada and other regions based on reported sales and purchases.
• Analyzing trends in specific security types (e.g., bonds, equities) mentioned in the description.
• Comparing portfolio investment activity across the six listed countries or regions.
• Forecasting international investment positions using monthly transaction time-series data.

Strengths

• Data is provided by Statistics Canada, a national statistical office.
• Includes monthly granularity for tracking trends over time.
• Breakdowns are available by instrument type and six geographic areas.

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 12:47:48.512379; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada and six other countries/regions