Table D.1 Balance of payments

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Item Fourth quarter 2009 First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 Third quarter 2010 Fourth quarter 2010 First quarter 2011 2009 2010
not seasonally adjusted, millions of dollars
1. A minus sign (-) denotes an outflow of capital resulting from an increase in claims on non-residents or from a decrease in liabilities to non-residents. Transactions are recorded on a net basis.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review, catalogue number 13-010-X.
Current account
Receipts
Goods and services 111,990 113,028 119,736 119,018 124,305 125,208 437,636 476,086
Goods
95,448 96,634 102,155 99,230 106,816 108,094 369,343 404,834
Services
16,542 16,394 17,581 19,788 17,489 17,114 68,292 71,252
Investment income 13,490 14,866 14,374 15,489 17,065 16,975 55,528 61,794
Direct investment
7,545 8,820 8,524 9,435 11,057 10,994 28,047 37,836
Portfolio investment
4,422 4,397 4,323 4,323 4,334 4,234 19,874 17,376
Other investment
1,524 1,648 1,527 1,731 1,674 1,747 7,607 6,581
Current transfers 2,131 2,487 2,036 1,931 2,807 2,955 8,716 9,261
Current account receipts 127,611 130,381 136,146 136,438 144,177 145,138 501,880 547,141
Payments
Goods and services 117,990 119,957 127,769 130,431 129,687 131,763 464,508 507,844
Goods
96,274 96,119 104,160 106,773 106,780 106,379 374,081 413,833
Services
21,716 23,838 23,608 23,658 22,906 25,384 90,427 94,011
Investment income 18,657 18,484 18,959 19,406 21,381 21,868 71,156 78,230
Direct investment
8,781 8,343 9,138 9,220 10,019 10,594 29,828 36,720
Portfolio investment
8,381 8,517 8,664 9,071 9,285 9,172 33,506 35,537
Other investment
1,495 1,624 1,157 1,115 2,077 2,102 7,822 5,972
Current transfers 2,780 4,023 2,361 2,846 2,702 4,041 11,452 11,932
Current account payments 139,426 142,464 149,088 152,683 153,769 157,672 547,116 598,005
Balances
Goods and services -5,999 -6,930 -8,033 -11,413 -5,382 -6,555 -26,873 -31,757
Goods
-826 514 -2,005 -7,543 35 1,715 -4,738 -8,999
Services
-5,173 -7,444 -6,028 -3,870 -5,417 -8,270 -22,135 -22,759
Investment income -5,167 -3,618 -4,585 -3,917 -4,316 -4,893 -15,628 -16,436
Direct investment
-1,236 477 -614 215 1,038 400 -1,781 1,116
Portfolio investment
-3,959 -4,120 -4,341 -4,749 -4,951 -4,938 -13,632 -18,161
Other investment
29 24 370 617 -402 -355 -215 609
Current transfers -649 -1,536 -324 -916 105 -1,086 -2,736 -2,671
Current account balance -11,815 -12,084 -12,943 -16,245 -9,593 -12,534 -45,236 -50,864
Capital and financial account 1
Capital account 618 1,174 1,265 1,120 1,198 1,282 3,830 4,758
Financial account 13,674 8,969 8,662 19,067 8,251 11,271 41,920 44,949
Canadian assets, net flows
Canadian direct investment abroad -9,108 3,146 -9,559 -2,238 -31,097 -13,075 -47,627 -39,749
Portfolio investment 1,344 -5,179 -1,263 -7,133 -960 -2,878 -8,727 -14,535
Foreign bonds
378 2,301 2,696 425 -4,043 772 9,030 1,379
Foreign stocks
1,316 -6,285 -4,703 -5,218 2,734 -3,385 -15,911 -13,472
Foreign money market
-350 -1,196 744 -2,340 350 -264 -1,847 -2,442
Other investment -13,272 -34,795 -4,987 5,066 -17,482 -15,786 -50,563 -52,199
Loans
-4,600 -14,786 1,966 2,283 -5,887 -2,424 -17,442 -16,424
Deposits
-11,013 -12,467 -1,208 2,726 -813 -14,701 -19,246 -11,761
Official international reserves
3,082 -3,667 54 -985 609 -2,564 -11,618 -3,989
Other assets
-740 -3,874 -5,799 1,041 -11,392 3,903 -2,257 -20,024
Total Canadian assets, net flows -21,036 -36,829 -15,809 -4,305 -49,540 -31,739 -106,918 -106,482
Canadian liabilities, net flows
Foreign direct investment in Canada 6,751 11,137 8,903 -7,976 12,055 13,374 24,469 24,119
Portfolio investment 27,732 18,806 41,133 29,619 27,871 21,822 111,498 117,429
Canadian bonds
28,725 19,267 32,866 26,296 17,683 11,755 84,571 96,112
Canadian stocks
2,097 -482 7,926 2,909 7,826 9,256 26,246 18,179
Canadian money market
-3,091 21 340 415 2,362 811 681 3,138
Other investment 227 15,855 -25,565 1,729 17,864 7,815 12,870 9,883
Loans
-790 2,010 155 -1,006 7,454 -5,821 -9,659 8,613
Deposits
1,118 12,843 -26,118 2,955 10,445 13,003 13,878 125
Other liabilities
-101 1,002 398 -220 -34 632 8,651 1,145
Total Canadian liabilities, net flows 34,710 45,798 24,470 23,373 57,791 43,010 148,838 151,431
Total capital and financial account, net flows 14,292 10,143 9,927 20,188 9,449 12,553 45,750 49,707
Statistical discrepancy -2,478 1,940 3,016 -3,942 144 -19 -513 1,158