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Table 19 Canadian balance of international payments

  2006 2007 2006 2007 2008
    I II III IV I II III IV I
                     
$'000,000                      
Current account                      
                     
Total                      
Receipts (114364) 595,156 611,294 146,417 146,225 150,236 152,278 154,875 155,136 152,002 149,281 153,692
Payments (114397) 574,925 597,686 140,545 142,268 146,358 145,754 150,919 148,004 150,260 148,503 148,134
Balance (114421) 20,231 13,607 5,872 3,957 3,878 6,523 3,956 7,132 1,742 778 5,557
Goods and services                      
Exports (114365) 520,960 530,332 129,610 128,255 130,710 132,385 135,918 135,282 131,114 128,018 133,426
Imports (114398) 486,245 501,474 117,915 120,478 123,454 124,398 126,174 124,010 126,580 124,710 125,577
Balance (114422) 34,715 28,858 11,695 7,777 7,256 7,987 9,744 11,272 4,534 3,307 7,849
    Goods
                      
    Receipts (114366)
 453,732 463,051 112,971 111,376 113,905 115,481 119,112 118,279 114,509 111,151 116,713
    Payments (114399)
 404,253 415,006 97,885 100,203 102,705 103,459 105,273 102,629 105,108 101,996 103,346
    Balance (114423)
 49,480 48,046 15,086 11,172 11,200 12,021 13,839 15,650 9,401 9,155 13,366
    Services
                      
    Receipts (114368)
 67,227 67,280 16,639 16,879 16,805 16,904 16,806 17,003 16,605 16,866 16,713
    Payments (114400)
 81,992 86,468 20,030 20,275 20,749 20,938 20,901 21,381 21,472 22,714 22,230
    Balance (114425)
 -14,765 -19,188 -3,390 -3,395 -3,944 -4,035 -4,095 -4,378 -4,867 -5,848 -5,517
        of which: travel (114426)
 -6,792 -10,029 -1,584 -1,509 -1,740 -1,959 -1,906 -2,005 -2,749 -3,369 -3,074
Investment income                      
Receipts (114373) 64,497 71,417 14,097 15,685 17,293 17,422 16,623 17,482 18,432 18,879 17,982
Payments (114405) 77,872 85,611 19,540 19,505 20,534 18,293 21,805 21,570 21,063 21,173 20,044
    of which: interest (114410)
 29,270 30,809 6,934 7,183 7,447 7,706 7,819 7,713 7,725 7,553 7,492
Balance (114430) -13,375 -14,194 -5,443 -3,820 -3,241 -871 -5,182 -4,088 -2,631 -2,293 -2,062
Current transfers                      
Balance (114441) -1,109 -1,056 -380 0 -137 -593 -606 -52 -162 -236 -230
Capital and financial accounts1 (net flows)                      
                     
Total (114553) -17,198 -17,752 -5,171 -3,758 -6,425 -1,844 -6,133 -7,212 -7,980 3,573 2,622
Financial account (114557) -21,328 -21,951 -6,273 -4,883 -7,480 -2,692 -7,374 -8,225 -9,017 2,666 1,361
    Direct investment abroad (114559)
 -44,373 -57,806 -3,323 -14,111 -11,364 -15,574 -17,245 -11,624 -12,920 -16,017 -22,241
    Portfolio assets
                      
        Stocks (114562)
 -28,090 -30,941 -8,202 -9,055 -5,691 -5,142 -9,339 -7,691 -4,082 -9,828 -2,688
        Bonds (114561)
 -43,602 -28,903 -10,613 -12,689 -9,533 -10,767 -17,186 -16,336 1,688 2,932 -691
    Other investment assets (114563)
 -36,022 -63,866 -21,237 -21,031 -11,938 18,185 -18,449 -16,572 -19,848 -8,997 -17,315
Total Canadian assets abroad (114558) -158,886 -170,093 -44,436 -55,950 -43,473 -15,027 -62,450 -52,462 -24,789 -30,392 -42,814
    Direct investment in Canada (114576)
 71,198 116,706 14,847 6,162 26,083 24,106 19,019 20,647 27,770 49,270 17,184
    Portfolio liabilities
                      
        Stocks (114579)
 10,814 -41,994 8,022 9,091 -1,034 -5,264 -532 -899 -8,524 -32,039 3,717
        Bonds (114578)
 17,130 11,540 -556 -660 4,302 14,044 7,970 -2,168 541 5,198 9,651
        Money market (114580)
 3,711 -1,137 2,009 4,602 -1,151 -1,749 -702 1,006 -1,160 -280 -3,493
    Other investment liabilities (114581)
 34,704 63,027 13,841 31,874 7,792 -18,802 29,321 25,651 -2,854 10,910 17,116
Total Canadian liabilities to non-residents (114575) 137,558 148,143 38,163 51,067 35,993 12,335 55,076 44,237 15,772 33,058 44,175
Capital account (114554) 4,130 4,199 1,103 1,124 1,055 848 1,241 1,014 1,037 907 1,261

1 Unadjusted for seasonality.
Source: Canada's Balance of International Payments (Catalogue no. 67-001-XIE). Client services (613-951-1855).
CANSIM tables: 376-0005 and 376-0004