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Canada Foreign Securities Purchases

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Impact:

Low

Source: Statistics Canada

Latest Release:

Date:

Surprise:

C$24.78B

Actual:

C$46.62B

Forecast: C$21.84B

Previous/Revision:

C$31.32B

Period: Oct

Next Release:

Date:

Period: Nov

What Does It Measure?

Canada Foreign Securities Purchases measures the net purchases of Canadian securities by foreign investors, indicating the demand for Canadian financial assets in global markets. It primarily focuses on the investment flows into equities, bonds, and other financial instruments, providing insight into the attractiveness of the Canadian market and its impact on the Canadian dollar.

Frequency

This report is released monthly, typically published around the end of the month for data from the previous month, and is considered a preliminary estimate that may be subject to revisions.

Why Do Traders Care?

Traders monitor this indicator because strong foreign investment is often viewed as a sign of confidence in the Canadian economy, which can positively influence the Canadian dollar and lead to bullish trends in stock markets. Conversely, weak foreign securities purchases may indicate lower confidence, potentially leading to a weaker currency or bearish movements in equities.

What Is It Derived From?

This measure is derived from surveys conducted with financial institutions that track foreign investments in Canadian securities, following standardized methodologies for data collection and reporting. The calculation includes both direct transactions and changes in holdings to arrive at the net purchase figures.

Description

The Foreign Securities Purchases report provides critical insights into the capital flows into Canada from foreign investors. This data is significant for assessing overall economic health and predicting future currency movements, as high levels of investment can lead to increased confidence in Canadian assets and the economy’s stability.

Additional Notes

This indication serves as a leading economic measure, reflecting investor sentiment and its potential impact on currency values, particularly in the context of broader economic conditions. Comparisons to similar indicators from other countries, such as U.S. foreign security purchases, can highlight regional investment trends and shifts in market sentiment.

Bullish or Bearish for Currency and Stocks

Higher than expected: Bullish for CAD, Bullish for Stocks. Lower than expected: Bearish for CAD, Bearish for Stocks.

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High Potential Impact
This event has a strong potential to move markets significantly. If the 'Actual' value differs enough from the forecast or if the 'Previous' value is significantly revised, it signals new information that markets may rapidly adjust to.

Medium Potential Impact
This event may cause moderate market movement, especially if the 'Actual' deviates from the forecast or there's a notable revision to the 'Previous' value.

Low Potential Impact
This event is unlikely to affect market pricing unless there's an unexpected surprise or a major revision to prior data.

Surprise - Currency May Strengthen
Actual deviated from Forecast on a medium or high impact event and historically could strengthen the currency.

Surprise - Currency May Weaken
Actual deviated from Forcast on a medium or high impact event and historically could weaken the currency.

Big Surprise - Currency More Likely To Strengthen
'Actual' deviated from 'Forecast' more than 75% of historical deviations on a medium or high impact event and may likely strengthen the currency.

Big Surprise - Currency More Likely To Weaken
'Actual' deviated from 'Forecast' more than 75% of historical deviations on a medium or high impact event and may likely weaken the currency

Green Number	Better than forecast for the currency (or previous revise better)
Red Number	Worse than forecast for the currency (or previous revise better)
Hawkish	Supports higher interest rates to fight inflation, strengthening the currency but weighing on stocks.
Dovish	Favors lower rates to boost growth, weakening the currency but lifting stocks.

Date	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Surprise
Dec 17, 2025	C$46.62B	C$21.84B	C$31.32B	C$24.78B
Nov 17, 2025	C$31.32B		C$23.61B
Oct 17, 2025	C$25.92B	C$11.61B	C$26.66B	C$14.31B
Sep 17, 2025	C$26.694B	C$-1.32B	C$1.01B	C$28.014B
Aug 18, 2025	C$0.71B	C$-4.75B	C$-6.29B	C$5.46B
Jul 17, 2025	C$-2.79B	C$-7.32B	C$-9.46B	C$4.53B
Jun 17, 2025	C$-9.36B	C$-2.94B	C$-4.21B	C$-6.42B
May 16, 2025	C$-4.23B	C$5.2B	C$-10.45B	C$-9.43B
Apr 17, 2025	C$-6.46B	C$12.89B	C$7.91B	C$-19.35B
Mar 17, 2025	C$7.91B	C$17.44B	C$13.94B	C$-9.53B
Feb 17, 2025	C$14.37B	C$14.23B	C$13.84B	C$0.14B
Jan 17, 2025	C$16.4B	C$14.5B	C$21.55B	C$1.9B
Dec 17, 2024	C$21.55B	C$24.5B	C$29.65B	C$-2.95B
Nov 18, 2024	C$29.3B	C$10.5B	C$9.97B	C$18.8B
Oct 17, 2024	C$9.97B	C$9.5B	C$10.97B	C$0.47B
Sep 18, 2024	C$10.98B		C$5.2B
Aug 16, 2024	C$5.17B	C$15.9B	C$21.07B	C$-10.73B
Jul 17, 2024	C$20.89B	C$16B	C$41.05B	C$4.89B
Jun 17, 2024	C$41.16B	C$12.3B	C$14.38B	C$28.86B
May 17, 2024	C$14.37B	C$3.51B	C$-4.28B	C$10.86B
Apr 17, 2024	C$-8.78B	C$10.1B	C$8.88B	C$-18.88B
Mar 15, 2024	C$8.88B	C$2.05B	C$10.8B	C$6.83B
Feb 16, 2024	C$10.44B	C$-6.45B	C$11.31B	C$16.89B
Jan 17, 2024	C$11.43B	C$9B	C$-15.88B	C$2.43B
Dec 15, 2023	C$-15.75B	C$-3.98B	C$-15.06B	C$-11.77B
Nov 17, 2023	C$-15.09B	C$3.2B	C$-8.77B	C$-18.29B
Oct 17, 2023	C$-8.47B	C$11.78B	C$13.93B	C$-20.25B
Sep 15, 2023	C$11.62B	C$-5.5B	C$12.61B	C$17.12B
Aug 17, 2023	C$12.56B	C$-7B	C$10.21B	C$19.56B
Jul 17, 2023	C$11.16B	C$-2.5B	C$12.78B	C$13.66B
Jun 16, 2023	C$13.52B		C$-19.72B
May 17, 2023	C$-19.07B	C$5.22B	C$6.47B	C$-24.29B
Apr 17, 2023	C$4.62B		C$4.2B
Mar 17, 2023	C$4.21B	C$14.25B	C$21.22B	C$-10.04B
Feb 17, 2023	C$21.22B	C$13.1B	C$12.4B	C$8.12B
Jan 17, 2023	C$12.76B		C$9.09B
Dec 16, 2022	C$8.46B		C$-22.5B
Nov 18, 2022	C$-22.27B		C$26.22B
Oct 18, 2022	C$22.01B	C$17.32B	C$14.73B	C$4.69B
Sep 16, 2022	C$14.83B		C$-17.64B
Aug 16, 2022	C$-17.54B		C$2.83B
Jul 15, 2022	C$2.35B		C$22.17B
Jun 17, 2022	C$22.23B		C$46.47B
May 17, 2022	C$46.94B		C$7.49B
Apr 19, 2022	C$7.44B		C$13.54B
Mar 18, 2022	C$13.49B		C$37.54B
Feb 17, 2022	C$37.56B		C$30.14B
Jan 17, 2022	C$30.15B	C$23.5B	C$22.3B	C$6.65B
Dec 17, 2021	C$23.92B		C$19.78B
Nov 18, 2021	C$20.02B		C$22.74B
Oct 18, 2021	C$26.3B		C$14.06B
Sep 16, 2021	C$14.19B		C$19.64B
Aug 17, 2021	C$19.63B		C$20.81B
Jul 16, 2021	C$20.79B		C$9.9B
Jun 17, 2021	C$9.95B		C$4.12B
May 17, 2021	C$3.25B		C$8.56B
Apr 16, 2021	C$8.52B		C$1.11B
Mar 16, 2021	C$1.27B		C$5.33B
Feb 16, 2021	C$5.08B		C$11.78B
Jan 18, 2021	C$11.78B		C$6.93B
Dec 16, 2020	C$6.9B		C$4.7B
Nov 17, 2020	C$4.5B		C$15.5B
Oct 16, 2020	C$15.5B		C$-8.5B
Sep 16, 2020	C$-8.5B		C$-14.1B
Aug 17, 2020	C$-13.5B		C$22.4B
Jul 16, 2020	C$22.4B		C$49B
Jun 16, 2020	C$49B		C$-9.82B
May 15, 2020	C$-9.78B		C$19.42B
Apr 29, 2020	C$20.61B		C$16.81B
Mar 17, 2020	C$17.01B		C$-10.22B
Feb 17, 2020	C$-9.57B		C$-1.77B
Jan 17, 2020	C$-1.75B		C$11.31B
Dec 16, 2019	C$11.32B		C$5.02B
Nov 15, 2019	C$4.76B		C$4.62B
Oct 16, 2019	C$4.99B		C$-1.87B
Sep 16, 2019	C$-1.17B		C$-4.06B
Aug 16, 2019	C$-3.98B		C$10.28B
Jul 16, 2019	C$10.2B		C$-12.79B
Jun 17, 2019	C$-12.8B	C$2.33B	C$-1.56B	C$-15.13B
May 16, 2019	C$-1.45B	C$11.55B	C$12.39B	C$-13B
Apr 16, 2019	C$12.05B		C$28.59B
Mar 18, 2019	C$28.4B		C$-20.49B
Feb 15, 2019	C$-18.96B	C$7.66B	C$10.24B	C$-26.62B
Jan 18, 2019	C$9.45B		C$3.97B
Dec 17, 2018	C$3.98B	C$6.2B	C$7.76B	C$-2.22B
Nov 16, 2018	C$7.7B	C$0.3B	C$2.63B	C$7.4B
Oct 16, 2018	C$2.82B	C$11.1B	C$15.29B	C$-8.28B
Sep 17, 2018	C$12.65B	C$4.35B	C$10.3B	C$8.3B
Aug 17, 2018	C$11.55B	C$4.91B	C$3.01B	C$6.64B
Jul 16, 2018	C$2.18B	C$7.03B	C$9.09B	C$-4.85B
Jun 15, 2018	C$9.13B	C$5.49B	C$6.4B	C$3.64B
May 17, 2018	C$6.15B	C$3B	C$4.32B	C$3.15B
Apr 17, 2018	C$3.96B	C$7.24B	C$5.63B	C$-3.28B
Mar 16, 2018	C$5.68B	C$9B	C$-1.54B	C$-3.32B
Feb 16, 2018	C$-1.97B	C$19.18B	C$19.2B	C$-21.15B
Jan 19, 2018	C$19.56B	C$11.7B	C$20.77B	C$7.86B
Dec 18, 2017	C$20.81B	C$15.9B	C$16.69B	C$4.91B
Nov 16, 2017	C$16.81B	C$10.68B	C$9.77B	C$6.13B
Oct 16, 2017	C$9.85B	C$15.2B	C$23.97B	C$-5.35B
Sep 18, 2017	C$23.95B	C$4.46B	C$-0.86B	C$19.49B
Aug 16, 2017	C$-0.92B	C$23.45B	C$29.44B	C$-24.37B
Jul 17, 2017	C$29.46B	C$12B	C$10.61B	C$17.46B
Jun 16, 2017	C$10.6B	C$12.14B	C$15.05B	C$-1.54B
May 18, 2017	C$15.13B	C$14.8B	C$39.16B	C$0.33B
Apr 18, 2017	C$38.84B	C$5.21B	C$6.35B	C$33.63B
Mar 16, 2017	C$6.2B	C$9.45B	C$10.21B	C$-3.25B
Feb 17, 2017	C$10.23B	C$10.2B	C$7.26B	C$0.03B
Jan 19, 2017	C$7.24B	C$10.23B	C$15.77B	C$-2.99B
Dec 16, 2016	C$15.75B	C$12.35B	C$11.79B	C$3.4B
Nov 17, 2016	C$11.77B	C$12.2B	C$12.75B	C$-0.43B
Oct 17, 2016	C$12.74B	C$8.4B	C$9.1B	C$4.34B
Sep 16, 2016	C$5.23B	C$10.12B	C$9.02B	C$-4.89B
Aug 18, 2016	C$9.02B	C$6.9B	C$13.99B	C$2.12B
Jul 18, 2016	C$14.73B	C$15.39B	C$15.52B	C$-0.66B
Jun 16, 2016	C$15.52B	C$7.6B	C$17.05B	C$7.92B
May 18, 2016	C$17.17B	C$10.35B	C$15.94B	C$6.82B
Apr 18, 2016	C$15.94B	C$6B	C$11.41B	C$9.94B
Mar 16, 2016	C$13.51B	C$6.2B	C$-1.4B	C$7.31B
Feb 17, 2016	C$-1.41B	C$5.8B	C$2.94B	C$-7.21B
Jan 19, 2016	C$2.58B	C$12.1B	C$19.08B	C$-9.52B
Dec 16, 2015	C$22.08B	C$5.1B	C$3.35B	C$16.98B
Nov 16, 2015	C$3.35B	C$7B	C$5.78B	C$-3.65B
Oct 16, 2015	C$3.11B	C$4.4B	C$-10.09B	C$-1.29B
Sep 16, 2015	C$-10.12B	C$6.7B	C$8.79B	C$-16.82B
Aug 17, 2015	C$8.51B	C$2.7B	C$-5.46B	C$5.81B
Jul 16, 2015	C$-5.45B	C$12.5B	C$16.73B	C$-17.95B
Jun 16, 2015	C$12.94B	C$11.4B	C$22.56B	C$1.54B
May 15, 2015	C$22.47B	C$8.5B	C$9.35B	C$13.97B