Table 2 
Quarterly change in Canada's international investment position 

Quarterly change in Canada's international investment position
Position at beginning of period – Third quarter 2021Financial account transactions – Third quarter 2021Revaluations attributable to exchange rate changes – Third quarter 2021Revaluations attributable to market price changes – Third quarter 2021All other changes to the position – Third quarter 2021Position at end of period – Third quarter 2021
  billions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollars
Assets 7,026.0 118.3 119.4 -7.2 0.2 7,256.8
Direct investment assets 2,848.8 21.2 25.7 -16.4 6.9 2,886.3
Canadian portfolio investment 3,136.1 27.6 71.1 9.7 -0.6 3,244.0
Foreign debt securities 624.1 8.2 16.1 -2.2 0.4 646.5
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 2,512.0 19.4 55.0 11.9 -0.9 2,597.5
Official international reserves 110.2 23.3 2.4 -0.5 0.0 135.4
Other Canadian investment 930.9 46.2 20.2 -0.0 -6.1 991.1
Liabilities 5,713.6 118.0 43.5 10.5 3.5 5,889.0
Direct investment liabilities 1,929.6 18.2 0.7 -1.7 0.8 1,947.7
Foreign portfolio investment 2,649.2 56.9 22.8 12.2 0.1 2,741.1
Canadian debt securities 1,705.8 55.3 22.8 19.6 0.1 1,803.6
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 943.4 1.6 0.0 -7.5 0.0 937.5
Other foreign investment 1,134.7 43.0 20.0 -0.0 2.6 1,200.2
Net international investment position 1,312.5 0.3 76.0 -17.7 -3.3 1,367.8
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.
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