Table 2
Quarterly change in Canada's international investment position
| Position at beginning of period – Third quarter 2020 | Financial account transactions – Third quarter 2020 | Revaluations due to exchange rate changes – Third quarter 2020 | Revaluations due to market price changes – Third quarter 2020 | All other changes to the position – Third quarter 2020 | Position at end of period – Third quarter 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | |
| Assets | 5,947.9 | 12.9 | -57.2 | 174.1 | 9.5 | 6,087.2 |
| Direct investment assets | 2,341.9 | 17.3 | -7.6 | 64.0 | 4.8 | 2,420.5 |
| Canadian portfolio investment | 2,527.5 | 18.5 | -35.3 | 109.9 | 27.1 | 2,647.8 |
| Foreign debt securities | 655.0 | 6.6 | -12.5 | -8.6 | 7.0 | 647.5 |
| Foreign equity and investment fund shares | 1,872.5 | 11.9 | -22.8 | 118.5 | 20.2 | 2,000.3 |
| Official international reserves | 118.9 | 2.1 | -0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 120.3 |
| Other Canadian investment | 959.6 | -25.1 | -13.4 | 0.1 | -22.4 | 898.7 |
| Liabilities | 4,872.2 | 27.6 | -28.3 | 46.4 | -0.9 | 4,917.0 |
| Direct investment liabilities | 1,366.1 | 10.3 | -0.5 | 12.3 | -0.7 | 1,387.6 |
| Foreign portfolio investment | 2,464.3 | 11.5 | -13.8 | 34.1 | 0.1 | 2,496.1 |
| Canadian debt securities | 1,742.0 | 4.8 | -13.8 | 9.4 | 0.1 | 1,742.5 |
| Canadian equity and investment fund shares | 722.3 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 24.7 | 0.0 | 753.6 |
| Other foreign investment | 1,041.8 | 5.8 | -14.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 1,033.3 |
| Net international investment position | 1,075.7 | -14.7 | -28.9 | 127.7 | 10.3 | 1,170.1 |
Note(s):
Other changes to the position include volume changes (write-offs, reclassifications or residency changes), changes to the position resulting from discrepancies between flow and stock data sources, as well as the integration of new survey results.
Source(s):
Table 36-10-0454-01.
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