The Financial Post reports in its Friday, Feb. 27, edition that foreign direct investment into Canada jumped in the fourth quarter, pushing yearly inflows to the highest level in 18 years, totalling $25.1-billion between October and December, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. A Bloomberg dispatch to the Post reports that brought yearly foreign direct investment to $96.8-billion, the highest since 2007. Net inflows rose from a revised $17.5-billion in the third quarter, driven primarily by mergers and acquisitions, primarily originating from the U.S., the agency said. Fourth quarter investment was driven by trade and transport, manufacturing, and management of companies and enterprises. M&A activity was a major contributor, with transactions involving Nova Chemicals, GFL Environmental and Vancouver-based Sandstorm Gold. Canadian investment abroad totalled $13.5-billion in the fourth quarter. On a yearly basis, those outflows were $79-billion, the weakest since 2020. In 2025, net investment into Canada exceeded net outflows by $17.4-billion. The surplus is a major reversal from 2022, when $49.3-billion more investment left the country than was brought in.