Annual data on direct investment positions. Values for Canadian direct investment abroad and foreign direct investment in Canada are presented by country.

In 2022, direct investors from the United States invested 581.02 billion Canadian dollars in Canada. The next highest foreign direct investment came from the the Netherlands where approximately 154.9 billion Canadian dollars was invested into Canada.

Key information about Canada Foreign Direct Investment

• Canada Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 20.0 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with an increase of 20.2 USD bn in the previous quarter.
• Canada Foreign Direct Investment: USD mn net flows data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1957 to Dec 2024.
• The data reached an all-time high of 51.0 USD bn in Dec 2007 and a record low of -8.2 USD bn in Mar 2024.

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


Related information about Canada Foreign Direct Investment

• In the latest reports of Canada, Current Account recorded a deficit of 4.6 USD bn in Mar 2023.
• Canada Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 28.5 USD bn in Dec 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 35.6 USD bn in Dec 2024.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 520.3 USD bn in Mar 2023.

Foreign direct investment in Canada by ultimate investor. The series on inward foreign direct investment in Canada by ultimate investor differs from the standard presentation of FDI, which is based on the country of residence of the immediate direct investor, by showing the country of the investor that ultimately controls the investment in Canada.

Foreign Direct Investment in Canada increased by 28488 CAD Million in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - Canada Foreign Direct Investment - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Annual data on direct investment positions for Canadian direct investment abroad and foreign direct investment in Canada, presented by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and selected countries.

United States Foreign Direct Investment: Canada data was reported at 11.710 USD bn in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.843 USD bn for Sep 2024. United States Foreign Direct Investment: Canada data is updated quarterly, averaging 710.500 USD mn from Mar 1960 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 258 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 43.621 USD bn in Mar 2023 and a record low of -8.330 USD bn in Dec 2008. United States Foreign Direct Investment: Canada data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.O004: Foreign Direct Investment: by Country and Region: Flow.

By the end of 2022, the Canadian direct investments in the United States totaled around one trillion Canadian dollars which was the highest of any nation. The second highest was Bermuda, where the Canadian direct investments came to 113.13 billion Canadian dollars.

In 2022, the level of foreign direct investments in Canada came to about 1,263.89 billion Canadian dollars. This was more than the triple of its value in 2000 when the foreign direct investments came to 319.12 billion Canadian dollars.

Canada foreign direct investment for 2023 was 42.08 billion US dollars, a 16.23% decline from 2022.

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<li>Canada foreign direct investment for 2022 was <strong>50.23 billion US dollars</strong>, a <strong>16.55% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>Canada foreign direct investment for 2021 was <strong>60.19 billion US dollars</strong>, a <strong>106.67% increase</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>Canada foreign direct investment for 2020 was <strong>29.12 billion US dollars</strong>, a <strong>40.5% decline</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Key information about Canada Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

• Canada Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a growth equal to 3.5 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2024, compared with a growth equal to 3.4 % in the previous quarter.
• Canada Foreign Direct Investment: % of Nominal GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1961 to Dec 2024.
• The data reached an all-time high of 17.6 % in Dec 2000 and a record low -2.6 % in Jun 2004.

CEIC calculates Foreign Direct Investment as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Foreign Direct Investment and quarterly Nominal GDP. Statistics Canada provides Foreign Direct Investment in local currency based on BPM6 and Nominal GDP in local currency based on CSNA 2012/SNA 2008. Foreign Direct Investment as % of Nominal GDP prior to Q1 1981 is calculated from Foreign Direct Investments based on BPM5.


Related information about Canada Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Canada, Current Account recorded a deficit of 4.6 USD bn in Mar 2023.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 20.0 USD bn in Dec 2024.
• Canada Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 28.5 USD bn in Dec 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 35.6 USD bn in Dec 2024.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 520.3 USD bn in Mar 2023.

Canada's international flows of Canadian direct investment abroad and foreign direct investment in Canada. Quarterly data are available by type of direct investment flows for selected countries.

Canada CA: Foreign Direct Investment Position: Outward: % of Total (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Total: Costa Rica data was reported at 0.005 % in 2023. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.005 % for 2022. Canada CA: Foreign Direct Investment Position: Outward: % of Total (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Total: Costa Rica data is updated yearly, averaging 0.005 % from Dec 2013 (Median) to 2023, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.024 % in 2018 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2016. Canada CA: Foreign Direct Investment Position: Outward: % of Total (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Total: Costa Rica data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.OECD.FDI: Foreign Direct Investment: % of Total FDI: by Region and Country: OECD Member: Annual. Reverse investment:Reverse investment in equity (when a direct investment enterprise acquires less than 10% equity ownership in its parent) cannot be identified but is believed to be extremely rare. Netting of reverse investment in debt (when a direct investment enterprise extends a loan to its parent) is applied in the recording of total inward and outward FDI transactions and positions. In the case of Canada, any extension of loans by the DIE to its parent is netted out from inward and outward transactions and positions, regardless of the DIE's equity ownership in its parent. Treatment of debt transactions and positions between fellow enterprises: asset/liability basis. FDI transactions and positions by partner country and by industry include resident Special Purpose Entities (SPEs), which cannot yet be reported separately. Valuation method used for listed inward and outward equity positions: Own funds at book values. Valuation method used for unlisted inward and outward equity positions: Own funds at book values. Valuation method used for inward and outward debt positions: Book value .; FDI statistics are available by geographic allocation, vis-à-vis single partner countries worldwide and geographical and economic zones aggregates. Partner country allocation can be subject to confidentiality restrictions. Geographic allocation of inward and outward FDI transactions and positions is according to the immediate counterparty. Inward FDI positions according to the ultimate counterparty (the ultimate investing country) are also available and publishable. In the dataset 'FDI statistics by parner country and by industry - Summary', inward FDI positions are showed according to the UIC. Intercompany debt between related financial intermediaries, including permanent debt, are excluded from FDI transactions and positions. Direct investment relationships are identified according to the criteria of the Framework for Direct Investment Relationships (FDIR) method. Debt between fellow enterprises are completely covered except in outward FDI positions. Collective investment institutions are covered as direct investment enterprises. Non-profit institutions serving households are covered as direct investors. FDI statistics are available by industry sectors according to ISIC4 classification. Industry sector allocation can be subject to confidentiality restrictions. Inward FDI transactions and positions are allocated to the activity of the resident direct investment enterprise. Outward FDI transactions are allocated according to the activity of the resident direct investor. Outward FDI positions are allocated according to the activity of the non resident direct investment enterprise. Statistical unit: Enterprise.

Canada was one of the top ten countries that most invested in the Mexican market in 2023. The foreign direct investment from Canada to Mexico during that year amounted **** billion U.S. dollars, up from **** billion the previous year.

In 2023, the Canadian foreign direct investments in the United States amounted to approximately 671.67 billion U.S. dollars. The total foreign direct investments in the U.S. were valued at approximately 5.39 trillion U.S. dollars in that year.

In 2022, direct investors from Asia and Oceania invested almost 132 billion Canadian dollars in Canada. This was low when compared to the North American direct investments into Canada which stood at 611.85 billion dollars in 2021.

The industry with the largest foreign direct investment in Canada in 2022 was the management of companies and enterprises at 394.2 billion Canadian dollars. The manufacturing industry was close with a value of 227.85 billion Canadian dollars.

Canada CA: Foreign Direct Investment Financial Flows: Outward: Total: France data was reported at -283.075 CAD mn in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4,484.037 CAD mn for 2022. Canada CA: Foreign Direct Investment Financial Flows: Outward: Total: France data is updated yearly, averaging 630.880 CAD mn from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2023, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,873.877 CAD mn in 2021 and a record low of -283.075 CAD mn in 2023. Canada CA: Foreign Direct Investment Financial Flows: Outward: Total: France data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.OECD.FDI: Foreign Direct Investment Financial Flows: by Region and Country: OECD Member: Annual. Reverse investment:Reverse investment in equity (when a direct investment enterprise acquires less than 10% equity ownership in its parent) cannot be identified but is believed to be extremely rare. Netting of reverse investment in debt (when a direct investment enterprise extends a loan to its parent) is applied in the recording of total inward and outward FDI transactions and positions. In the case of Canada, any extension of loans by the DIE to its parent is netted out from inward and outward transactions and positions, regardless of the DIE's equity ownership in its parent. Treatment of debt transactions and positions between fellow enterprises: asset/liability basis. FDI transactions and positions by partner country and by industry include resident Special Purpose Entities (SPEs), which cannot yet be reported separately. Valuation method used for listed inward and outward equity positions: Own funds at book values. Valuation method used for unlisted inward and outward equity positions: Own funds at book values. Valuation method used for inward and outward debt positions: Book value .; FDI statistics are available by geographic allocation, vis-à-vis single partner countries worldwide and geographical and economic zones aggregates. Partner country allocation can be subject to confidentiality restrictions. Geographic allocation of inward and outward FDI transactions and positions is according to the immediate counterparty. Inward FDI positions according to the ultimate counterparty (the ultimate investing country) are also available and publishable. In the dataset 'FDI statistics by parner country and by industry - Summary', inward FDI positions are showed according to the UIC. Intercompany debt between related financial intermediaries, including permanent debt, are excluded from FDI transactions and positions. Direct investment relationships are identified according to the criteria of the Framework for Direct Investment Relationships (FDIR) method. Debt between fellow enterprises are completely covered except in outward FDI positions. Collective investment institutions are covered as direct investment enterprises. Non-profit institutions serving households are covered as direct investors. FDI statistics are available by industry sectors according to ISIC4 classification. Industry sector allocation can be subject to confidentiality restrictions. Inward FDI transactions and positions are allocated to the activity of the resident direct investment enterprise. Outward FDI transactions are allocated according to the activity of the resident direct investor. Outward FDI positions are allocated according to the activity of the non resident direct investment enterprise. Statistical unit: Enterprise.

In 2022, no country had a higher foreign direct investment (FDI) position in the United States than Japan, followed by the United Kingdom and Canada. At that time, Japan had over 711 billion U.S. dollars invested in the United States.

What is FDI?

FDI is an international investment, in this case when a foreign firm or individual invests in a business in the United States. The worldwide value of FDI flows is immense, which is a result of the increasing connectedness of world financial markets. In this statistic, we see countries that are connected to the U.S. for historic and geographic reasons, such as the UK and Canada respectively, investing large sums of money in U.S. enterprises. The countries which received the most FDI from the United States in 2022 were the Netherlands, the UK, and Luxembourg.

The effects of FDI

Foreign direct investment, like any increase in capital, leads to a higher number of jobs. The economy of the target country grows, and the investing country generally earns a good rate of return. Critics of FDI worry that it opens companies to the influence of foreign individuals and firms.

This table contains 14 series, with data for years 1946 - 2011 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Type of direct investment (2 items: Canadian direct investment abroad; Foreign direct investment in Canada ...), Direct investment flows (7 items: Net flows; Outflows; Reinvested earnings; outflows; Flows; outflows ...).