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Table 7.1-2
Canadian balance of international payments — Capital and financial account

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Capital and financial account: Part 1
  Direct investment abroad Portfolio investment abroad Other investment assets abroad Capital account Total Canadian assets abroad Direct investment in Canada
Stocks Bonds      
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  net flows in millions of dollars
2008 -86,214 -7,914 16,354 -37,611 4,650 -110,172 58,975
2009 -44,389 -15,850 9,030 -50,805 3,969 -103,861 21,327
First quarter 2008 -32,215 -2,891 -685 -18,949 1,194 -54,619 18,403
Second quarter 2008 -14,566 -4,815 1,121 -7,800 1,296 -25,533 8,086
Third quarter 2008 -23,667 -5,739 4,319 -942 1,016 -25,393 20,783
Fourth quarter 2008 -15,766 5,532 11,599 -9,919 1,145 -4,628 11,703
First quarter 2009 -2,296 -10,795 -541 -2,927 920 -18,660 -524
Second quarter 2009 -4,356 -3,899 1,699 -2,233 1,220 -8,499 -2,454
Third quarter 2009 -26,817 -2,472 7,493 -32,765 1,136 -54,244 16,770
Fourth quarter 2009 -10,921 1,316 378 -12,881 693 -22,458 7,536
First quarter 2010 -863 -6,280 2,306 -35,459 1,130 -41,492 15,153
Capital and financial account: Part 2
  Portfolio liabilities Other investment liabilities Total Canadian liabilities Total capital and financial account Financial account
Stocks Bonds Money market
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  net flows in millions of dollars
2008 2,746 15,926 11,125 14,327  103,099  -2,422  -7,072 
2009 26,246 83,955 665 11,629  143,821  43,929  39,960 
First quarter 2008 3,698 10,078 -3,445 18,088  46,823  -6,602  -7,796 
Second quarter 2008 5,617 20,978 2,679 -15,519  21,842  -2,395  -3,691 
Third quarter 2008 -5,323 -3,445 1,993 4,687  18,695  -5,682  -6,697 
Fourth quarter 2008 -1,246 -11,686 9,898 7,071  15,739  12,257  11,112 
First quarter 2009 2,587 11,988 9,570 7,499  31,120  13,380  12,460 
Second quarter 2009 6,566 31,484 1,104 -21,173  15,526  8,247  7,028 
Third quarter 2009 14,996 11,547 -7,055 25,322  61,580  8,471  7,336 
Fourth quarter 2009 2,097 28,935 -2,954 -19  35,595  13,830  13,137 
First quarter 2010 -670 19,123 -251 18,399  51,754  11,393  10,262 
Note(s):
Quarterly data, when presented in this table, are unadjusted for seasonality.
Source(s):
Canada's Balance of International Payments (Catalogue no. 67-001-XIE), Client services (613-951-1855). CANSIM tables: 376-0002 and 376-0004.