Table 1
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
| First quarter 2023 | Second quarter 2023 | Third quarter 2023 | Fourth quarter 2023 | First quarter 2024 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | -3,951 | -9,446 | -9,185 | 1,775 | -5,080 | -10,365 | -20,807 |
| Current account balances | -3,894 | -9,675 | -9,185 | 1,775 | -5,028 | -10,312 | -20,980 |
| Goods and services | 1,218 | -11,512 | -5,085 | 2,253 | -2,791 | 3,691 | -13,126 |
| Goods | 5,527 | -7,680 | -4,247 | 4,548 | 2,586 | 19,706 | -1,852 |
| Services | -4,309 | -3,832 | -838 | -2,295 | -5,377 | -16,016 | -11,274 |
| Primary income | 424 | 2,250 | -3,369 | 628 | -1,011 | -10,023 | -66 |
| Compensation of employees | -1,523 | -1,558 | -1,596 | -1,632 | -1,666 | -5,761 | -6,309 |
| Investment income | 1,947 | 3,808 | -1,773 | 2,261 | 655 | -4,261 | 6,243 |
| Direct investment | 12,805 | 15,172 | 11,246 | 15,351 | 12,563 | 35,369 | 54,574 |
| Portfolio investment | -10,117 | -10,616 | -11,769 | -11,326 | -10,471 | -31,408 | -43,828 |
| Other investment | -741 | -747 | -1,249 | -1,764 | -1,437 | -8,223 | -4,502 |
| Secondary income | -5,536 | -414 | -731 | -1,106 | -1,226 | -3,980 | -7,787 |
| Capital account balance | -57 | 229 | 0 | 0 | -52 | -53 | 172 |
| Financial account1,2 | |||||||
| Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account | -5,691 | -2,000 | -7,798 | -115 | -178 | -3,154 | -15,604 |
| Net acquisition of financial assets | -18,176 | 119,753 | 87,239 | 185,988 | -66,920 | 278,939 | 374,804 |
| Direct investment assets | 55,680 | 7,897 | 31,129 | 17,308 | 29,788 | 112,772 | 112,014 |
| Direct investment assets, equity | 62,670 | 11,406 | 24,110 | 18,064 | 32,280 | 120,780 | 116,251 |
| Direct investment assets, debt instruments | -6,990 | -3,510 | 7,019 | -756 | -2,492 | -8,007 | -4,236 |
| Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities | -23,398 | 13,669 | 29,273 | 34,059 | 51,503 | -11,485 | 53,603 |
| Foreign debt securities | 4,009 | 10,599 | 8,959 | 13,775 | 37,404 | 50,866 | 37,342 |
| Foreign money market instruments | 768 | 305 | 1,737 | 1,163 | 220 | 2,389 | 3,973 |
| Foreign bonds | 3,241 | 10,293 | 7,223 | 12,612 | 37,185 | 48,477 | 33,369 |
| Foreign equity and investment fund shares | -27,407 | 3,071 | 20,314 | 20,284 | 14,099 | -62,351 | 16,261 |
| Official international reserves | 536 | 8,924 | -789 | 781 | 1,988 | 13,817 | 9,451 |
| Other Canadian investment abroad | -50,993 | 89,263 | 27,626 | 133,840 | -150,200 | 163,834 | 199,736 |
| Loans | -26,489 | 24,037 | 3,640 | 36,770 | -32,576 | 86,322 | 37,958 |
| Currency and deposits | 14,963 | 16,071 | 14,462 | 57,669 | -81,253 | 70,372 | 103,165 |
| Trade credits and advances | 1,304 | 2,836 | 99 | -1,365 | -189 | 915 | 2,874 |
| Other accounts receivable | -40,772 | 46,319 | 9,425 | 40,767 | -36,181 | 6,225 | 55,739 |
| Net incurrence of liabilities | -12,484 | 121,753 | 95,037 | 186,103 | -66,742 | 282,093 | 390,409 |
| Direct investment liabilities | 18,495 | 7,762 | 28,793 | 9,295 | -6,189 | 64,825 | 64,345 |
| Direct investment liabilities, equity | 20,723 | 15,442 | 18,755 | 14,058 | -2,530 | 66,356 | 68,978 |
| Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments | -2,228 | -7,680 | 10,038 | -4,763 | -3,660 | -1,531 | -4,633 |
| Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities | -6,905 | 37,491 | -10,199 | 12,395 | 23,568 | 137,612 | 32,781 |
| Canadian debt securities | 10,221 | 55,743 | -4,855 | 19,979 | 29,682 | 149,633 | 81,089 |
| Canadian money market instruments | -16,613 | 14,437 | 1,492 | 2,117 | -28,185 | 366 | 1,433 |
| Canadian bonds | 26,835 | 41,306 | -6,347 | 17,862 | 57,868 | 149,267 | 79,656 |
| Canadian equity and investment fund shares | -17,127 | -18,252 | -5,345 | -7,584 | -6,115 | -12,021 | -48,307 |
| Other foreign investment in Canada | -24,074 | 76,500 | 76,443 | 164,413 | -84,121 | 79,656 | 293,282 |
| Loans | -47,233 | 42,688 | 39,278 | 41,660 | -16,771 | 42,468 | 76,394 |
| Currency and deposits | 23,421 | 33,347 | 37,216 | 122,077 | -67,564 | 32,077 | 216,061 |
| Special drawing rights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trade credits and advances | -402 | 326 | -189 | 535 | 68 | 521 | 271 |
| Other accounts payable | 139 | 140 | 138 | 140 | 146 | 4,589 | 556 |
| Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) | -1,741 | 7,446 | 1,388 | -1,890 | 4,902 | 7,211 | 5,203 |
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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