Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted 

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  First quarter 2016 Second quarter 2016 Third quarter 2016 Fourth quarter 2016 First quarter 2017 2015 2016
  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 -19,623 -20,645 -18,717 -8,075 -16,261 -67,659 -67,059
Current account balances -19,572 -20,645 -18,677 -8,075 -16,210 -67,552 -66,968
Goods and services -13,304 -18,856 -14,169 -1,721 -8,828 -47,457 -48,049
Goods -5,287 -12,676 -10,941 2,905 -748 -23,002 -26,000
Services -8,017 -6,179 -3,228 -4,626 -8,079 -24,455 -22,050
Primary income -4,201 -1,806 -4,040 -5,742 -5,992 -16,489 -15,789
Compensation of employees -429 -503 -492 -451 -425 -1,960 -1,876
Investment income -3,772 -1,303 -3,547 -5,291 -5,567 -14,529 -13,913
Direct investment 2,659 4,100 2,329 794 1,266 8,643 9,883
Portfolio investment -5,651 -5,327 -5,596 -5,825 -5,945 -22,329 -22,400
Other investment -780 -76 -281 -260 -888 -844 -1,397
Secondary income -2,067 17 -469 -612 -1,390 -3,606 -3,131
Capital account balance -51 0 -40 0 -51 -106 -91
Financial account1,2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -17,948 -17,883 -14,026 -13,511 -15,431 -68,275 -63,369
Net acquisition of financial assets 15,031 74,599 44,628 64,888 58,023 201,722 199,146
Direct investment assets 16,683 13,502 25,753 33,344 49,301 102,158 89,283
Direct investment assets, equity 15,442 18,960 24,736 32,159 49,449 80,604 91,295
Direct investment assets, debt instruments 1,241 -5,458 1,018 1,186 -149 21,554 -2,013
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities -8,774 13,812 8,008 747 31,851 60,236 13,792
Foreign debt securities 5,204 1,676 -3,705 -9,390 5,617 34,873 -6,214
Foreign money market instruments -1,182 11 695 -1,128 2,370 -1,441 -1,604
Foreign bonds 6,387 1,665 -4,399 -8,262 3,247 36,314 -4,610
Foreign equity and investment fund shares -13,978 12,135 11,713 10,137 26,234 25,363 20,006
Official international reserves 1,553 2,552 1,464 1,912 -807 10,911 7,481
Other Canadian investment abroad 5,569 44,733 9,403 28,884 -22,322 28,417 88,590
Loans 12,881 2,455 334 -5,640 8,721 22,644 10,030
Currency and deposits 1,041 37,366 5,970 13,814 -29,275 4,235 58,191
Trade credits and advances 82 -254 -96 1,088 -214 173 819
Other accounts receivable -8,435 5,167 3,195 19,623 -1,555 1,365 19,549
Net incurrence of liabilities 32,979 92,482 58,655 78,399 73,454 269,997 262,515
Direct investment liabilities 10,364 12,621 7,985 11,537 8,678 69,508 42,507
Direct investment liabilities, equity 6,033 8,568 13,828 14,040 10,334 76,364 42,470
Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments 4,331 4,052 -5,843 -2,503 -1,656 -6,857 37
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 49,412 43,131 39,667 33,516 60,668 106,024 165,726
Canadian debt securities 39,182 27,130 29,494 16,546 22,505 91,599 112,352
Canadian money market instruments 3,881 1,642 -7,143 4,727 -3,903 6,058 3,107
Canadian bonds 35,301 25,487 36,637 11,819 26,408 85,542 109,245
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 10,230 16,001 10,173 16,970 38,163 14,425 53,374
Other foreign investment in Canada -26,797 36,730 11,002 33,346 4,108 94,466 54,282
Loans 2,072 2,412 -3,468 10,500 2,924 12,009 11,516
Currency and deposits -29,316 34,521 14,033 22,841 800 80,474 42,079
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trade credits and advances 229 -521 45 -236 141 915 -483
Other accounts payable 217 317 392 242 242 1,068 1,170
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) 1,675 2,762 4,690 -5,437 830 -616 3,691
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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