Canada Direct Investment Abroad

1957 - 2025 | Quarterly | USD mn | CEIC Data

Key information about Canada Direct Investment Abroad

  • Canada Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 9.7 USD bn in Dec 2025, compared with a growth of 20.0 USD bn in the previous quarter.
  • Canada Direct Investment Abroad: USD mn data is updated quarterly.
  • It is available from Mar 1957 to Dec 2025 and averaged 1.9 USD bn throughout the period.
  • The data reached an all-time high of 56.9 USD bn in Dec 2021 and a record low of -1.2 USD bn in Mar 2010.

CEIC converts quarterly Direct Investment Abroad into USD. Statistics Canada provides Direct Investment Abroad in local currency based on BPM6. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Direct Investment Abroad prior to Q1 1981 is based on BPM5.


Key information about Canada Direct Investment Abroad

  • In the latest reports of Canada, Current Account recorded a deficit of 7.0 USD bn in Sep 2025.
  • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 18.0 USD bn in Dec 2025.
  • Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 41.8 USD bn in Dec 2025.
  • The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 590.9 USD bn in Sep 2025.

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What was Canada's Direct Investment Abroad in Dec 2025?

Canada Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 9.7 USD bn in Dec 2025, compared with a growth of 20.0 USD bn in the previous quarter. See the table below for more data.

Last Previous Min Max Unit Frequency Range
9,672.8 Dec 2025 20,005.8 Sep 2025 -1,197.5 Mar 2010 56,868.3 Dec 2021 USD mn quarterly Mar 1957 - Dec 2025

Direct Investment Abroad by Country Comparison

country/region Last
Albania (USD mn) 81.8 Dec 2025
Algeria (USD mn) 0.3 2024
Argentina (USD mn) 887.1 Dec 2025
Armenia (USD mn) 75.4 Dec 2025
Australia (USD mn) 731.8 Dec 2025
Austria (USD mn) -10,145.4 Dec 2025
Azerbaijan (USD mn) -12.5 Dec 2025
Bahrain (USD mn) 549.9 2025
Bangladesh (USD mn) 78.2 Dec 2025
Belarus (USD mn) 68.3 Dec 2025
Belgium (USD mn) 3,210.8 Jan 2026
Bolivia (USD mn) 21.7 Dec 2025
Bosnia and Herzegovina (USD mn) 51.9 Dec 2025
Botswana (USD mn) 32.3 Dec 2025
Brazil (USD mn) 2,205.3 Mar 2026
Brunei (USD mn) -97.6 2025
Bulgaria (USD mn) 53.7 Feb 2026
Cambodia (USD mn) 36.0 Dec 2025
Canada (USD mn) 9,672.8 Dec 2025
Chile (USD mn) 993.3 Mar 2026
China (USD mn) 40,435.6 Dec 2025
Colombia (USD mn) 760.0 Dec 2025
Croatia (USD mn) -498.9 Dec 2022
Cyprus (USD mn) 570.9 Dec 2025
Czech Republic (USD mn) 771.6 Feb 2026
Denmark (USD mn) 4,225.2 Mar 2026
Egypt (USD mn) 228.0 Dec 2025
Estonia (USD mn) 83.8 Mar 2026
European Union (USD mn) 63,071.2 Mar 2026
Finland (USD mn) 913.0 Mar 2026
France (USD mn) 3,478.7 Mar 2026
Georgia (USD mn) 61.9 Dec 2025
Germany (USD mn) 51,426.0 Mar 2026
Ghana (USD mn) 46.7 Dec 2025
Greece (USD mn) 710.3 Feb 2026
Hong Kong SAR, China (USD mn) 11,913.9 Dec 2025
Hungary (USD mn) 7,930.7 Dec 2025
Iceland (USD mn) 139.5 Dec 2025
India (USD mn) 7,537.7 Dec 2025
Indonesia (USD mn) 1,111.2 Mar 2026
Iran (USD mn) 328.0 2021
Ireland (USD mn) 34,262.2 Dec 2025
Israel (USD mn) 3,061.0 Dec 2025
Italy (USD mn) 10,820.7 Mar 2026
Japan (USD mn) 21,140.3 Mar 2026
Jordan (USD mn) 48.4 Dec 2025
Kazakhstan (USD mn) -624.6 Mar 2026
Kenya (USD mn) 430.2 2025
South Korea (USD mn) 8,885.3 Mar 2026
Kosovo (USD mn) 111.5 Dec 2025
Kuwait (USD mn) 3,480.1 Sep 2025
Kyrgyzstan (USD mn) -4.9 Mar 2025
Latvia (USD mn) 105.2 Feb 2026
Lebanon (USD mn) 23.1 Sep 2025
Lithuania (USD mn) 354.3 Mar 2026
Luxembourg (USD mn) 31,696.8 Dec 2025
Macau SAR, China (USD mn) 1,240.6 2024
North Macedonia (USD mn) -215.0 Dec 2025
Malawi (USD mn) -122.4 2021
Malaysia (USD mn) 4,472.5 Mar 2026
Malta (USD mn) 8,221.1 Dec 2025
Mauritius (USD mn) 1,936.0 Dec 2025
Mexico (USD mn) 4,328.4 Dec 2025
Moldova (USD mn) 26.4 Dec 2025
Mongolia (USD mn) 9.8 Mar 2026
Montenegro (USD mn) 21.8 Dec 2025
Morocco (USD mn) 578.0 Dec 2025
Mozambique (USD mn) -1.4 Dec 2025
Netherlands (USD mn) 82,627.2 Dec 2025
New Zealand (USD mn) 1,471.9 Dec 2025
Nigeria (USD mn) 673.0 Dec 2025
Norway (USD mn) 112.1 Dec 2025
Oman (USD mn) -142.8 2024
Pakistan (USD mn) 125.0 Mar 2026
Palestinian Territory (USD mn) -3.0 Dec 2025
Panama (USD mn) 212.3 Dec 2025
Paraguay (USD mn) -58.5 Jun 2025
Peru (USD mn) 733.5 Dec 2025
Philippines (USD mn) 742.4 Dec 2025
Poland (USD mn) 546.0 Mar 2026
Portugal (USD mn) 504.2 Feb 2026
Qatar (USD mn) -1,395.3 Dec 2025
Romania (USD mn) 117.9 Mar 2026
Russia (USD mn) 8,721.5 Dec 2025
Saudi Arabia (USD mn) 5,050.2 Dec 2025
Serbia (USD mn) 50.4 Mar 2026
Singapore (USD mn) 33,615.7 Dec 2025
Slovakia (USD mn) 409.9 Mar 2026
Slovenia (USD mn) 508.2 Mar 2026
South Africa (USD mn) -70.5 Dec 2025
Spain (USD mn) 4,779.3 Feb 2026
Sri Lanka (USD mn) 36.0 Dec 2025
Sudan (USD mn) 0.0 Dec 2025
Sweden (USD mn) 4,187.4 Dec 2025
Switzerland (USD mn) 7,423.2 Dec 2025
Taiwan, China (USD mn) 10,006.0 Mar 2026
Thailand (USD mn) 2,644.7 Dec 2025
Turkey (USD mn) 1,227.0 Mar 2026
Ukraine (USD mn) -6.0 Mar 2026
United Arab Emirates (USD mn) 77,168.1 2024

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Canada Key Series

country/region Last
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) -1.4 Dec 2025
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn) 4,146.395 Feb 2026
Tax Revenue (USD mn) 29,539.859 Feb 2026
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) 12.9 Dec 2025
National Government Debt (USD mn) 1,517,724.5 2025
Government Debt: % of GDP (%) 69.2 2025
Forecast: Government Expenditure (CAD bn) 1,789.926 2031
Forecast: Government Net Debt (CAD bn) 3,127.329 2028
Forecast: Government Revenue (CAD bn) 1,726.867 2031
Federal Government Debt: % of GDP: Accumulated Deficit (%) 40.700 2025
Net Financing Activities (CAD mn) 7,880.000 Feb 2026
Budgetary Balance: Deficit or Surplus (CAD mn) 5,659.000 Feb 2026
Budgetary Revenue (CAD mn) 48,415.000 Feb 2026
Budgetary Revenue: TR: Excise Taxes & Duties (CAD mn) 5,366.000 Feb 2026
Budgetary Expense (CAD mn) -42,756.000 Feb 2026
Budgetary Revenue: Tax Revenues (TR) (CAD mn) 40,316.000 Feb 2026
FIN Forecast: Budgetary Revenue (CAD mn) 612,800.000 2030
FIN Forecast: Budgetary Expense (CAD mn) 643,700.000 2030
FIN Forecast: Budgetary Balance (CAD mn) -23,000.000 2030
FIN Forecast: Budgetary Revenue: Tax: Excise Taxes & Duties (ET) (CAD mn) 84,700.000 2030
FIN Forecast: Federal Debt (CAD mn) 1,435,700.000 2030
CA: Gross Public Debt: USD: General Government (USD mn) 2,908,830.439 Dec 2025
country/region Last
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) 3.736 2031
Trade Balance (USD mn) 1,296.9 Mar 2026
Total Exports (USD mn) 53,041.8 Mar 2026
Total Exports Growth (%) 8.8 Mar 2026
Aluminum: Exports (USD th) 9,833,093.660 2024
Exports: Medicament (USD th) 10,025,178.456 2024
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 1,380,122.786 2024
Total Imports (USD mn) 51,745.0 Mar 2026
Total Imports Growth (%) 2.5 Mar 2026
Imports: Medicament (USD th) 11,743,159.395 2024
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 8,108,735.311 2024
Total Exports to USA (USD mn) 35,354.519 Mar 2026
Total Imports from USA (USD mn) 30,200.510 Mar 2026
Total Exports to China (USD mn) 2,404.883 Mar 2026
Total Imports from China (USD mn) 4,210.569 Mar 2026
Coal Exports (kton) 2,417.000 Feb 2026
Imports: Value: HS: Photosensitive Semiconductor Devices, Light Emitting Diodes ... (CAD th) 11,579.105 Mar 2026
Imports: Value: HS: Photosensitive Semiconductor Devices, Photovoltaic Cells ass... (CAD th) 5,102.331 Mar 2026
Import Value (Val): HS: Iron and Steel (IS) (CAD th) 748,788.266 Mar 2026
Import Value Index (2015=100) 132.600 2023
Export Value Index (2015=100) 138.700 2023
country/region Last
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) 9,672.8 Dec 2025
Current Account Balance (USD mn) -7,027.7 Sep 2025
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) -0.1 Dec 2025
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) 18,019.1 Dec 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) 3.0 Dec 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) 41,752.910 Dec 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) 7.0 Dec 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) 12,292.1 Dec 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) 29,460.790 Dec 2025
External Debt (USD mn) 3,497,031.8 Dec 2025
External Debt: % of GDP (%) 147.8 2025
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) 1,328,577.2 Dec 2025
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) 56.2 2025
Total Debt: % of GDP (%) 944.6 Dec 2025
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) -0.706 2031
Net International Investment Position (USD mn) 1,313,524.650 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Financial Assets (FA) (CAD mn) 168,345.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: FA: Portfolio Investment (PI) (CAD mn) 18,476.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows (CAD mn) 2,227.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Liabilities (Lia) (CAD mn) 166,118.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: FA: Direct Investment Abroad (CAD mn) 13,490.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Lia: Foreign Direct Investment in Canada (CAD mn) 25,130.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: FA: Other Investment (OI) (CAD mn) 136,026.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Statistical Discrepancy (CAD mn) -1,455.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Lia: Portfolio Investment (PI) (CAD mn) 58,230.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Lia: PI: Canada Debt Securities (CD) (CAD mn) 41,087.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Lia: PI: Foreign Equity & Investment Fund ... (CAD mn) 17,143.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: Lia: Other Foreign Investment (CAD mn) 82,758.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Financial Acct: Net Flows: FA: Official International Reserves (CAD mn) 353.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Receipts (CAD mn) 337,628.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Receipts: Goods & Services: Goods (CAD mn) 200,104.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Receipts: Goods & Services: Services (CAD mn) 60,910.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Receipts: Primary Income (PI) (CAD mn) 71,320.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Receipts: Secondary Income (CAD mn) 5,295.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Capital Account: Receipts (CAD mn) 70.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Payments (CAD mn) 332,575.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Payments: Goods & Services: Goods (CAD mn) 200,290.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Payments: Goods & Services: Services (CAD mn) 57,654.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Payments: Primary Income (PI) (CAD mn) 68,011.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Payments: Secondary Income (CAD mn) 6,619.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Capital Account: Payments (CAD mn) 1,442.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Balances (CAD mn) 5,053.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Balances: Goods & Services: Goods (CAD mn) -187.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Balances: Goods & Services: Services (CAD mn) 3,256.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Balances: Primary Income (PI) (CAD mn) 3,309.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Current Account: Balances: Secondary Income (CAD mn) -1,325.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: Capital Account: Balances (CAD mn) -1,372.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Payments: sa: Secondary Income (CAD mn) 6,303.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Balances: sa: Secondary Income (CAD mn) -896.000 Dec 2025
Balance of Payments (BoP): BPM6: CA: Balances: sa (CAD mn) -706.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Balances: sa: Goods & Services: Services (CAD mn) 1,425.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Payments: sa: Primary Income (PI) (CAD mn) 67,615.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Receipts: sa: Primary Income (PI) (CAD mn) 70,923.000 Dec 2025
Balance of Payments (BoP): BPM6: Current Account (CA): Receipts: sa (CAD mn) 332,275.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Receipts: sa: Goods & Services: Services (CAD mn) 60,876.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Balances: sa: Goods & Services: Goods (CAD mn) -4,542.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Payments: sa: Goods & Services: Services (CAD mn) 59,451.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Balances: sa: Primary Income (PI) (CAD mn) 3,307.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Payments: sa: Goods & Services: Goods (CAD mn) 199,612.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Receipts: sa: Secondary Income (CAD mn) 5,407.000 Dec 2025
BoP: BPM6: CA: Receipts: sa: Goods & Services: Goods (CAD mn) 195,069.000 Dec 2025
Balance of Payments (BoP): BPM6: CA: Payments: sa (CAD mn) 332,981.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt: Long Term (CAD mn) 2,541,335.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt: Short Term (CAD mn) 1,821,745.000 Dec 2025
Gross External Debt (CAD mn) 4,795,130.000 Dec 2025
International Investment Position (IIP): BPM6: Net (CAD mn) 1,801,105.000 Dec 2025
International Investment Position (IIP): BPM6: Liabilities (CAD mn) 9,601,488.000 Dec 2025
International Investment Position (IIP): BPM6: Assets (CAD mn) 11,402,593.000 Dec 2025
Foreign Exchange Rate: Daily Average: European Euro (EUR/CAD) 1.609 Apr 2026
Direct Investment Abroad: Mining & Oil and Gas Extraction (MO) (CAD mn) 225,065.000 2025
Direct Investment Abroad: Finance & Insurance (CAD mn) 845,069.000 2025
Direct Investment Abroad: Manufacturing (Mfg) (CAD mn) 137,095.000 2025
Direct Investment Abroad: Information & Cultural Industries (CAD mn) 86,788.000 2025
Direct Investment Abroad: Management of Companies & Enterprises (CAD mn) 521,908.000 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: Finance & Insurance (CAD mn) 205,577.000 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: Manufacturing (Mfg) (CAD mn) 258,253.000 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: Management of Companies & Enterprises (CAD mn) 524,847.000 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: Mining & Oil and Gas Extraction (MO) (CAD mn) 183,153.000 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: Wholesale Trade (CAD mn) 148,260.000 2025
Insolvency Statistics: Bankruptcy (Unit) 3,083.000 Mar 2026
CA: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions (USD mn) -3,919.736 2024
CA: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net (USD mn) -58,244.343 2024
CA: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid (USD mn) 15,226.924 2024
CA: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received (USD mn) 851.438 2024
country/region Last
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) 0.7 Dec 2025
Household Debt: % of GDP (%) 99.5 Dec 2025
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) 1,269,161.471 Mar 2026
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) 2,004,141.762 Mar 2026
M2 Growth (%) 3.8 Mar 2026
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) 96,496.0 Apr 2026
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) 4.237 Dec 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) 1.8 Mar 2026
Gold Reserves (USD mn) 0.000 Apr 2026
Total Deposits (USD mn) 4,787,436.346 Mar 2026
Total Deposits Growth (%) 3.2 Mar 2026
Domestic Credit (USD mn) 4,920,501.0 Mar 2026
Domestic Credit Growth (%) 4.4 Mar 2026
Debt Service Ratio: Households (%) 13.900 Sep 2025
Debt Service Ratio: Private Non-Financial Sector (%) 25.300 Sep 2025
Credit to Households (USD bn) 2,315.895 Sep 2025
Credit to Private Non-Financial Sector (USD bn) 5,043.713 Sep 2025
Household Debt (USD mn) 2,371,472.3 Feb 2026
Total Loans (USD mn) 3,447,924.736 Feb 2026
Total Loans Growth (%) 4.30 Mar 2026
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) 209.65 Dec 2025
Money Supply: M2+: M2: Gross (CAD mn) 2,787,511.000 Mar 2026
Money Supply: M1+: Gross (CAD mn) 1,745,762.000 Mar 2026
Money Supply: M3: Gross (CAD mn) 3,999,807.000 Mar 2026
Money Supply: M1+: Gross: sa (CAD mn) 1,770,861.000 Mar 2026
Money Supply: M3: Gross: sa (CAD mn) 4,018,012.000 Mar 2026
Money Supply: M2+: M2: Gross: sa (CAD mn) 2,796,379.000 Mar 2026
Official International Reserves (USD mn) 126,725.000 Apr 2026
Official International Reserves: Gold (USD mn) 0.000 Apr 2026
country/region Last
Business Confidence Growth (% Point) 19.6 Apr 2026
Business Outlook Survey (BOS) Indicator (%) -0.360 Mar 2026
Purchasing Manager Index: Seasonally Adjusted (NA) 57.700 Apr 2026

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