Table 4.1-3
Canadian balance of international payments — Investment positions

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Investment positions: Part 1
  Direct investment abroad Portfolio assets abroad Other assets abroad Total Canadian assets abroad Direct investment in Canada
Stocks Bonds Total Official international reserves
v235396 v235399 v235398 v235424 v235400 v235395 v235412
  level in millions of dollars
1920 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1921 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1922 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1923 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1924 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1925 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1926 397 251 242 406 0 1,296 1,782
1927 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1928 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1929 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1930 443 478 311 211 0 1,443 2,427
1931 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1932 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1933 467 534 300 122 0 1,423 2,352
1934 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1935 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1936 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1937 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1938 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1939 671 511 208 490 459 1,880 2,414
1940 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1941 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1942 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1943 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1944 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1945 720 454 167 2,675 1,695 4,016 2,831
1946 767 392 159 2,918 1,262 4,236 2,960
1947 822 426 153 2,752 594 4,153 3,126
1948 788 449 156 3,342 1,086 4,735 3,399
1949 926 477 161 3,738 1,317 5,302 3,710
1950 1,043 448 150 4,359 1,955 6,000 4,098
1951 1,228 467 142 4,193 1,923 6,030 4,642
1952 1,333 669 161 4,334 1,881 6,497 5,358
1953 1,556 690 179 4,270 1,852 6,696 6,177
1954 1,706 723 203 4,404 1,960 7,036 6,960
1955 1,835 767 224 4,380 1,983 7,206 8,010
1956 1,992 785 221 4,583 1,952 7,582 9,314
1957 2,184 811 257 4,745 1,895 7,997 10,538
1958 2,264 868 250 4,937 1,965 8,319 11,371
1959 2,409 934 249 5,002 1,932 8,594 12,464
1960 2,600 1,050 265 5,171 1,982 9,086 13,583
1961 2,735 1,167 276 5,602 2,392 9,780 14,391
1962 2,933 1,370 273 5,705 2,610 10,282 15,380
1963 3,247 1,426 266 6,150 2,761 11,089 16,276
1964 3,447 1,504 275 10,256 3,103 15,483 16,473
1965 3,655 1,617 280 10,155 3,265 15,707 17,864
1966 3,910 1,866 372 10,373 2,928 16,520 19,550
1967 4,246 2,094 472 10,884 2,936 17,696 21,287
1968 4,865 2,410 475 12,309 3,268 20,059 23,234
1969 5,490 2,517 459 15,657 3,332 24,124 25,241
1970 6,520 2,345 474 18,501 4,732 27,839 27,374
1971 6,889 2,490 520 20,239 5,582 30,138 28,989
1972 7,075 2,810 545 22,831 6,020 33,262 30,563
1973 8,255 3,040 601 27,986 5,745 39,882 33,977
1974 9,704 3,225 620 30,130 5,770 43,679 37,557
1975 11,091 3,570 680 31,332 5,410 46,672 38,728
1976 12,107 3,970 648 36,550 5,894 53,275 41,623
1977 14,233 4,570 742 41,862 5,040 61,407 45,132
1978 17,303 5,535 873 51,936 5,415 75,647 50,089
1979 21,595 7,383 834 55,417 4,534 85,228 56,785
1980 28,413 8,558 932 72,403 4,810 110,306 64,708
1981 35,662 8,997 973 85,134 5,182 130,766 70,327
1982 37,464 9,312 1,334 92,137 4,661 140,248 72,814
1983 44,587 10,735 1,996 88,852 5,232 146,170 79,669
1984 52,778 12,109 3,723 96,388 4,206 164,998 85,984
1985 60,292 14,048 5,146 101,871 4,580 181,357 90,358
1986 64,794 16,444 5,841 114,715 5,654 201,794 96,054
1987 74,137 19,164 7,612 111,950 10,658 212,863 105,937
1988 79,763 23,246 7,665 109,598 19,317 220,272 114,175
1989 89,851 26,063 9,982 112,099 19,456 237,995 122,664
1990 98,402 30,017 10,177 125,326 21,551 263,922 130,932
1991 109,068 39,314 11,270 122,249 19,530 281,902 135,234
1992 111,691 44,748 12,934 129,147 15,135 298,521 137,918
1993 122,427 52,936 17,501 133,403 16,882 326,268 141,493
1994 146,315 65,291 18,317 166,976 17,488 396,900 154,594
1995 161,237 71,946 18,822 191,262 20,769 443,266 168,167
1996 181,238 87,010 21,263 219,620 28,204 509,132 182,126
1997 218,607 103,780 26,586 250,510 25,705 599,483 194,277
1998 262,909 124,151 33,254 266,033 35,921 686,347 219,389
1999 290,730 149,040 30,734 246,842 41,463 717,346 252,563
2000 356,506 173,572 35,640 261,860 47,801 827,578 319,116
2001 399,253 200,892 38,870 282,962 53,327 921,976 340,429
2002 435,494 216,307 45,392 272,915 56,230 979,184 356,819
2003 412,217 197,025 45,809 255,143 45,690 921,148 373,685
2004 448,546 195,773 58,560 238,832 40,315 952,790 379,450
2005 452,195 196,825 82,332 252,003 38,030 996,411 397,828
2006 518,839 227,364 124,029 291,507 40,959 1,181,703 437,171
2007 513,140 226,427 150,275 314,521 40,593 1,211,875 510,139
2008 642,026 277,837 144,981 426,309 51,364 1,494,641 542,732
2009 621,181 261,214 134,958 439,139 56,012 1,461,121 547,578
2010 616,689 258,766 128,782 463,679 55,248 1,474,640 561,616
Investment positions: Part 2
  Portfolio investment liabilities Other investments liabilities Total Canadian liabilities Net investment position
Stocks Bonds Money market
v235414 v235413 v235416 v235426 v235411 v235422
  level in millions of dollars
1920 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1921 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1922 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1923 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1924 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1925 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1926 976 2,980 0 665 6,403 -5,107
1927 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1928 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1929 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1930 1,313 3,574 0 700 8,014 -6,571
1931 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1932 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1933 1,161 3,577 0 575 7,665 -6,242
1934 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1935 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1936 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1937 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1938 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1939 1,277 3,133 0 564 7,388 -5,508
1940 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1941 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1942 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1943 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1944 .. .. .. .. .. ..
1945 1,451 2,739 0 1,046 8,067 -4,051
1946 1,494 2,692 0 1,142 8,288 -4,052
1947 1,515 2,525 0 1,156 8,322 -4,169
1948 1,504 2,591 0 1,144 8,638 -3,903
1949 1,561 2,681 9 1,153 9,114 -3,812
1950 1,639 2,915 6 1,581 10,239 -4,239
1951 1,822 3,071 8 1,464 11,007 -4,976
1952 1,935 3,036 9 1,516 11,854 -5,357
1953 2,152 3,170 7 1,534 13,040 -6,344
1954 2,440 3,170 15 1,788 14,373 -7,337
1955 2,590 2,879 44 2,008 15,531 -8,325
1956 2,884 3,318 47 2,336 17,899 -10,317
1957 3,145 3,662 29 2,397 19,771 -11,774
1958 3,303 4,119 50 2,669 21,512 -13,193
1959 3,346 4,635 64 2,990 23,499 -14,905
1960 3,319 4,852 120 3,313 25,187 -16,101
1961 3,473 4,991 62 3,869 26,786 -17,006
1962 3,409 5,315 66 4,281 28,451 -18,170
1963 3,246 5,942 39 4,576 30,079 -18,989
1964 3,508 6,685 518 7,979 35,163 -19,680
1965 3,566 7,358 378 8,428 37,595 -21,888
1966 3,591 7,989 366 8,736 40,232 -23,712
1967 3,701 8,743 318 9,282 43,331 -25,636
1968 3,939 9,839 286 10,193 47,491 -27,432
1969 4,332 11,158 422 12,346 53,499 -29,375
1970 4,530 11,533 623 13,833 57,894 -30,054
1971 4,510 11,950 774 16,180 62,402 -32,264
1972 4,686 13,545 617 18,759 68,170 -34,909
1973 5,169 14,268 733 23,400 77,547 -37,666
1974 5,422 16,029 892 25,967 85,867 -42,188
1975 6,219 21,825 1,283 29,050 97,105 -50,433
1976 6,389 30,340 2,242 33,987 114,582 -61,307
1977 7,295 35,299 2,728 39,608 130,063 -68,656
1978 7,957 49,204 2,760 53,740 163,751 -88,104
1979 10,303 52,360 3,339 65,596 188,382 -103,154
1980 13,437 56,524 4,362 81,552 220,583 -110,277
1981 13,841 67,185 4,321 110,829 266,503 -135,738
1982 13,159 81,506 2,619 106,750 276,849 -136,601
1983 12,325 86,925 4,381 107,187 290,487 -144,317
1984 13,041 97,922 5,982 116,474 319,403 -154,405
1985 15,134 117,668 5,543 130,486 359,190 -177,833
1986 16,249 143,362 7,931 135,014 398,610 -196,816
1987 18,198 152,055 10,421 138,825 425,436 -212,572
1988 18,110 156,114 19,417 128,362 436,178 -215,905
1989 20,598 169,943 20,611 136,239 470,056 -232,061
1990 20,660 188,135 26,402 150,298 516,428 -252,506
1991 17,644 215,555 30,534 150,342 549,310 -267,408
1992 17,901 244,176 36,104 160,537 596,636 -298,114
1993 23,415 284,140 45,901 155,058 650,007 -323,739
1994 30,863 316,871 47,529 180,124 729,981 -333,081
1995 37,092 341,698 44,113 176,386 767,455 -324,189
1996 47,301 357,852 38,134 195,088 820,501 -311,370
1997 51,402 367,898 40,501 235,629 889,707 -290,224
1998 64,344 405,772 41,269 255,235 986,008 -299,661
1999 69,070 389,392 27,675 222,323 961,024 -243,677
2000 87,116 372,440 27,961 229,781 1,036,415 -208,837
2001 77,487 427,228 21,463 258,806 1,125,414 -203,437
2002 80,617 449,072 25,285 276,082 1,187,876 -208,692
2003 84,712 401,050 21,388 257,012 1,137,847 -216,699
2004 100,042 402,236 19,621 241,867 1,143,215 -190,425
2005 93,532 387,928 20,783 261,265 1,161,336 -164,925
2006 96,705 410,020 24,515 304,177 1,272,587 -90,884
2007 92,119 384,694 21,999 332,722 1,341,673 -129,799
2008 98,782 458,873 34,899 407,640 1,542,927 -48,285
2009 110,872 497,823 32,887 382,390 1,571,551 -110,429
2010 120,233 575,122 35,559 378,321 1,670,852 -196,212
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 : 376-0037.