Canada's International Securities Transactions by Instrument and Issuer, Quarterly

Statistics Canada provides quarterly data on Canada's international portfolio transactions in securities. The data covers sales, purchases, and net flows, broken down by the type of financial instrument and the issuer. It is updated by Statistics Canada and was last refreshed on March 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling international capital flows based on quarterly net transaction data
• Analyzing investment trends by instrument type as described in the data
• Forecasting portfolio investment patterns based on issuer categories
• Benchmarking Canada's financial account activity against other economic indicators

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative national statistics agency, Statistics Canada.
• Quarterly frequency allows for tracking short-term trends in financial flows.
• Covers multiple dimensions: sales, purchases, net flows, instrument type, and issuer.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to open_canada, focusing primarily on Canadian and foreign securities.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 12:47:47.979831; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada and international counterparties