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Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  Third quarter 2013 Fourth quarter 2013 First quarter 2014 Second quarter 2014 Third quarter 2014 2012 2013
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars
Capital account and current account              
Net lending / net borrowing, from capital account and current account -13,016 -13,596 -11,048 -11,499 -8,437 -60,051 -56,307
Current account balances -13,012 -13,594 -11,044 -11,497 -8,433 -59,911 -56,254
Goods and services -7,864 -6,209 -3,243 -6,213 -3,603 -33,829 -30,219
Goods -3,821 -1,291 4,377 592 99 -11,152 -7,221
Services -4,044 -4,918 -7,620 -6,805 -3,702 -22,677 -22,997
Primary income -4,306 -7,798 -6,377 -4,976 -4,404 -22,795 -24,165
Compensation of employees -538 -515 -472 -505 -524 -1,972 -2,045
Investment income -3,768 -7,283 -5,904 -4,471 -3,880 -20,823 -22,120
Direct investment 1,065 -1,379 -730 359 1,207 -850 -735
Portfolio investment -4,772 -4,888 -4,818 -4,983 -5,138 -18,735 -18,953
Other investment -62 -1,016 -357 153 50 -1,238 -2,432
Secondary income -841 413 -1,424 -307 -426 -3,287 -1,870
Capital account balance -4 -2 -4 -2 -4 -139 -53
Financial account1, 2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -13,494 -18,315 -7,864 -12,477 -2,592 -59,170 -55,693
Net acquisition of financial assets 18,615 41,516 27,977 30,730 31,811 122,054 76,845
Canadian direct investment abroad 25,233 12,768 9,071 6,626 13,501 53,894 52,042
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 6,677 12,138 16,544 5,828 18,347 35,141 29,310
Foreign debt securities 3,322 11,558 5,833 -2,647 7,906 11,933 23,008
Foreign money market instruments 104 393 -147 1,533 -2,260 -1,615 1,586
Foreign bonds 3,218 11,165 5,980 -4,180 10,166 13,548 21,421
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 3,355 580 10,711 8,475 10,441 23,208 6,302
Official international reserves 1,740 766 4,696 -867 -137 1,697 4,868
Other Canadian investment abroad -15,035 15,845 -2,334 19,143 100 31,322 -9,376
Loans 4,582 -436 -61 11,987 7,072 23,627 -419
Currency and deposits -17,560 12,503 727 3,670 -6,345 1,566 824
Other assets -2,057 3,777 -3,000 3,486 -627 6,129 -9,781
Net incurrence of liabilities 32,110 59,831 35,841 43,207 34,403 181,224 132,537
Foreign direct investment in Canada 12,592 16,562 13,362 12,717 17,237 39,234 72,668
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 17,804 9,251 5,814 31,398 19,875 83,539 43,087
Canadian debt securities 7,761 -2,732 -1,645 22,029 8,240 82,572 24,191
Canadian money market instruments 3,546 -8,942 -5,152 7,206 -3,201 13,255 -2,521
Canadian bonds 4,215 6,210 3,507 14,823 11,441 69,316 26,712
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 10,043 11,983 7,459 9,369 11,635 968 18,896
Other foreign investment in Canada 1,713 34,017 16,665 -908 -2,709 58,450 16,782
Loans 1,249 664 -3,938 -1,839 1,200 6,010 2,598
Currency and deposits 527 33,581 19,202 950 -4,001 52,288 14,549
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other liabilities -62 -228 1,402 -20 92 152 -365
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) -478 -4,719 3,184 -978 5,846 881 614
Source(s):
CANSIM tables 376-0101, 376-0102, 376-0103 and 376-0104.

Table note 1

Transactions are recorded on a net basis.

Table note 2

In the financial account, a plus sign denotes an increase in investment and a minus sign denotes a decrease in investment.
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