Table 4.1-2
Canadian balance of international payments — Capital and financial account
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| Total capital and financial account | Financial account | Direct investment abroad | Portfolio investment abroad | Other investment assets abroad | Total Canadian assets abroad | Direct investment in Canada | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stocks | Bonds | |||||||
| v113734 | v113738 | v113740 | v113743 | v113742 | v113744 | v113739 | v113757 | |
| net flows in millions of dollars | ||||||||
| 1926 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1927 | 24 | 23 | -14 | .. | -118 | 13 | -119 | 49 |
| 1928 | 45 | 42 | -19 | .. | -136 | 137 | -18 | 40 |
| 1929 | 339 | 337 | -20 | .. | -11 | 125 | 94 | 38 |
| 1930 | 333 | 331 | -27 | .. | 44 | -61 | -44 | 64 |
| 1931 | 174 | 173 | -21 | .. | 30 | 86 | 95 | 31 |
| 1932 | 75 | 74 | -24 | .. | 25 | 41 | 42 | -4 |
| 1933 | -7 | -7 | -28 | .. | 0 | 30 | 2 | -31 |
| 1934 | -116 | -114 | -39 | .. | 0 | -23 | -62 | -6 |
| 1935 | -154 | -153 | -30 | .. | 0 | -2 | -32 | -14 |
| 1936 | -235 | -234 | -35 | .. | 0 | 3 | -32 | -27 |
| 1937 | -171 | -169 | -43 | .. | -3 | -13 | -59 | -21 |
| 1938 | -105 | -105 | -29 | .. | -7 | -11 | -47 | -4 |
| 1939 | -133 | -138 | -24 | .. | 23 | -33 | -34 | -29 |
| 1940 | -175 | -190 | 0 | .. | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1941 | -504 | -514 | 0 | .. | 20 | -568 | -548 | 0 |
| 1942 | -106 | -113 | 0 | .. | 24 | -26 | -2 | 0 |
| 1943 | -677 | -679 | 0 | .. | 44 | -355 | -311 | 0 |
| 1944 | -48 | -50 | 0 | .. | 42 | -218 | -176 | 0 |
| 1945 | -704 | -706 | 0 | .. | 96 | -918 | -822 | 0 |
| 1946 | -347 | -377 | -14 | .. | 34 | -400 | -380 | 40 |
| 1947 | -55 | -75 | 6 | .. | 5 | 173 | 184 | 61 |
| 1948 | -418 | -452 | 15 | .. | -8 | -556 | -549 | 71 |
| 1949 | -164 | -173 | 13 | .. | 20 | -238 | -205 | 94 |
| 1950 | 214 | 218 | 35 | .. | 76 | -687 | -576 | 225 |
| 1951 | 457 | 450 | -30 | .. | 15 | -2 | -17 | 320 |
| 1952 | 193 | 202 | -85 | 2 | -13 | -146 | -242 | 360 |
| 1953 | 609 | 614 | -70 | 14 | -15 | 45 | -26 | 450 |
| 1954 | 484 | 494 | -90 | 4 | -28 | -127 | -241 | 425 |
| 1955 | 627 | 657 | -85 | 24 | -29 | 204 | 114 | 445 |
| 1956 | 1,316 | 1,348 | -105 | 10 | -13 | -199 | -307 | 650 |
| 1957 | 1,176 | 1,209 | -80 | 37 | -36 | -120 | -199 | 545 |
| 1958 | 964 | 1,026 | -40 | 4 | -3 | -137 | -176 | 430 |
| 1959 | 1,114 | 1,170 | -85 | -26 | -8 | -75 | -194 | 570 |
| 1960 | 1,050 | 1,132 | -50 | -14 | -5 | 0 | -69 | 670 |
| 1961 | 914 | 986 | -96 | -28 | -7 | -124 | -255 | 742 |
| 1962 | 1,278 | 1,328 | -206 | -69 | 4 | -171 | -442 | 897 |
| 1963 | 829 | 863 | -267 | 18 | 4 | -380 | -625 | 769 |
| 1964 | 339 | 372 | -144 | -34 | -18 | -1,163 | -1,359 | 487 |
| 1965 | 2,004 | 2,000 | -176 | -82 | -3 | 320 | 59 | 1,266 |
| 1966 | 1,892 | 1,822 | -157 | -306 | -95 | 80 | -478 | 1,460 |
| 1967 | 1,840 | 1,723 | -268 | -327 | -105 | -496 | -1,196 | 1,575 |
| 1968 | 1,807 | 1,646 | -415 | -453 | -14 | -1,160 | -2,042 | 1,505 |
| 1969 | 2,297 | 2,135 | -572 | 84 | 18 | -3,250 | -3,720 | 1,865 |
| 1970 | -314 | -504 | -973 | 90 | -20 | -3,545 | -4,449 | 1,905 |
| 1971 | 2,352 | 2,105 | -462 | 221 | -25 | -1,622 | -1,888 | 2,295 |
| 1972 | 3,834 | 3,553 | -80 | 272 | -28 | -2,380 | -2,216 | 2,092 |
| 1973 | 2,805 | 2,460 | -1,166 | 118 | -48 | -4,893 | -5,988 | 3,185 |
| 1974 | 5,346 | 4,808 | -1,327 | 67 | -19 | -1,929 | -3,209 | 3,643 |
| 1975 | 8,895 | 8,400 | -1,273 | 42 | -60 | -663 | -1,954 | 3,445 |
| 1976 | 10,531 | 10,008 | -990 | 20 | 57 | -5,390 | -6,303 | 2,418 |
| 1977 | 8,941 | 8,485 | -1,735 | 244 | -21 | -2,843 | -4,356 | 3,582 |
| 1978 | 11,714 | 11,582 | -2,599 | 75 | -49 | -7,447 | -10,021 | 4,238 |
| 1979 | 11,177 | 10,633 | -4,480 | -613 | 31 | -7,003 | -12,064 | 6,214 |
| 1980 | 6,979 | 6,483 | -4,792 | -115 | -68 | -16,437 | -21,411 | 6,790 |
| 1981 | 19,423 | 18,791 | -6,652 | 8 | -31 | -15,783 | -22,459 | 793 |
| 1982 | -28 | -1,586 | -2,963 | -309 | -234 | -6,150 | -9,656 | 153 |
| 1983 | 6,506 | 5,168 | -3,244 | -825 | -451 | -5,453 | -9,973 | 2,467 |
| 1984 | 8,967 | 7,594 | -4,772 | -714 | -1,359 | -5,789 | -12,633 | 6,156 |
| 1985 | 13,659 | 12,204 | -5,274 | -1,170 | -750 | -157 | -7,352 | 1,874 |
| 1986 | 17,416 | 15,593 | -4,864 | -2,738 | -179 | -12,372 | -20,153 | 3,964 |
| 1987 | 20,869 | 17,152 | -9,441 | -2,065 | -874 | -5,335 | -17,716 | 10,760 |
| 1988 | 17,817 | 12,997 | -7,661 | -4,409 | -74 | -5,459 | -17,602 | 7,538 |
| 1989 | 27,617 | 22,137 | -6,235 | -3,867 | -1,602 | -8,040 | -19,745 | 7,116 |
| 1990 | 25,167 | 18,965 | -6,110 | -2,521 | -75 | -10,993 | -19,699 | 8,847 |
| 1991 | 25,791 | 19,381 | -6,685 | -10,004 | -1,661 | 3,222 | -15,128 | 3,301 |
| 1992 | 21,890 | 13,316 | -4,339 | -10,348 | -1,401 | 1,677 | -14,411 | 5,708 |
| 1993 | 34,467 | 23,763 | -7,354 | -12,811 | -5,071 | -1,707 | -26,943 | 6,103 |
| 1994 | 17,762 | 7,520 | -12,694 | -9,362 | 435 | -27,408 | -49,029 | 11,206 |
| 1995 | 1,294 | -5,489 | -15,732 | -6,247 | -1,085 | -15,331 | -38,394 | 12,703 |
| 1996 | -12,234 | -20,191 | -17,858 | -17,247 | -2,070 | -36,132 | -73,306 | 13,137 |
| 1997 | 15,764 | 8,256 | -31,937 | -5,207 | -6,642 | -18,760 | -62,546 | 15,958 |
| 1998 | 4,530 | -405 | -50,957 | -15,433 | -7,064 | 6,292 | -67,161 | 33,828 |
| 1999 | -12,481 | -17,531 | -25,625 | -20,623 | -2,477 | 6,780 | -41,946 | 36,762 |
| 2000 | -21,756 | -27,070 | -66,352 | -59,965 | -3,963 | -11,759 | -142,039 | 99,198 |
| 2001 | -15,623 | -21,375 | -55,800 | -35,653 | -1,920 | -20,556 | -113,930 | 42,844 |
| 2002 | -17,208 | -22,144 | -42,015 | -21,253 | -6,229 | -12,297 | -83,631 | 34,769 |
| 2003 | -15,711 | -19,935 | -32,118 | -7,699 | -7,974 | -16,553 | -67,724 | 10,483 |
| 2004 | -32,809 | -37,246 | -56,395 | -8,092 | -15,290 | -6,300 | -87,065 | -579 |
| 2005 | -23,350 | -29,255 | -33,370 | -21,878 | -29,488 | -23,635 | -110,460 | 31,132 |
| 2006 | -22,768 | -26,969 | -52,423 | -28,107 | -43,761 | -35,877 | -166,967 | 68,395 |
| 2007 | -14,673 | -18,906 | -62,003 | -30,946 | -28,902 | -66,592 | -177,021 | 123,148 |
| 2008 | -1,971 | -6,550 | -85,143 | -7,913 | 14,354 | -39,504 | -112,995 | 61,010 |
| 2009 | 45,750 | 41,920 | -47,627 | -15,911 | 9,030 | -50,563 | -106,918 | 24,469 |
| 2010 | 49,707 | 44,949 | -39,749 | -13,472 | 1,379 | -52,199 | -106,482 | 24,119 |
| Portfolio liabilities | Other investment liabilities | Total Canadian liabilities | Capital account | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stocks | Bonds | Money market | ||||
| v113760 | v113759 | v113761 | v113762 | v113756 | v113735 | |
| net flows in millions of dollars | ||||||
| 1926 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | -1 |
| 1927 | 27 | 101 | 0 | -35 | 142 | 1 |
| 1928 | 20 | 27 | 0 | -27 | 60 | 3 |
| 1929 | 54 | 182 | 0 | -31 | 243 | 2 |
| 1930 | 12 | 296 | 0 | 3 | 375 | 2 |
| 1931 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 78 | 1 |
| 1932 | 0 | 37 | 0 | -1 | 32 | 1 |
| 1933 | 0 | 23 | 0 | -1 | -9 | 0 |
| 1934 | 0 | -49 | 0 | 3 | -52 | -2 |
| 1935 | 0 | -89 | 0 | -18 | -121 | -1 |
| 1936 | 0 | -149 | 0 | -26 | -202 | -1 |
| 1937 | -5 | -75 | 1 | -10 | -110 | -2 |
| 1938 | 29 | -55 | 0 | -28 | -58 | 0 |
| 1939 | 14 | -52 | 1 | -38 | -104 | 5 |
| 1940 | -1 | -204 | 0 | -6 | -211 | 15 |
| 1941 | -2 | -213 | 0 | 249 | 34 | 10 |
| 1942 | 0 | -227 | 0 | 116 | -111 | 7 |
| 1943 | 1 | 51 | 0 | -420 | -368 | 2 |
| 1944 | -7 | 55 | 0 | 78 | 126 | 2 |
| 1945 | 9 | 114 | 0 | -7 | 116 | 2 |
| 1946 | 0 | -127 | 0 | 90 | 3 | 30 |
| 1947 | 0 | -282 | 0 | -38 | -259 | 20 |
| 1948 | 0 | 39 | 0 | -13 | 97 | 34 |
| 1949 | 0 | -34 | 8 | -36 | 32 | 9 |
| 1950 | 4 | 251 | -3 | 317 | 794 | -4 |
| 1951 | 42 | 223 | 2 | -120 | 467 | 7 |
| 1952 | 96 | 43 | 1 | -56 | 444 | -9 |
| 1953 | 61 | 97 | -2 | 34 | 640 | -5 |
| 1954 | 139 | 52 | 8 | 111 | 735 | -10 |
| 1955 | 193 | -240 | 29 | 116 | 543 | -30 |
| 1956 | 252 | 472 | 3 | 278 | 1,655 | -32 |
| 1957 | 178 | 585 | -18 | 118 | 1,408 | -33 |
| 1958 | 115 | 503 | 21 | 133 | 1,202 | -62 |
| 1959 | 141 | 512 | 14 | 127 | 1,364 | -56 |
| 1960 | 68 | 168 | 56 | 239 | 1,201 | -82 |
| 1961 | 28 | 319 | -58 | 210 | 1,241 | -72 |
| 1962 | -125 | 484 | 4 | 510 | 1,770 | -51 |
| 1963 | -236 | 685 | 43 | 227 | 1,488 | -34 |
| 1964 | -134 | 831 | 169 | 378 | 1,731 | -33 |
| 1965 | -257 | 888 | -140 | 184 | 1,941 | 5 |
| 1966 | -83 | 809 | -12 | 126 | 2,300 | 70 |
| 1967 | 48 | 857 | -47 | 486 | 2,919 | 116 |
| 1968 | 176 | 1,354 | -84 | 737 | 3,688 | 161 |
| 1969 | 263 | 1,441 | 238 | 2,048 | 5,855 | 162 |
| 1970 | -79 | 572 | 231 | 1,316 | 3,944 | 190 |
| 1971 | -125 | 233 | 75 | 1,515 | 3,993 | 248 |
| 1972 | -24 | 1,380 | -155 | 2,476 | 5,769 | 281 |
| 1973 | 13 | 612 | 116 | 4,523 | 8,448 | 345 |
| 1974 | -139 | 1,911 | 158 | 2,444 | 8,016 | 538 |
| 1975 | 87 | 4,404 | 386 | 2,032 | 10,354 | 495 |
| 1976 | -56 | 8,790 | 961 | 4,198 | 16,311 | 522 |
| 1977 | -105 | 5,365 | 461 | 3,537 | 12,841 | 456 |
| 1978 | -271 | 5,411 | 31 | 12,193 | 21,603 | 132 |
| 1979 | 523 | 3,665 | 498 | 11,798 | 22,697 | 544 |
| 1980 | 1,490 | 3,751 | 1,049 | 14,815 | 27,894 | 496 |
| 1981 | -629 | 11,926 | 1,204 | 27,956 | 41,250 | 632 |
| 1982 | -308 | 12,970 | -858 | -3,886 | 8,070 | 1,559 |
| 1983 | 912 | 5,075 | 1,754 | 4,933 | 15,141 | 1,338 |
| 1984 | 152 | 8,260 | 1,529 | 4,131 | 20,228 | 1,373 |
| 1985 | 1,551 | 12,094 | -577 | 4,613 | 19,556 | 1,455 |
| 1986 | 1,876 | 23,236 | 2,391 | 4,279 | 35,746 | 1,822 |
| 1987 | 6,640 | 8,067 | 2,540 | 6,861 | 34,868 | 3,717 |
| 1988 | -2,379 | 16,146 | 9,291 | 4 | 30,599 | 4,820 |
| 1989 | 3,885 | 18,187 | 1,139 | 11,554 | 41,882 | 5,481 |
| 1990 | -1,735 | 14,678 | 5,642 | 11,233 | 38,664 | 6,203 |
| 1991 | -990 | 28,063 | 4,428 | -292 | 34,509 | 6,410 |
| 1992 | 1,036 | 18,766 | 4,898 | -2,682 | 27,727 | 8,574 |
| 1993 | 12,056 | 31,446 | 9,296 | -8,196 | 50,706 | 10,704 |
| 1994 | 6,412 | 15,995 | 905 | 22,032 | 56,550 | 10,241 |
| 1995 | -4,242 | 30,730 | -1,254 | -5,032 | 32,905 | 6,784 |
| 1996 | 8,034 | 17,953 | -7,319 | 21,311 | 53,116 | 7,957 |
| 1997 | 7,645 | 6,166 | 2,369 | 38,664 | 70,803 | 7,508 |
| 1998 | 14,311 | 10,337 | 130 | 8,149 | 66,757 | 4,934 |
| 1999 | 14,346 | 2,602 | -13,209 | -16,086 | 24,415 | 5,049 |
| 2000 | 35,232 | -21,458 | 824 | 1,173 | 114,969 | 5,314 |
| 2001 | 4,125 | 41,002 | -7,349 | 11,932 | 92,555 | 5,752 |
| 2002 | -1,531 | 18,297 | 1,833 | 8,119 | 61,487 | 4,936 |
| 2003 | 13,491 | 7,870 | -1,646 | 17,592 | 47,789 | 4,225 |
| 2004 | 35,742 | 19,238 | -429 | -4,152 | 49,819 | 4,437 |
| 2005 | 9,133 | 3,481 | 522 | 36,937 | 81,205 | 5,905 |
| 2006 | 10,814 | 16,564 | 3,711 | 40,514 | 139,998 | 4,202 |
| 2007 | -41,994 | 12,042 | -1,143 | 66,062 | 158,115 | 4,233 |
| 2008 | 2,746 | 17,259 | 11,125 | 14,304 | 106,445 | 4,579 |
| 2009 | 26,246 | 84,571 | 681 | 12,870 | 148,838 | 3,830 |
| 2010 | 18,179 | 96,112 | 3,138 | 9,883 | 151,431 | 4,758 |
Note(s):
Quarterly data, when presented in this table, are unadjusted for seasonality.
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