Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted 

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  First quarter 2022 Second quarter 2022 Third quarter 2022 Fourth quarter 2022 First quarter 2023 2021 2022
  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 6,214 3,007 -14,595 -3,784 -4,777 -6,787 -9,158
Current account balances 6,267 3,007 -14,595 -3,784 -4,720 -6,749 -9,105
Goods and services 8,742 4,627 -8,302 -927 -195 -1,041 4,140
Goods 11,845 10,846 -2,766 1,959 5,834 4,695 21,885
Services -3,103 -6,219 -5,536 -2,886 -6,029 -5,736 -17,744
Primary income -182 -1,690 -5,642 -1,985 -2,147 -298 -9,498
Compensation of employees -1,400 -1,425 -1,456 -1,483 -1,513 -5,323 -5,764
Investment income 1,218 -265 -4,186 -502 -633 5,025 -3,735
Direct investment 9,706 9,057 5,122 9,575 9,549 32,465 33,461
Portfolio investment -5,779 -7,020 -9,120 -9,419 -10,184 -20,572 -31,338
Other investment -2,709 -2,302 -188 -658 1 -6,868 -5,857
Secondary income -2,293 69 -651 -873 -2,379 -5,410 -3,747
Capital account balance -53 0 0 0 -57 -38 -53
Financial account1,2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account 1,819 3,721 -7,943 -5,171 -12,428 -2,315 -7,574
Net acquisition of financial assets -39,077 90,836 90,827 135,207 -23,600 420,328 277,792
Direct investment assets 22,376 42,447 27,154 15,441 57,936 120,570 107,419
Direct investment assets, equity 21,853 40,203 32,018 21,048 59,615 120,774 115,122
Direct investment assets, debt instruments 523 2,244 -4,864 -5,607 -1,678 -204 -7,703
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities -46,456 16,111 12,221 10,643 -23,398 165,470 -7,481
Foreign debt securities 10,440 14,491 15,871 14,067 4,009 52,832 54,870
Foreign money market instruments 1,615 60 -1,592 2,306 768 327 2,389
Foreign bonds 8,825 14,431 17,464 11,761 3,241 52,505 52,481
Foreign equity and investment fund shares -56,896 1,620 -3,650 -3,424 -27,407 112,638 -62,351
Official international reserves 1,597 8,946 2,087 1,187 536 25,320 13,817
Other Canadian investment abroad -16,594 23,331 49,365 107,936 -58,674 108,969 164,037
Loans -24,589 16,277 48,326 47,068 -27,397 26,177 87,082
Currency and deposits 39,857 1,997 5,542 22,806 9,583 60,527 70,202
Trade credits and advances 1,084 694 2,290 -2,962 -477 835 1,106
Other accounts receivable -32,947 4,364 -6,793 41,024 -40,383 21,430 5,647
Net incurrence of liabilities -40,896 87,115 98,770 140,377 -11,172 422,643 285,366
Direct investment liabilities 20,337 18,820 13,887 16,650 23,938 81,304 69,694
Direct investment liabilities, equity 19,532 19,010 13,632 16,065 20,616 71,437 68,239
Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments 804 -190 256 585 3,322 9,867 1,455
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 74,645 7,706 18,672 42,386 -8,008 218,025 143,410
Canadian debt securities 62,737 21,925 28,869 41,898 8,614 172,061 155,430
Canadian money market instruments -8,591 -5,695 -5,474 20,127 -16,319 40,897 366
Canadian bonds 71,329 27,620 34,344 21,771 24,932 131,165 155,064
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 11,907 -14,219 -10,197 489 -16,622 45,964 -12,020
Other foreign investment in Canada -135,877 60,588 66,210 81,341 -27,101 123,314 72,262
Loans -57,648 14,895 28,981 52,762 -51,057 31,023 38,990
Currency and deposits -78,772 45,625 36,540 28,685 23,685 68,568 32,077
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 18,943 0
Trade credits and advances 375 -87 526 -263 117 1,920 550
Other accounts payable 169 156 164 157 153 2,860 645
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) -4,395 715 6,652 -1,386 -7,651 4,472 1,585
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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