Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted 

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  Third quarter 2021 Fourth quarter 2021 First quarter 2022 Second quarter 2022 Third quarter 2022 2020 2021
  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 -7,160 3,845 3,715 184 -14,411 -47,626 -6,787
Current account balances -7,160 3,845 3,748 184 -14,411 -47,578 -6,749
Goods and services -4,178 2,275 8,839 4,560 -7,745 -49,502 -1,041
Goods -1,023 3,220 11,407 10,817 -2,283 -40,257 4,695
Services -3,156 -945 -2,568 -6,257 -5,462 -9,244 -5,736
Primary income -2,828 2,313 -2,367 -4,532 -6,023 8,086 -298
Compensation of employees -1,335 -1,365 -1,398 -1,423 -1,454 -5,166 -5,323
Investment income -1,493 3,677 -969 -3,110 -4,568 13,251 5,025
Direct investment 5,933 10,919 7,185 6,052 4,623 39,496 32,465
Portfolio investment -5,298 -5,179 -5,511 -6,712 -8,807 -23,945 -20,572
Other investment -2,129 -2,062 -2,643 -2,449 -384 -2,299 -6,868
Secondary income -154 -743 -2,724 156 -643 -6,162 -5,410
Capital account balance 0 0 -33 0 0 -48 -38
Financial account1,2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -4,685 -775 754 3,288 -8,642 -49,017 -2,315
Net acquisition of financial assets 115,608 225,340 -39,095 90,464 91,512 216,505 420,328
Direct investment assets 22,230 68,808 21,435 40,975 29,429 61,846 120,570
Direct investment assets, equity 21,687 64,283 20,941 37,342 31,335 60,249 120,774
Direct investment assets, debt instruments 543 4,525 493 3,634 -1,906 1,597 -204
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 27,490 44,422 -46,552 15,576 12,261 44,022 165,470
Foreign debt securities 8,157 19,717 10,344 13,956 16,167 1,749 52,832
Foreign money market instruments -2,769 2,295 1,519 -475 -1,306 1,948 327
Foreign bonds 10,926 17,422 8,825 14,431 17,474 -199 52,505
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 19,332 24,705 -56,896 1,620 -3,906 42,273 112,638
Official international reserves 23,288 1,439 1,597 8,946 2,087 1,772 25,320
Other Canadian investment abroad 42,600 110,671 -15,575 24,967 47,735 108,865 108,969
Loans 43,444 22,869 -24,295 16,416 46,163 8,963 26,177
Currency and deposits 1,736 32,365 39,941 3,733 8,374 69,368 60,527
Trade credits and advances -143 234 1,084 725 -347 -386 835
Other accounts receivable -2,436 55,203 -32,305 4,093 -6,456 30,920 21,430
Net incurrence of liabilities 120,293 226,115 -39,849 87,177 100,155 265,522 422,643
Direct investment liabilities 18,953 24,065 21,526 18,971 16,487 40,985 81,304
Direct investment liabilities, equity 15,348 23,792 20,499 19,120 16,399 31,619 71,437
Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments 3,605 273 1,027 -149 87 9,365 9,867
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 57,093 91,733 74,050 7,563 19,569 134,864 218,025
Canadian debt securities 54,779 74,223 62,143 21,914 29,674 148,860 172,061
Canadian money market instruments 6,391 19,605 -9,184 -5,275 -5,250 20,308 40,897
Canadian bonds 48,388 54,617 71,327 27,189 34,924 128,552 131,165
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 2,314 17,511 11,908 -14,352 -10,106 -13,996 45,964
Other foreign investment in Canada 44,247 110,316 -135,425 60,642 64,099 89,674 123,314
Loans 39,421 29,680 -57,468 14,912 24,836 30,908 31,023
Currency and deposits -14,334 77,957 -78,501 45,681 39,004 58,146 68,568
Special drawing rights 18,943 0 0 0 0 0 18,943
Trade credits and advances -438 1,502 374 -107 96 -1,089 1,920
Other accounts payable 656 1,178 169 156 164 1,708 2,860
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) 2,475 -4,620 -2,961 3,104 5,768 -1,391 4,472
Source(s):
Tables 36-10-0016-01, 36-10-0014-01, 36-10-0472-01 and 36-10-0471-01.

Table note 1

Transactions are recorded on a net basis.

Table note 2

In the financial account, a positive value denotes an increase in investment and a negative value denotes a decrease in investment.
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