Table 1
Canada's international investment position at period end
| First quarter 2020 | Second quarter 2020 | Third quarter 2020 | Fourth quarter 2020 | First quarter 2021 | Fourth quarter 2020 to first quarter 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | difference in billions of dollars | |
| Assets | 5,542.8 | 5,976.4 | 6,103.1 | 6,602.3 | 6,722.1 | 119.8 |
| Direct investment assets | 2,080.3 | 2,354.3 | 2,424.1 | 2,622.0 | 2,736.0 | 114.0 |
| Equity | 1,859.0 | 2,140.3 | 2,202.5 | 2,408.3 | 2,522.5 | 114.2 |
| Debt instruments | 221.2 | 214.1 | 221.6 | 213.7 | 213.5 | -0.2 |
| Canadian portfolio investment | 2,322.1 | 2,539.1 | 2,660.6 | 2,897.3 | 2,933.0 | 35.8 |
| Foreign debt securities | 692.1 | 666.7 | 660.1 | 644.2 | 604.9 | -39.3 |
| Foreign money market instruments | 10.1 | 10.8 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Foreign bonds | 682.0 | 655.9 | 651.3 | 635.3 | 596.0 | -39.4 |
| Foreign equity and investment fund shares | 1,630.0 | 1,872.4 | 2,000.4 | 2,253.1 | 2,328.1 | 75.1 |
| Official international reserves | 122.2 | 118.9 | 120.3 | 115.1 | 104.8 | -10.3 |
| Other Canadian investment | 1,018.3 | 964.0 | 898.2 | 967.9 | 948.3 | -19.7 |
| Loans | 443.6 | 407.7 | 379.8 | 402.7 | 375.8 | -26.8 |
| Currency and deposits | 507.9 | 482.1 | 452.2 | 494.7 | 502.3 | 7.6 |
| Trade credits and advances | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Other accounts receivable | 57.3 | 65.0 | 56.6 | 61.6 | 61.2 | -0.4 |
| Liabilities | 4,676.1 | 4,923.3 | 4,977.9 | 5,250.8 | 5,331.7 | 80.8 |
| Direct investment liabilities | 1,279.5 | 1,419.3 | 1,449.4 | 1,543.0 | 1,663.6 | 120.6 |
| Equity | 1,031.4 | 1,173.7 | 1,198.3 | 1,292.7 | 1,408.1 | 115.4 |
| Debt instruments | 248.1 | 245.5 | 251.1 | 250.3 | 255.5 | 5.2 |
| Foreign portfolio investment | 2,287.0 | 2,462.4 | 2,493.9 | 2,531.2 | 2,542.2 | 11.1 |
| Canadian debt securities | 1,647.1 | 1,739.1 | 1,738.5 | 1,722.0 | 1,654.9 | -67.2 |
| Canadian money market instruments | 105.9 | 115.4 | 122.1 | 127.7 | 115.5 | -12.2 |
| Canadian bonds | 1,541.2 | 1,623.7 | 1,616.4 | 1,594.4 | 1,539.4 | -55.0 |
| Canadian equity and investment fund shares | 639.9 | 723.3 | 755.4 | 809.1 | 887.3 | 78.2 |
| Other foreign investment | 1,109.7 | 1,041.6 | 1,034.5 | 1,176.7 | 1,125.9 | -50.8 |
| Loans | 298.8 | 287.0 | 290.5 | 331.2 | 318.7 | -12.5 |
| Currency and deposits | 741.7 | 686.5 | 675.8 | 778.0 | 740.2 | -37.8 |
| Special drawing rights | 11.6 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.7 | -0.4 |
| Trade credits and advances | 16.7 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.1 | -0.3 |
| Other accounts payable | 40.9 | 40.7 | 40.9 | 41.0 | 41.2 | 0.1 |
| Net international investment position | 866.8 | 1,053.1 | 1,125.2 | 1,351.5 | 1,390.5 | 39.0 |
Source(s):
Table 36-10-0485-01.
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