Foreign Direct Investment Statistics - Outward and Inward Stocks

Foreign Direct Investment in Canada (Stocks) - Millions of dollars

Country / Region	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Rank 2019	Share in 2019 (%)
All countries	782,912	810,668	828,991	904,648	973,889		100.0%
North America	397,174	405,448	412,891	444,667	486,534		50.0%
Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Aruba	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Bahamas	24	-51	-39	-64	-64	63	-0.007%
Barbados	-353	395	698	1,479	2,793	24	0.287%
Bermuda	17,686	15,801	14,629	12,831	13,251	12	1.361%
British Virgin Islands	2,716	3,267	3,011	5,455	5,365	18	0.551%
Cayman Islands	5,843	6,427	7,877	5,072	7,713	15	0.792%
Cuba	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Dominica	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Dominican Republic	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Grenada	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Guadeloupe	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Haiti	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Jamaica	1	1	1	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Mexico	1,775	2,847	2,695	2,302	2,352	25	0.242%
Netherlands Antilles	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Saint Lucia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Trinidad and Tobago	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
United States	369,482	376,760	384,018	417,543	455,073	1	46.727%
South and Central America	19,859	17,559	15,700	15,568	17,002		1.7%
Argentina	15	29	-72	66	73	51	0.007%
Belize	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Bolivia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Brazil	19,155	15,861	13,304	14,067	15,376	10	1.579%
Chile	691	916	1,195	1,221	1,242	31	0.128%
Colombia	-6	..	-7	-1	-2	57	0.000%
Costa Rica	..	1	-1	-1	-1	55	0.000%
Ecuador	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
El Salvador	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
French Guiana	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Guatemala	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Guyana	..	..	1	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Honduras	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Nicaragua	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Panama	..	15	..	18	18	53	0.002%
Paraguay	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Peru	..	..	..	..	123	45	0.013%
Suriname	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Uruguay	-6	735	1,279	..	-26	62	-0.003%
Venezuela	11	4	1	200	200	43	0.021%
Europe	282,926	305,440	310,625	345,472	367,395		37.7%
Albania	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Armenia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Austria	907	850	906	295	294	40	0.030%
Belgium	6,159	7,483	6,828	5,498	5,629	17	0.578%
Bulgaria	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Croatia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Cyprus	853	830	682	779	766	36	0.079%
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Denmark	571	697	791	868	882	35	0.091%
Estonia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Finland	746	523	407	653	647	38	0.066%
France	8,013	10,512	11,532	13,991	14,804	11	1.520%
Georgia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Germany	15,005	15,943	16,128	17,755	18,106	9	1.859%
Greece	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Hungary	1,956	2,551	2,352	1,982	1,982	29	0.204%
Iceland	-7	21	..	-2	-3	60	0.000%
Ireland	6,980	6,216	6,780	7,121	7,718	14	0.792%
Italy	1,387	1,436	1,431	1,854	2,936	22	0.301%
Latvia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Liechtenstein	58	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Lithuania	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Luxembourg	51,486	51,490	57,023	52,834	56,022	4	5.752%
Malta	..	..	..	..	728	37	0.075%
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Netherlands	92,513	102,655	103,505	119,200	123,861	2	12.718%
Norway	3,727	3,338	4,402	4,943	5,166	19	0.530%
Poland	1,896	2,710	3,049	2,974	2,849	23	0.293%
Portugal	70	70	70	83	83	49	0.009%
Romania	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Russian Federation	933	1,062	1,441	1,811	1,598	30	0.164%
Slovakia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Slovenia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Spain	7,852	6,380	5,405	6,287	6,372	16	0.654%
Sweden	2,398	2,355	2,214	2,221	2,348	26	0.241%
Switzerland	32,328	41,449	44,190	44,214	51,749	5	5.314%
Turkey	-1	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Ukraine	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
United Kingdom	46,781	46,658	41,285	59,845	62,349	3	6.402%
European Union (Excl. UK)	198,792	212,701	219,103	234,395	246,027	n.a.	25.262%
Africa	3,956	2,415	1,854	2,350	3,077		0.3%
Algeria	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Angola	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Benin	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Botswana	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Burkina Faso	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Cameroon (Republic of)	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Central African Republic	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Congo	-1	-1	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	..	..	..	..	-2	57	0.000%
Egypt	536	512	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Eritrea	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Ethiopia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Gabon	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Gambia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Ghana	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Guinea-Bissau	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Ivory Coast	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Kenya	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Lesotho	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Liberia	46	31	49	96	96	47	0.010%
Libya	271	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Madagascar	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Malawi	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Mali	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Mauritania	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Mauritius	102	..	..	38	38	52	0.004%
Morocco	..	..	..	1	1	54	0.000%
Mozambique	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Namibia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Niger	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Nigeria	1,569	1,113	1,170	1,188	934	34	0.096%
Rwanda	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Senegal	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Seychelles	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Sierra Leone	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
South Africa	1,432	760	635	1,026	2,010	28	0.206%
Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Swaziland	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Tanzania, United Republic of	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Togo	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Tunisia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Uganda	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Zambia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Zimbabwe	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Asia/Oceania	78,998	79,805	87,922	96,590	99,880		10.3%
Australia	9,383	10,304	8,997	9,550	11,183	13	1.148%
Bahrain	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Bangladesh	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Burma	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Cambodia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
China, People's Republic	13,763	15,220	15,927	20,015	21,194	7	2.176%
Hong Kong	11,208	14,707	20,140	21,618	20,929	8	2.149%
India	3,626	3,251	2,723	984	971	33	0.100%
Indonesia	1	..	84	106	116	46	0.012%
Iraq	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Iran	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Israel	243	98	215	365	330	39	0.034%
Japan	26,452	27,888	30,069	33,650	33,638	6	3.454%
Jordan	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Kazakhstan	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
North Korea	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Kuwait	2,297	1,992	2,180	2,126	2,210	27	0.227%
Kyrgyzstan	499	339	700	1,011	1,059	32	0.109%
Lebanon	..	..	..	-1	-1	55	0.000%
Macau	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Malaysia	-16	-106	235	27	93	48	0.010%
Mongolia	-36	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Myanmar	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Nepal	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
New Zealand	45	45	126	205	205	42	0.021%
Oman	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Pakistan	..	..	..	1	..	n.a.	0.000%
Papua New Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Philippines	62	1	..	-3	-4	61	0.000%
Qatar	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Saudi Arabia	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Singapore	247	298	322	315	242	41	0.025%
South Korea	1,413	2,079	2,510	3,132	3,230	21	0.332%
Sri Lanka	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Syrian Arab Republic	..	..	..	-2	-2	57	0.000%
Tajikistan	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Thailand	1	8	53	70	79	50	0.008%
Taiwan	130	59	174	155	132	44	0.014%
United Arab Emirates	9,681	3,622	3,354	3,276	4,285	20	0.440%
Viet Nam	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Yemen	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Source: Statistics Canada, 36-10-0008-01 (formerly: CANSIM 376-0051)

Canadian Direct Investment Abroad (Stocks) - Millions of dollars

Country / Region	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Rank 2019	Share in 2019 (%)
All countries	1,043,822	1,105,175	1,181,911	1,356,834	1,391,256		100.0%
North America	637,833	683,834	725,154	844,026	854,841		61.4%
Antigua and Barbuda	..	1	4	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Aruba	5	2	12	2	3	110	0.000%
Bahamas	19,637	22,656	24,132	26,274	26,265	10	1.888%
Barbados	59,675	60,223	53,639	50,247	49,777	5	3.578%
Bermuda	43,448	42,508	45,761	58,081	63,502	4	4.564%
British Virgin Islands	7,442	7,304	6,945	12,197	10,529	18	0.757%
Cayman Islands	39,907	41,054	40,815	41,818	42,683	6	3.068%
Cuba	-100	..	..	..	1	113	0.000%
Dominica	1	1	5	3	3	110	0.000%
Dominican Republic	414	452	515	111	584	60	0.042%
Grenada	..	..	-1	1	1	113	0.000%
Guadeloupe	..	..	..	7	6	105	0.000%
Haiti	-2	..	..	6	6	105	0.000%
Jamaica	..	1	1	16	15	99	0.001%
Mexico	16,788	17,604	20,533	26,607	27,933	9	2.008%
Netherlands Antilles	..	..	..	242	232	76	0.017%
Saint Lucia	177	46	41	126	127	82	0.009%
Trinidad and Tobago	84	79	84	106	117	85	0.008%
United States	448,334	490,233	531,232	626,384	631,580	1	45.396%
South and Central America	57,096	58,362	63,345	70,182	67,144	n.a.	4.8%
Argentina	3,294	3,328	2,126	2,742	1,638	40	0.118%
Belize	149	182	245	265	245	75	0.018%
Bolivia	159	138	135	142	143	81	0.010%
Brazil	11,854	12,067	14,524	12,518	12,248	15	0.880%
Chile	15,716	17,629	19,390	24,943	22,507	11	1.618%
Colombia	3,676	3,985	4,342	5,726	5,951	25	0.428%
Costa Rica	37	4	162	345	346	70	0.025%
Ecuador	976	1,417	1,215	2,411	2,499	36	0.180%
El Salvador	965	787	628	656	261	74	0.019%
French Guiana	1	..	19	33	33	93	0.002%
Guatemala	28	13	-3	88	77	89	0.006%
Guyana	25	150	64	350	354	69	0.025%
Honduras	319	89	444	746	707	56	0.051%
Nicaragua	348	474	350	715	687	58	0.049%
Panama	4,874	4,698	4,824	3,833	3,687	30	0.265%
Paraguay	..	..	40	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Peru	13,378	12,911	13,601	13,538	14,662	13	1.054%
Suriname	86	88	86	87	87	88	0.006%
Uruguay	756	449	981	1,046	1,011	48	0.073%
Venezuela	456	-48	172	-1	1	113	0.000%
Europe	271,443	276,973	292,836	325,249	351,678		25.3%
Albania	..	504	638	837	826	52	0.059%
Armenia	53	-1	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Austria	1,254	2,115	2,805	2,657	2,511	34	0.180%
Belgium	868	1,401	1,358	2,340	1,425	44	0.102%
Bulgaria	9	..	28	106	119	84	0.009%
Croatia	-1	..	..	-1	-1	118	0.000%
Cyprus	4,597	4,459	3,511	1,949	2,643	33	0.190%
Czech Republic	51	613	12	541	540	62	0.039%
Denmark	400	795	690	2,009	1,887	39	0.136%
Estonia	46	129	168	86	96	87	0.007%
Finland	1,443	1,505	1,606	1,632	1,517	41	0.109%
France	5,717	6,279	10,899	9,808	10,320	19	0.742%
Georgia	1	..	..	..	-1	118	0.000%
Germany	10,593	11,574	9,162	11,384	11,553	17	0.830%
Greece	26	271	297	327	120	83	0.009%
Hungary	6,020	4,878	5,030	23	307	72	0.022%
Iceland	115	..	174	..	1	113	0.000%
Ireland	15,535	11,138	8,798	9,553	9,477	20	0.681%
Italy	484	557	1,042	416	464	66	0.033%
Latvia	3	7	3	3	3	110	0.000%
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Lithuania	459	463	489	492	485	64	0.035%
Luxembourg	71,376	78,898	79,583	102,510	101,214	3	7.275%
Malta	621	764	1,272	2,867	4,345	27	0.312%
Monaco	9	7	11	9	8	103	0.001%
Netherlands	31,516	33,545	34,062	36,506	35,935	8	2.583%
Norway	1,419	1,604	1,833	1,932	1,464	43	0.105%
Poland	1,126	258	294	351	341	71	0.025%
Portugal	236	47	59	175	469	65	0.034%
Romania	197	549	679	932	906	49	0.065%
Russian Federation	1,735	1,246	1,536	1,021	1,344	45	0.097%
Slovakia	5	-18	2	-2	..	n.a.	0.000%
Slovenia	..	..	1	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Spain	4,219	5,482	5,151	7,999	7,607	23	0.547%
Sweden	5,794	4,231	4,251	4,274	3,697	29	0.266%
Switzerland	-243	-59	4,317	9,671	16,015	12	1.151%
Turkey	968	1,080	1,491	1,292	1,303	47	0.094%
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Ukraine	552	315	680	6	43	92	0.003%
United Kingdom	92,456	92,860	100,858	101,208	106,989	2	7.690%
European Union (Excl. UK)	162,594	169,940	171,252	198,937	197,980	n.a.	14.230%
Africa	4,402	6,532	8,954	9,802	10,720		0.6%
Algeria	16	10	10	-38	-112	128	-0.008%
Angola	-37	-37	-40	-38	-37	126	-0.003%
Benin	..	6	-1	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Botswana	449	594	423	192	192	80	0.014%
Burkina Faso	1,103	1,195	1,728	1,967	2,048	38	0.147%
Cameroon (Republic of)	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Central African Republic	180	..	..	62	57	90	0.004%
Congo	13	14	12	9	10	102	0.001%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	-103	-410	52	390	208	78	0.015%
Egypt	1	-8	-32	6	6	105	0.000%
Eritrea	23	415	319	413	425	67	0.031%
Ethiopia	215	202	175	..	-4	121	0.000%
Gabon	-169	-44	-15	32	32	94	0.002%
Gambia	134	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Ghana	-532	-112	783	236	199	79	0.014%
Guinea	..	..	12	16	16	97	0.001%
Guinea-Bissau	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Ivory Coast	615	592	505	657	799	54	0.057%
Kenya	..	32	113	14	16	97	0.001%
Lesotho	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Liberia	..	3	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Madagascar	37	32	31	26	22	95	0.002%
Malawi	12	11	7	-2	-2	120	0.000%
Mali	179	560	199	512	667	59	0.048%
Mauritania	-3,180	-2,424	-2,346	-2,345	-2,246	130	-0.161%
Mauritius	308	1,304	2,562	4,463	5,091	26	0.366%
Morocco	-4	7	17	..	-4	121	0.000%
Mozambique	..	..	56	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Namibia	129	524	492	687	753	55	0.054%
Niger	..	..	-53	-53	-49	127	-0.004%
Nigeria	437	543	501	390	390	68	0.028%
Rwanda	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Senegal	474	964	893	841	818	53	0.059%
Seychelles	398	..	122	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Sierra Leone	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
South Africa	1,947	1,976	2,041	860	859	50	0.062%
Sudan	..	72	..	13	13	100	0.001%
Swaziland	658	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Tanzania, United Republic of	888	350	315	414	491	63	0.035%
Togo	3	2	-1	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Tunisia	169	116	73	67	57	90	0.004%
Uganda	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Zaire	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Zambia	9	44	..	9	4	109	0.000%
Zimbabwe	28	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Asia/Oceania	73,048	79,474	91,622	107,574	106,873		7.7%
Australia	25,811	28,637	35,612	39,879	37,810	7	2.718%
Bahrain	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Bangladesh	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Brunei Darussalam	..	..	..	..	5	108	0.000%
Burma	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Cambodia	58	148	227	383	696	57	0.050%
China, People's Republic	10,252	10,218	13,089	13,590	13,391	14	0.963%
Hong Kong	7,333	8,511	8,650	10,772	11,710	16	0.842%
India	1,273	1,494	1,654	2,439	2,508	35	0.180%
Indonesia	3,239	2,969	2,912	3,161	3,846	28	0.276%
Iraq	25	..	23	29	-10	124	-0.001%
Iran	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Israel	1,110	808	1,143	-207	-382	129	-0.027%
Japan	4,541	4,870	6,327	8,762	8,383	22	0.603%
Jordan	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Kazakhstan	1,303	2,344	2,135	2,884	3,244	31	0.233%
North Korea	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Kuwait	..	..	..	..	17	96	0.001%
Kyrgyzstan	1,160	1,571	1,536	1,188	1,469	42	0.106%
Lebanon	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Macau	2	2	3	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Malaysia	944	966	1,111	37	12	101	0.001%
Mongolia	7,018	6,648	6,046	6,179	6,204	24	0.446%
Myanmar	..	..	1	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Nepal	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
New Zealand	679	592	413	1,330	1,337	46	0.096%
Oman	1	18	1	1	1	113	0.000%
Pakistan	2	30	1	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Papua New Guinea	800	638	400	942	850	51	0.061%
Philippines	1,756	2,028	2,034	3,081	3,132	32	0.225%
Qatar	1	..	..	-7	-7	123	-0.001%
Saudi Arabia	133	19	103	2	-10	124	-0.001%
Singapore	4,273	4,497	5,458	9,528	9,320	21	0.670%
South Korea	1,413	1,599	1,849	2,472	2,152	37	0.155%
Sri Lanka	24	7	19	6	8	103	0.001%
Syrian Arab Republic	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Tajikistan	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Thailand	143	155	175	261	302	73	0.022%
Taiwan	115	113	89	580	556	61	0.040%
United Arab Emirates	-267	346	-266	74	112	86	0.008%
Viet Nam	-76	97	661	214	222	77	0.016%
Yemen	..	..	..	..	..	n.a.	0.000%
Source: Statistics Canada, 36-10-0008-01 (formerly: CANSIM 376-0051)

December 2020

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