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Table 4.1-1
Canadian balance of international payments — Current account

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Current account: Part 1
  Total current account Goods and services Goods
Receipts Payments Balances Receipts Payments Balances Receipts Payments Balances
v113675 v113694 v113713 v113676 v113695 v113714 v113677 v113696 v113715
  millions of dollars
1926 1,650 1,522 128 1,601 1,233 368 1,318 1,044 274
1927 1,618 1,629 -11 1,561 1,323 238 1,260 1,127 133
1928 1,773 1,808 -35 1,711 1,482 229 1,385 1,286 99
1929 1,632 1,945 -313 1,556 1,572 -16 1,222 1,358 -136
1930 1,286 1,625 -339 1,213 1,231 -18 914 1,037 -123
1931 967 1,142 -175 903 782 121 625 629 -4
1932 804 901 -97 756 576 180 512 438 74
1933 831 833 -2 775 541 234 553 406 147
1934 1,024 954 70 947 656 291 673 529 144
1935 1,150 1,024 126 1,065 723 342 759 564 195
1936 1,437 1,192 245 1,338 845 493 988 654 334
1937 1,601 1,419 182 1,499 1,076 423 1,078 824 254
1938 1,366 1,267 99 1,277 916 361 876 691 185
1939 1,461 1,338 123 1,380 989 391 945 760 185
1940 1,775 1,639 136 1,697 1,280 417 1,240 1,072 168
1941 2,482 1,991 491 2,387 1,650 737 1,784 1,358 426
1942 3,405 3,306 99 3,295 1,975 1,320 2,593 1,490 1,103
1943 4,091 3,403 688 3,990 2,559 1,431 3,149 1,668 1,481
1944 4,584 4,526 58 4,466 3,241 1,225 3,703 1,502 2,201
1945 4,467 3,780 687 4,322 2,609 1,713 3,578 1,547 2,031
1946 3,329 2,996 333 3,182 2,480 702 2,504 1,956 548
1947 3,714 3,685 29 3,587 3,195 392 2,839 2,707 132
1948 4,104 3,687 417 3,959 3,226 733 3,174 2,767 407
1949 4,068 3,900 168 3,893 3,387 506 3,123 2,843 280
1950 4,227 4,542 -315 4,028 3,937 91 3,277 3,314 -37
1951 5,126 5,645 -519 4,908 5,045 -137 4,130 4,294 -164
1952 5,643 5,447 196 5,373 4,863 510 4,546 4,064 482
1953 5,456 5,899 -443 5,174 5,311 -137 4,316 4,421 -105
1954 5,217 5,631 -414 4,944 5,023 -79 4,098 4,105 -7
1955 5,840 6,497 -657 5,536 5,804 -268 4,537 4,746 -209
1956 6,445 7,785 -1,340 6,141 7,007 -866 5,057 5,823 -766
1957 6,488 7,906 -1,418 6,158 6,995 -837 5,111 5,728 -617
1958 6,403 7,478 -1,075 6,072 6,559 -487 5,091 5,260 -169
1959 6,778 8,209 -1,431 6,403 7,168 -765 5,373 5,780 -407
1960 7,113 8,264 -1,151 6,728 7,219 -491 5,619 5,735 -116
1961 7,784 8,898 -1,114 7,283 7,492 -209 6,112 5,982 131
1962 8,514 9,664 -1,151 7,920 8,018 -97 6,643 6,491 152
1963 9,342 10,249 -907 8,693 8,359 334 7,319 6,806 513
1964 10,895 11,384 -490 10,094 9,486 608 8,607 7,745 863
1965 11,629 13,416 -1,787 10,733 10,811 -78 9,109 8,917 192
1966 13,583 15,285 -1,702 12,537 12,522 15 10,681 10,389 292
1967 15,171 16,552 -1,381 14,122 13,412 710 11,685 11,079 606
1968 17,363 18,422 -1,058 16,116 15,188 928 14,111 12,642 1,469
1969 19,372 21,467 -2,095 17,753 17,655 99 15,476 14,533 943
1970 22,436 21,942 494 20,048 17,746 2,302 17,471 14,299 3,172
1971 23,167 24,214 -1,046 21,022 19,405 1,617 18,351 15,778 2,573
1972 25,428 27,813 -2,385 23,710 22,724 986 20,954 18,842 2,113
1973 32,999 35,054 -2,055 29,737 27,937 1,800 26,502 23,358 3,144
1974 42,098 46,573 -4,475 37,593 37,411 182 33,522 31,804 1,718
1975 43,038 51,357 -8,319 38,764 41,875 -3,111 34,366 34,959 -594
1976 48,067 55,611 -7,544 44,070 45,577 -1,507 39,131 37,608 1,524
1977 56,058 63,465 -7,407 50,956 51,448 -492 45,629 42,520 3,109
1978 66,872 76,222 -9,350 60,984 60,213 771 54,738 50,104 4,634
1979 84,918 94,750 -9,832 74,707 73,331 1,375 67,111 62,519 4,592
1980 98,419 105,540 -7,120 87,688 82,169 5,519 78,992 69,704 9,288
1981 108,933 123,927 -14,994 96,287 94,031 2,257 86,219 79,684 6,534
1982 112,362 110,060 2,302 96,639 82,383 14,257 86,698 68,041 18,657
1983 115,409 118,541 -3,132 103,700 90,903 12,797 92,914 75,441 17,473
1984 143,435 145,109 -1,673 127,663 112,419 15,244 115,673 95,404 20,269
1985 151,338 159,166 -7,828 136,222 125,592 10,629 122,803 106,598 16,206
1986 155,323 170,836 -15,514 141,561 137,228 4,333 125,172 115,195 9,977
1987 162,736 180,542 -17,806 148,823 142,722 6,101 131,484 119,324 12,160
1988 181,791 200,120 -18,328 162,800 158,578 4,222 143,534 132,715 10,819
1989 186,280 212,091 -25,812 167,740 168,140 -400 146,963 139,217 7,747
1990 194,972 218,107 -23,135 174,437 174,018 419 152,056 141,000 11,056
1991 188,719 214,348 -25,629 170,993 175,401 -4,408 147,669 140,658 7,011
1992 205,455 230,815 -25,360 188,585 191,674 -3,089 163,464 154,430 9,034
1993 235,576 263,670 -28,093 218,444 218,964 -520 190,213 177,123 13,090
1994 285,601 303,331 -17,730 260,917 252,285 8,632 228,167 207,873 20,295
1995 330,978 337,078 -6,099 301,130 275,869 25,261 265,334 229,937 35,397
1996 351,038 346,438 4,600 319,965 286,650 33,315 280,079 237,689 42,391
1997 385,415 396,812 -11,397 347,134 330,346 16,788 303,378 277,727 25,652
1998 414,777 426,140 -11,363 377,385 359,947 17,438 327,162 303,399 23,763
1999 461,219 458,649 2,570 422,670 387,298 35,373 369,035 327,026 42,009
2000 531,961 502,692 29,269 489,090 427,836 61,254 429,372 362,337 67,036
2001 513,754 488,649 25,104 480,795 417,945 62,850 420,730 350,071 70,659
2002 514,913 495,135 19,778 477,522 427,434 50,088 414,039 356,727 57,311
2003 496,899 482,250 14,649 460,903 416,011 44,892 399,122 342,710 56,413
2004 539,637 509,800 29,837 494,387 439,575 54,811 429,006 363,158 65,848
2005 575,612 549,710 25,902 517,809 467,492 50,317 450,210 387,838 62,372
2006 598,265 577,932 20,333 522,620 486,952 35,668 453,951 404,345 49,606
2007 618,798 603,192 15,606 532,763 503,840 28,924 463,127 415,229 47,898
2008 642,324 634,209 8,115 560,335 535,965 24,370 489,857 442,988 46,869
Current account: Part 2
  Services Investment Income Current transfers, balances
Receipts Payments Balances of which: travel Receipts Payments of which: interest Balance
v113679 v113697 v113717 v113718 v113685 v113703 v113705 v113723 v113727
  millions of dollars
1926 253 189 64 53 32 240 145 -208 -32
1927 269 196 73 63 41 257 151 -216 -33
1928 286 196 90 79 46 275 160 -229 -35
1929 297 214 83 90 61 322 164 -261 -36
1930 260 194 66 88 59 348 171 -289 -32
1931 221 153 68 82 48 330 180 -282 -14
1932 174 138 36 65 37 302 172 -265 -12
1933 140 135 5 45 38 269 169 -231 -5
1934 160 127 33 56 57 274 168 -217 -4
1935 187 159 28 53 64 277 155 -213 -3
1936 218 191 27 67 75 320 156 -245 -3
1937 276 252 24 79 76 312 142 -236 -5
1938 240 225 15 63 66 317 139 -251 -11
1939 251 229 22 68 57 316 136 -259 -9
1940 254 208 46 61 52 326 138 -274 -7
1941 399 292 107 90 60 310 129 -250 4
1942 518 485 33 55 67 299 118 -232 -989
1943 699 891 -192 52 59 288 122 -229 -514
1944 653 1,739 -1,086 61 71 291 129 -220 -947
1945 648 1,062 -414 82 80 280 131 -200 -826
1946 582 524 58 86 92 374 165 -282 -87
1947 649 488 161 84 75 397 154 -322 -41
1948 666 459 207 145 86 394 151 -308 -8
1949 631 544 87 92 111 466 157 -355 17
1950 588 623 -35 49 130 555 166 -425 19
1951 628 751 -123 -6 144 535 180 -391 9
1952 677 799 -122 -66 183 507 174 -324 10
1953 714 890 -176 -63 194 495 189 -301 -5
1954 691 918 -227 -84 181 520 194 -339 4
1955 844 1,058 -214 -121 201 586 199 -385 -4
1956 937 1,184 -247 -161 196 657 214 -461 -13
1957 903 1,267 -364 -162 208 771 254 -563 -18
1958 824 1,299 -475 -193 238 763 275 -525 -63
1959 882 1,388 -506 -207 251 860 306 -609 -57
1960 947 1,484 -537 -207 254 870 330 -616 -44
1961 1,009 1,511 -502 -89 316 1,204 401 -888 -16
1962 1,123 1,527 -404 19 398 1,460 421 -1,062 9
1963 1,220 1,553 -333 81 446 1,652 473 -1,205 -36
1964 1,342 1,742 -400 24 579 1,655 484 -1,077 -21
1965 1,486 1,894 -408 27 638 2,311 541 -1,673 -36
1966 1,729 2,132 -403 25 752 2,388 666 -1,637 -81
1967 2,325 2,333 -8 476 730 2,711 694 -1,981 -110
1968 1,972 2,546 -574 68 936 2,881 769 -1,945 -41
1969 2,278 3,122 -844 -59 1,286 3,395 914 -2,109 -85
1970 2,577 3,447 -870 -54 2,006 3,697 1,011 -1,692 -116
1971 2,671 3,627 -956 -42 1,705 4,299 1,024 -2,594 -69
1972 2,755 3,882 -1,127 -68 1,258 4,512 1,167 -3,255 -116
1973 3,235 4,579 -1,344 -77 2,723 6,478 1,299 -3,755 -100
1974 4,071 5,607 -1,536 -54 3,839 8,396 1,421 -4,557 -100
1975 4,398 6,916 -2,518 -468 3,552 8,501 1,735 -4,949 -259
1976 4,938 7,969 -3,031 -843 3,221 9,077 2,659 -5,856 -181
1977 5,327 8,928 -3,601 -1,206 4,237 10,921 3,392 -6,683 -231
1978 6,246 10,109 -3,863 -1,346 4,923 14,700 4,154 -9,778 -343
1979 7,596 10,813 -3,217 -772 8,997 19,977 4,781 -10,980 -228
1980 8,696 12,465 -3,770 -880 9,200 21,792 5,436 -12,592 -47
1981 10,069 14,347 -4,278 -672 10,981 28,201 6,744 -17,220 -30
1982 9,941 14,342 -4,400 -747 13,919 25,719 8,679 -11,800 -154
1983 10,786 15,462 -4,675 -1,432 10,029 25,543 9,458 -15,514 -415
1984 11,989 17,015 -5,025 -1,289 14,094 30,166 10,920 -16,072 -845
1985 13,418 18,995 -5,576 -1,307 13,431 30,933 12,410 -17,502 -955
1986 16,389 22,033 -5,644 -542 11,165 30,629 14,034 -19,464 -383
1987 17,339 23,398 -6,059 -1,719 11,703 34,434 15,146 -22,731 -1,176
1988 19,267 25,863 -6,597 -2,153 16,262 37,764 17,024 -21,502 -1,049
1989 20,777 28,923 -8,147 -3,147 15,902 40,162 18,444 -24,260 -1,151
1990 22,381 33,018 -10,637 -5,359 17,581 40,206 20,305 -22,625 -929
1991 23,324 34,743 -11,419 -6,062 14,820 34,761 21,458 -19,941 -1,280
1992 25,122 37,245 -12,123 -6,357 13,770 34,903 23,109 -21,133 -1,137
1993 28,230 41,840 -13,610 -5,879 13,787 40,619 25,291 -26,832 -742
1994 32,750 44,413 -11,663 -4,120 21,100 46,990 27,756 -25,889 -472
1995 35,796 45,933 -10,136 -3,274 25,898 57,089 30,057 -31,191 -169
1996 39,886 48,961 -9,076 -3,604 26,176 55,571 28,979 -29,395 680
1997 43,755 52,619 -8,864 -3,652 33,252 62,133 29,519 -28,882 697
1998 50,223 56,549 -6,325 -2,010 32,338 61,965 31,302 -29,627 826
1999 53,636 60,272 -6,636 -1,951 32,905 66,518 30,676 -33,613 810
2000 59,718 65,500 -5,782 -2,447 36,755 69,863 29,838 -33,109 1,124
2001 60,065 67,874 -7,809 -2,050 25,990 65,320 30,668 -39,330 1,584
2002 63,483 70,707 -7,224 -1,659 30,502 60,799 30,804 -30,297 -12
2003 61,781 73,302 -11,521 -3,951 29,253 59,284 28,816 -30,031 -212
2004 65,381 76,417 -11,037 -3,257 38,095 62,399 27,964 -24,304 -670
2005 67,599 79,654 -12,055 -5,191 49,768 72,685 28,165 -22,917 -1,498
2006 68,669 82,607 -13,937 -6,792 66,086 79,993 29,074 -13,907 -1,429
2007 69,637 88,611 -18,974 -10,043 76,546 87,880 30,999 -11,334 -1,984
2008 70,478 92,977 -22,499 -12,615 71,667 86,891 31,981 -15,223 -1,031
Note(s):
Quarterly data, when presented in this table, are unadjusted for seasonality.
Source(s):
Canada's Balance of International Payments (Catalogue no. 67-001-XIE), Client services (613-951-1855). Cansim tables: 376-0005 and 376-0001.
Date Modified: 2009-08-13

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