Table 1 
Canada's international investment position at period end 

Canada's international investment position at period end
  First quarter 2021 Second quarter 2021 Third quarter 2021 Fourth quarter 2021 First quarter 2022 Fourth quarter 2021 to first quarter 2022
  billions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollarsbillions of dollars difference in billions of dollars
Assets 6,718.7 7,063.9 7,267.7 7,743.7 7,350.6 -393.1
Direct investment assets 2,734.0 2,887.9 2,899.7 3,030.6 2,993.5 -37.1
Equity 2,532.5 2,689.8 2,693.6 2,829.4 2,794.0 -35.3
Debt instruments 201.5 198.1 206.1 201.2 199.4 -1.8
Canadian portfolio investment 2,932.5 3,136.1 3,243.8 3,523.1 3,194.9 -328.2
Foreign debt securities 604.4 624.1 646.5 667.5 659.6 -7.9
Foreign money market instruments 8.9 8.9 6.3 8.6 9.5 0.9
Foreign bonds 595.5 615.2 640.2 658.9 650.0 -8.8
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 2,328.1 2,512.0 2,597.4 2,855.6 2,535.4 -320.3
Official international reserves 104.8 110.2 135.4 135.2 129.7 -5.5
Other Canadian investment 947.4 929.8 988.7 1,054.8 1,032.6 -22.3
Loans 375.4 346.9 394.4 426.4 382.0 -44.4
Currency and deposits 499.5 509.4 525.5 554.9 580.1 25.2
Trade credits and advances 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.8 10.4 0.6
Other accounts receivable 63.2 63.9 59.2 63.7 60.1 -3.6
Liabilities 5,514.6 5,779.6 5,947.5 6,241.1 6,200.6 -40.5
Direct investment liabilities 1,840.1 1,997.8 2,005.3 2,094.3 2,151.2 56.8
Equity 1,595.3 1,755.2 1,756.9 1,850.1 1,907.1 57.0
Debt instruments 244.8 242.6 248.4 244.2 244.1 -0.1
Foreign portfolio investment 2,563.1 2,651.3 2,745.0 2,852.0 2,896.9 45.0
Canadian debt securities 1,672.6 1,707.1 1,804.5 1,848.9 1,816.8 -32.0
Canadian money market instruments 115.1 141.3 149.4 168.6 158.2 -10.4
Canadian bonds 1,557.5 1,565.8 1,655.1 1,680.2 1,658.6 -21.7
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 890.5 944.2 940.5 1,003.1 1,080.1 77.0
Other foreign investment 1,111.5 1,130.4 1,197.3 1,294.8 1,152.5 -142.3
Loans 311.2 297.9 344.2 360.0 310.8 -49.3
Currency and deposits 733.7 765.2 766.1 846.0 753.2 -92.8
Special drawing rights 10.7 10.6 29.8 29.8 29.2 -0.5
Trade credits and advances 15.6 16.0 15.9 16.8 17.1 0.3
Other accounts payable 40.3 40.7 41.2 42.2 42.2 0.0
Net international investment position 1,204.1 1,284.3 1,320.1 1,502.7 1,150.0 -352.6
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