Table 1
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
| Second quarter 2022 | Third quarter 2022 | Fourth quarter 2022 | First quarter 2023 | Second quarter 2023 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | |
| Capital account and current account | |||||||
| Net lending / net borrowing, from capital account and current account | 3,007 | -14,595 | -3,784 | -2,182 | -10,124 | -6,787 | -9,158 |
| Current account balances | 3,007 | -14,595 | -3,784 | -2,126 | -10,353 | -6,749 | -9,105 |
| Goods and services | 4,627 | -8,302 | -927 | -678 | -10,882 | -1,041 | 4,140 |
| Goods | 10,846 | -2,766 | 1,959 | 5,379 | -6,341 | 4,695 | 21,885 |
| Services | -6,219 | -5,536 | -2,886 | -6,057 | -4,542 | -5,736 | -17,744 |
| Primary income | -1,690 | -5,642 | -1,985 | 1,067 | 487 | -298 | -9,498 |
| Compensation of employees | -1,425 | -1,456 | -1,483 | -1,523 | -1,558 | -5,323 | -5,764 |
| Investment income | -265 | -4,186 | -502 | 2,589 | 2,046 | 5,025 | -3,735 |
| Direct investment | 9,057 | 5,122 | 9,575 | 12,839 | 10,504 | 32,465 | 33,461 |
| Portfolio investment | -7,020 | -9,120 | -9,419 | -10,154 | -10,653 | -20,572 | -31,338 |
| Other investment | -2,302 | -188 | -658 | -96 | 2,195 | -6,868 | -5,857 |
| Secondary income | 69 | -651 | -873 | -2,514 | 42 | -5,410 | -3,747 |
| Capital account balance | 0 | 0 | 0 | -57 | 229 | -38 | -53 |
| Financial account1,2 | |||||||
| Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account | 3,721 | -7,943 | -5,171 | -2,596 | -3,775 | -2,315 | -7,574 |
| Net acquisition of financial assets | 90,836 | 90,827 | 135,207 | -19,443 | 111,924 | 420,328 | 277,792 |
| Direct investment assets | 42,447 | 27,154 | 15,441 | 56,623 | 11,293 | 120,570 | 107,419 |
| Direct investment assets, equity | 40,203 | 32,018 | 21,048 | 64,022 | 12,356 | 120,774 | 115,122 |
| Direct investment assets, debt instruments | 2,244 | -4,864 | -5,607 | -7,399 | -1,063 | -204 | -7,703 |
| Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities | 16,111 | 12,221 | 10,643 | -23,398 | 14,647 | 165,470 | -7,481 |
| Foreign debt securities | 14,491 | 15,871 | 14,067 | 4,009 | 11,498 | 52,832 | 54,870 |
| Foreign money market instruments | 60 | -1,592 | 2,306 | 768 | 305 | 327 | 2,389 |
| Foreign bonds | 14,431 | 17,464 | 11,761 | 3,241 | 11,193 | 52,505 | 52,481 |
| Foreign equity and investment fund shares | 1,620 | -3,650 | -3,424 | -27,407 | 3,148 | 112,638 | -62,351 |
| Official international reserves | 8,946 | 2,087 | 1,187 | 536 | 8,932 | 25,320 | 13,817 |
| Other Canadian investment abroad | 23,331 | 49,365 | 107,936 | -53,203 | 77,052 | 108,969 | 164,037 |
| Loans | 16,277 | 48,326 | 47,068 | -26,104 | 22,380 | 26,177 | 87,082 |
| Currency and deposits | 1,997 | 5,542 | 22,806 | 12,524 | 9,368 | 60,527 | 70,202 |
| Trade credits and advances | 694 | 2,290 | -2,962 | 1,304 | -554 | 835 | 1,106 |
| Other accounts receivable | 4,364 | -6,793 | 41,024 | -40,928 | 45,858 | 21,430 | 5,647 |
| Net incurrence of liabilities | 87,115 | 98,770 | 140,377 | -16,847 | 115,699 | 422,643 | 285,366 |
| Direct investment liabilities | 18,820 | 13,887 | 16,650 | 20,366 | 12,235 | 81,304 | 69,694 |
| Direct investment liabilities, equity | 19,010 | 13,632 | 16,065 | 22,866 | 16,284 | 71,437 | 68,239 |
| Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments | -190 | 256 | 585 | -2,499 | -4,049 | 9,867 | 1,455 |
| Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities | 7,706 | 18,672 | 42,386 | -8,887 | 36,465 | 218,025 | 143,410 |
| Canadian debt securities | 21,925 | 28,869 | 41,898 | 8,382 | 54,668 | 172,061 | 155,430 |
| Canadian money market instruments | -5,695 | -5,474 | 20,127 | -16,613 | 14,437 | 40,897 | 366 |
| Canadian bonds | 27,620 | 34,344 | 21,771 | 24,995 | 40,231 | 131,165 | 155,064 |
| Canadian equity and investment fund shares | -14,219 | -10,197 | 489 | -17,269 | -18,203 | 45,964 | -12,020 |
| Other foreign investment in Canada | 60,588 | 66,210 | 81,341 | -28,326 | 66,999 | 123,314 | 72,262 |
| Loans | 14,895 | 28,981 | 52,762 | -51,099 | 39,527 | 31,023 | 38,990 |
| Currency and deposits | 45,625 | 36,540 | 28,685 | 23,023 | 27,813 | 68,568 | 32,077 |
| Special drawing rights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,943 | 0 |
| Trade credits and advances | -87 | 526 | -263 | -403 | -495 | 1,920 | 550 |
| Other accounts payable | 156 | 164 | 157 | 153 | 154 | 2,860 | 645 |
| Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) | 715 | 6,652 | -1,386 | -414 | 6,350 | 4,472 | 1,585 |
Source(s):
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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