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Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  First quarter 2013 Second quarter 2013 Third quarter 2013 Fourth quarter 2013 First quarter 2014 2012 2013
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars
Capital account and current account              
Net lending / net borrowing, from capital account and current account -15,210 -16,456 -14,179 -14,494 -13,191 -62,354 -60,340
Current account balances -15,166 -16,455 -14,174 -14,492 -13,187 -62,215 -60,287
Goods and services -7,195 -9,533 -8,364 -6,609 -3,918 -36,221 -31,702
Goods 635 -2,710 -3,900 -1,313 3,969 -12,016 -7,287
Services -7,830 -6,824 -4,464 -5,296 -7,887 -24,205 -24,415
Primary income -6,143 -7,033 -4,838 -8,211 -7,828 -22,448 -26,225
Compensation of employees -514 -540 -556 -530 -518 -2,037 -2,139
Investment income -5,630 -6,493 -4,282 -7,681 -7,309 -20,411 -24,086
Direct investment -42 -681 848 -1,578 -1,980 260 -1,453
Portfolio investment -4,814 -4,956 -4,961 -4,998 -4,861 -19,172 -19,728
Other investment -774 -857 -169 -1,105 -468 -1,500 -2,905
Secondary income -1,827 112 -972 327 -1,441 -3,546 -2,360
Capital account balance -45 -2 -4 -2 -4 -139 -53
Financial account1, 2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -11,074 -11,252 -16,259 -19,988 -10,504 -63,807 -58,573
Net acquisition of financial assets 9,923 7,251 15,840 37,650 24,468 120,839 70,663
Canadian direct investment abroad 5,850 8,109 24,005 9,084 8,234 55,401 47,048
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 6,731 3,764 5,460 11,564 16,491 35,141 27,519
Foreign debt securities 2,495 5,633 3,322 11,558 5,873 11,933 23,008
Foreign money market instruments 150 939 104 393 -147 -1,615 1,586
Foreign bonds 2,345 4,694 3,218 11,165 6,020 13,548 21,421
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 4,236 -1,869 2,138 6 10,618 23,208 4,511
Official international reserves 2,807 -444 1,740 766 4,696 1,697 4,868
Other Canadian investment abroad -5,465 -4,179 -15,365 16,236 -4,954 28,600 -8,772
Loans 6,766 -10,953 4,582 -966 -489 23,856 -571
Currency and deposits -3,488 9,283 -17,571 12,592 -973 -402 816
Other assets -8,743 -2,508 -2,376 4,610 -3,492 5,146 -9,017
Net incurrence of liabilities 20,997 18,503 32,099 57,638 34,972 184,646 129,237
Foreign direct investment in Canada 21,555 20,620 12,878 14,324 13,930 42,990 69,377
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 9,547 6,272 17,744 9,236 6,135 83,205 42,799
Canadian debt securities 19,361 -411 7,701 -2,748 -1,467 82,237 23,903
Canadian money market instruments -5,996 8,871 3,546 -8,942 -5,152 13,255 -2,521
Canadian bonds 25,357 -9,282 4,155 6,194 3,685 68,982 26,424
Canadian equity and investment fund shares -9,814 6,684 10,043 11,983 7,601 968 18,896
Other foreign investment in Canada -10,105 -8,390 1,478 34,078 14,907 58,452 17,061
Loans -1,476 2,564 1,234 535 -4,628 5,731 2,856
Currency and deposits -9,296 -10,240 503 33,581 19,276 52,279 14,548
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other liabilities 667 -714 -259 -38 260 442 -344
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) 4,136 5,204 -2,081 -5,494 2,687 -1,453 1,766

Table note 1

Transactions are recorded on a net basis.

Table note 2

In the financial account, a plus sign denotes an increase in investment and a minus sign denotes a decrease in investment.
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