Foreign Stocks You Can Actually Buy: Canada

As markets become more globalized and economies become more entwined, it's impossible to ignore the importance of investing in international stocks. Mutual funds, index funds, and exchange-traded funds have all combined to make your international choices simpler, quicker, and in many cases, more efficient.

But for many of you, investing in a passive index fund just isn't enough, because you're interested in country-specific stocks. You want to invest in companies on the ground -- not in a basket of companies in a mutual fund. Maybe you want direct exposure to Chinese agriculture, Spanish communications, or German banking -- and this is where you'll find it.

In a country-by-country rundown, we're taking a tour across the globe finding out which foreign stocks are traded on major U.S. exchanges. Hopefully it will get your engine going.

In today's article, we'll be taking a look at seven companies whose headquarters are in Canada.

Company	Industry	Market Cap (millions)	Recent Price
Bank of Montreal (NYSE: BMO  )	Financial – banking	$33,170	$59.21
Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX  )	Basic materials – gold	$42,440	$43.11
Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM  )	Financial – asset management	$13,670	$23.82
Canadian National Railway (NYSE: CNI  )	Railroads	$28,410	$60.36
Canadian Solar (Nasdaq: CSIQ  )	Specialized semiconductor	$429	$10.38
Enbridge (NYSE: ENB  )	Oil and gas pipelines	$17,940	$47.20
IMAX (Nasdaq: IMAX  )	Consumer – photographic equipment	$1,000	$15.78

*Does not include stocks with a market cap below $100 million.

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