Table 1-1
Balance of payments, all countries, not seasonally
adjusted, quarterly and annual — 2010 to 2011
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| 2010 | 2011 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | III | IV | Annual | I | II | Annual | |
| millions of dollars | ||||||||
| Current account | ||||||||
| Receipts | ||||||||
| Goods and services | 113,028 | 119,736 | 119,018 | 124,305 | 476,087 | 125,398 | 130,770 | 256,168 |
| Goods | 96,634 | 102,155 | 99,230 | 106,816 | 404,835 | 108,431 | 112,308 | 220,739 |
| Services | 16,394 | 17,581 | 19,788 | 17,489 | 71,252 | 16,967 | 18,462 | 35,429 |
| Investment income | 14,866 | 14,374 | 15,489 | 17,065 | 61,794 | 16,054 | 16,422 | 32,476 |
| Direct investment income | 8,820 | 8,524 | 9,435 | 11,057 | 37,836 | 10,089 | 10,555 | 20,644 |
| Portfolio investment income | 4,397 | 4,323 | 4,323 | 4,334 | 17,377 | 4,218 | 4,199 | 8,417 |
| Other investment income | 1,648 | 1,527 | 1,731 | 1,674 | 6,580 | 1,746 | 1,667 | 3,413 |
| Current transfers | 2,487 | 2,036 | 1,931 | 2,807 | 9,261 | 2,274 | 1,815 | 4,089 |
| Total current account | 130,381 | 136,146 | 136,438 | 144,177 | 547,142 | 143,725 | 149,006 | 292,731 |
| Payments | ||||||||
| Goods and services | 119,957 | 127,769 | 130,431 | 129,687 | 507,844 | 131,425 | 139,397 | 270,822 |
| Goods | 96,119 | 104,160 | 106,773 | 106,780 | 413,832 | 106,766 | 114,285 | 221,051 |
| Services | 23,838 | 23,608 | 23,658 | 22,906 | 94,010 | 24,659 | 25,112 | 49,771 |
| Investment income | 18,484 | 18,959 | 19,406 | 21,381 | 78,230 | 21,393 | 21,062 | 42,455 |
| Direct investment income | 8,343 | 9,138 | 9,220 | 10,019 | 36,720 | 10,766 | 10,703 | 21,469 |
| Portfolio investment income | 8,517 | 8,664 | 9,071 | 9,285 | 35,537 | 9,172 | 9,400 | 18,572 |
| Other investment income | 1,624 | 1,157 | 1,115 | 2,077 | 5,973 | 1,455 | 959 | 2,414 |
| Current transfers | 4,023 | 2,361 | 2,846 | 2,702 | 11,932 | 4,051 | 2,388 | 6,439 |
| Total current account | 142,464 | 149,088 | 152,683 | 153,769 | 598,004 | 156,869 | 162,847 | 319,716 |
| Balances | ||||||||
| Goods and services | -6,930 | -8,033 | -11,413 | -5,382 | -31,758 | -6,027 | -8,627 | -14,654 |
| Goods | 514 | -2,005 | -7,543 | 35 | -8,999 | 1,665 | -1,978 | -313 |
| Services | -7,444 | -6,028 | -3,870 | -5,417 | -22,759 | -7,692 | -6,650 | -14,342 |
| Investment income | -3,618 | -4,585 | -3,917 | -4,316 | -16,436 | -5,340 | -4,640 | -9,980 |
| Direct investment income | 477 | -614 | 215 | 1,038 | 1,116 | -676 | -148 | -824 |
| Portfolio investment income | -4,120 | -4,341 | -4,749 | -4,951 | -18,161 | -4,954 | -5,201 | -10,155 |
| Other investment income | 24 | 370 | 617 | -402 | 609 | 290 | 708 | 998 |
| Current transfers | -1,536 | -324 | -916 | 105 | -2,671 | -1,777 | -573 | -2,350 |
| Total current account | -12,084 | -12,943 | -16,245 | -9,593 | -50,865 | -13,144 | -13,841 | -26,985 |
| Capital and financial account 1 , 2 | ||||||||
| Capital account, net flows | 1,174 | 1,265 | 1,120 | 1,198 | 4,757 | 1,272 | 1,280 | 2,552 |
| Financial account, net flows | 8,969 | 8,662 | 19,067 | 8,251 | 44,949 | 14,029 | 14,941 | 28,970 |
| Canadian assets, net flows | ||||||||
| Canadian direct investment abroad | 3,146 | -9,559 | -2,238 | -31,097 | -39,748 | -10,848 | -4,638 | -15,486 |
| Canadian portfolio investment | -5,179 | -1,263 | -7,133 | -960 | -14,535 | -2,875 | -1,339 | -4,214 |
| Foreign bonds | 2,301 | 2,696 | 425 | -4,043 | 1,379 | 772 | 8,026 | 8,798 |
| Foreign stocks | -6,285 | -4,703 | -5,218 | 2,734 | -13,472 | -3,383 | -10,266 | -13,649 |
| Foreign money market | -1,196 | 744 | -2,340 | 350 | -2,442 | -264 | 901 | 637 |
| Other Canadian investment | -34,795 | -4,987 | 5,066 | -17,482 | -52,198 | -13,698 | -16,902 | -30,600 |
| Loans | -14,786 | 1,966 | 2,283 | -5,887 | -16,424 | -2,844 | -6,488 | -9,332 |
| Deposits | -12,467 | -1,208 | 2,726 | -813 | -11,762 | -12,197 | -13,400 | -25,597 |
| Official international reserves | -3,667 | 54 | -985 | 609 | -3,989 | -2,564 | -721 | -3,285 |
| Other assets | -3,874 | -5,799 | 1,041 | -11,392 | -20,024 | 3,906 | 3,706 | 7,612 |
| Canadian assets, net flows | -36,829 | -15,809 | -4,305 | -49,540 | -106,483 | -27,422 | -22,879 | -50,301 |
| Canadian liabilities, net flows | ||||||||
| Foreign direct investment in Canada | 11,137 | 8,903 | -7,976 | 12,055 | 24,119 | 11,487 | 14,482 | 25,969 |
| Foreign portfolio investment | 18,806 | 41,133 | 29,619 | 27,871 | 117,429 | 21,855 | 19,371 | 41,226 |
| Canadian bonds | 19,267 | 32,866 | 26,296 | 17,683 | 96,112 | 11,756 | 11,868 | 23,624 |
| Canadian stocks | -482 | 7,926 | 2,909 | 7,826 | 18,179 | 9,289 | 2,149 | 11,438 |
| Canadian money market | 21 | 340 | 415 | 2,362 | 3,138 | 811 | 5,354 | 6,165 |
| Other foreign investment | 15,855 | -25,565 | 1,729 | 17,864 | 9,883 | 8,108 | 3,968 | 12,076 |
| Loans | 2,010 | 155 | -1,006 | 7,454 | 8,613 | -5,372 | -2,614 | -7,986 |
| Deposits | 12,843 | -26,118 | 2,955 | 10,445 | 125 | 13,041 | 6,408 | 19,449 |
| Other liabilities | 1,002 | 398 | -220 | -34 | 1,146 | 439 | 173 | 612 |
| Canadian liabilities, net flows | 45,798 | 24,470 | 23,373 | 57,791 | 151,432 | 41,450 | 37,820 | 79,270 |
| Total capital and financial account, net flows | 10,143 | 9,927 | 20,188 | 9,449 | 49,707 | 15,301 | 16,221 | 31,522 |
| Statistical discrepancy | 1,940 | 3,016 | -3,942 | 144 | 1,158 | -2,157 | -2,380 | -4,537 |
Note(s):
See Data quality, concepts and methodology — Footnotes section.
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