"Acquisitions of U.S. Treasury bonds and U.S. equities both reached record levels during the month," the federal agency said. The previous record of C$15.90 billion of net purchases was set in December 2000.

Foreign investment in Canadian securities continued in November, at a net C$2.58 billion, though that amount was dwarfed by October's C$19.08 billion, which was revised sharply down from C$22.08 billion.

For January through November, foreign investment in Canadian securities outpaced that of the same period in 2014, at C$96.57 billion versus C$90.15 billion.

November's outsized amount in Canadian investment in foreign securities brought the 11-month total for 2015 to C$42.86 billion, in line with the C$42.51 billion in the corresponding period in 2014.

(Reporting by Randall Palmer; Editing by Paul Simao)