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Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  First quarter 2014 Second quarter 2014 Third quarter 2014 Fourth quarter 2014 First quarter 2015 2013 2014
  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 -11,116 -11,272 -7,824 -11,383 -20,251 -56,307 -41,595
Current account balances -11,022 -11,270 -7,819 -11,368 -20,202 -56,254 -41,480
Goods and services -3,392 -5,848 -2,989 -5,769 -13,327 -30,219 -17,999
Goods 4,202 687 821 -711 -5,548 -7,221 4,999
Services -7,593 -6,536 -3,810 -5,058 -7,779 -22,997 -22,997
Primary income -6,259 -5,203 -4,571 -5,808 -5,543 -24,165 -21,842
Compensation of employees -471 -531 -555 -518 -462 -2,045 -2,076
Investment income -5,788 -4,672 -4,016 -5,290 -5,081 -22,120 -19,766
Direct investment -594 206 1,279 832 517 -735 1,723
Portfolio investment -4,870 -5,043 -5,202 -5,228 -5,189 -18,953 -20,342
Other investment -324 164 -93 -894 -409 -2,432 -1,147
Secondary income -1,371 -219 -259 209 -1,332 -1,870 -1,639
Capital account balance -94 -2 -4 -14 -50 -53 -115
Financial account1, 2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -11,233 -12,123 -7,123 -6,699 -21,926 -55,693 -37,178
Net acquisition of financial assets 28,501 31,027 26,726 54,542 40,124 76,845 140,797
Canadian direct investment abroad 9,316 6,684 12,309 34,706 16,499 52,042 63,014
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 16,544 5,828 18,004 16,052 -5,318 29,310 56,428
Foreign debt securities 5,833 -2,647 7,797 9,639 -1,360 23,008 20,622
Foreign money market instruments -147 1,533 -2,248 774 -168 1,586 -88
Foreign bonds 5,980 -4,180 10,044 8,865 -1,192 21,421 20,709
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 10,711 8,475 10,207 6,412 -3,958 6,302 35,806
Official international reserves 4,696 -867 -137 2,161 6,585 4,868 5,854
Other Canadian investment abroad -2,055 19,383 -3,450 1,624 22,357 -9,376 15,501
Loans -61 11,987 7,034 7,355 14,936 -419 26,316
Currency and deposits 1,012 3,882 -9,550 -3,701 3,563 824 -8,357
Other assets -3,007 3,514 -935 -2,030 3,858 -9,781 -2,458
Net incurrence of liabilities 39,734 43,150 33,849 61,241 62,050 132,537 177,975
Foreign direct investment in Canada 14,467 12,741 15,785 20,390 6,670 72,668 63,383
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 7,984 31,400 20,530 261 37,571 43,087 60,175
Canadian debt securities 525 22,032 8,676 3,727 28,121 24,191 34,959
Canadian money market instruments -5,152 7,206 -3,194 -1,615 -13,262 -2,521 -2,755
Canadian bonds 5,677 14,826 11,870 5,341 41,383 26,712 37,715
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 7,459 9,369 11,854 -3,466 9,450 18,896 25,216
Other foreign investment in Canada 17,283 -991 -2,466 40,590 17,809 16,782 54,417
Loans -3,275 -1,879 1,293 6,712 -253 2,598 2,851
Currency and deposits 19,202 950 -4,116 33,119 17,950 14,549 49,155
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other liabilities 1,357 -63 357 759 112 -365 2,411
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) -117 -851 701 4,684 -1,675 614 4,417
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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