Table 1.
Canada-United States Current Account Reconciliation - 2010

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Table summary
This table displays the results of table 1. canada-united states current account reconciliation - 2010 official statistics, common-basis estimates after definitional and methodological adjustments, reconciled estimates, including statistical adjustments, total adjustments to published estimates, canada, united states and difference, calculated using millions of canadian dollars and millions of u.s. dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Official statistics Common-basis estimates after definitional and methodological adjustments Reconciled estimates, including statistical adjustments Total adjustments to published estimates
Canada Canada United States Difference Canada United States Difference Canada United States Canada United States
millions of Canadian dollars millions of U.S. dollars
Northbound  
Goods and services 317,367 308,059 301,160 6,899 304,771 301,165 3,606 307,049 307,049 -1,010 5,889
Goods, balance of payments basis 259,933 252,388 250,132 2,256 250,549 249,877 672 250,407 250,407 -1,981 275
Services 57,434 55,671 51,029 4,642 54,222 51,288 2,934 56,642 56,642 971 5,613
Travel 18,177 17,649 16,629 1,020 17,649 17,898 -249 17,754 17,754 105 1,125
Passenger fares 4,418 4,292 4,283 9 4,292 4,283 9 4,292 4,292 0 9
Other transportation 3,872 3,758 2,994 764 3,876 3,254 622 3,623 3,623 -135 629
Freight 3,227 3,131 2,466 665 3,022 2,452 570 2,747 2,747 -384 281
Port services 535 519 528 -9 747 788 -41 769 769 250 241
Other 110 107 0 107 107 14 93 107 107 0 107
Other services 30,966 29,972 27,122 2,850 28,405 25,853 2,552 30,973 30,973 1,001 3,851
Affiliated 18,358 17,825 9,369 8,456 17,498 9,369 8,129 13,458 13,458 -4,367 4,089
Unaffiliated 12,608 12,147 17,571 -5,424 10,907 16,302 -5,395 17,333 17,333 5,186 -238
U.S. military sales 0 0 182 -182 0 182 -182 182 182 182 0
Income 52,700 51,170 49,807 1,363 48,585 51,067 -2,482 49,821 49,821 -1,349 14
Investment income 52,228 50,712 49,627 1,085 48,127 50,886 -2,759 49,640 49,640 -1,072 13
Direct investment 24,826 24,105 30,326 -6,221 23,556 30,326 -6,770 26,941 26,941 2,836 -3,385
Earnings of affiliates 23,010 22,342 29,728 -7,386 22,342 29,728 -7,386 26,035 26,035 3,693 -3,693
Interest 1,816 1,763 598 1,165 1,214 598 616 906 906 -857 308
Other investment 27,403 26,607 19,301 7,306 24,571 20,560 4,011 22,699 22,699 -3,908 3,398
Securities 24,533 23,821 17,821 6,000 23,498 19,260 4,238 21,511 21,511 -2,310 3,690
U.S. claims/Canadian liabiliaties 2,869 2,786 1,477 1,309 1,073 1,297 -224 1,185 1,185 -1,601 -292
Other 0 0 3 -3 0 3 -3 3 3 3 0
Compensation of employees 472 458 181 277 458 181 277 181 181 -277 0
Current unilateral transfers 2,195 2,131 (1) 2,131 1,538 -178 1,716 -388 -388 -2,519 -388
Current account, northbound 372,262 361,360 350,968 10,392 354,894 352,054 2,840 356,482 356,482 -4,878 5,514
Southbound  
Goods and services 338,837 329,002 307,713 21,289 328,997 319,424 9,573 330,890 330,890 1,888 23,177
Goods, balance of payments basis 295,420 286,844 281,034 5,810 289,492 292,214 -2,722 292,318 292,318 5,474 11,284
Services 43,416 42,158 26,679 15,479 39,505 27,210 12,295 38,572 38,572 -3,586 11,893
Travel 7,232 7,024 6,668 356 7,024 6,957 67 7,024 7,024 0 356
Passenger fares 494 480 478 2 480 478 2 480 480 0 2
Other transportation 5,478 5,319 4,432 887 5,332 4,963 369 5,107 5,107 -212 675
Freight 4,246 4,123 3,807 316 4,123 3,627 496 3,829 3,829 -294 22
Port services 1,111 1,079 625 454 1,154 1,271 -117 1,213 1,213 134 588
Other 120 117 0 117 55 65 -10 65 65 -52 65
Other services 30,212 29,335 15,101 14,234 26,669 14,812 11,857 25,961 25,961 -3,374 10,860
Affiliated 16,159 15,690 6,970 8,720 14,671 6,970 7,701 13,310 13,310 -2,380 6,340
Unaffiliated 14,053 13,645 7,861 5,784 11,752 7,572 4,180 12,381 12,381 -1,264 4,520
U.S. defense expenditures 0 0 270 -270 246 270 -24 270 270 270 0
Income 22,487 21,852 23,281 -1,429 19,998 23,100 -3,102 21,701 21,701 -151 -1,580
Investment income 21,829 21,213 22,641 -1,428 19,359 22,460 -3,101 21,061 21,061 -152 -1,580
Direct investment 10,374 10,027 11,636 -1,609 9,275 11,636 -2,361 10,456 10,456 429 -1,180
Earnings of affiliates 9,509 9,233 11,046 -1,813 8,861 11,046 -2,185 9,954 9,954 721 -1,092
Interest 866 794 590 204 414 590 -176 502 502 -292 -88
Other investment 11,455 11,186 11,005 181 10,084 10,824 -740 10,605 10,605 -581 -400
Other private investment 10,415 10,176 9,950 226 9,212 9,769 -557 9,641 9,641 -535 -309
Securities 9,106 8,905 9,244 -339 8,280 9,252 -972 8,862 8,862 -43 -382
Canadian claims/U.S. liabiliaties 1,309 1,271 706 565 932 517 415 779 779 -492 73
U.S. Government liabilities 1,040 1,010 1,055 -45 872 1,055 -183 964 964 -46 -91
Compensation of employees 658 639 640 -1 639 640 -1 640 640 1 0
Current unilateral transfers 5,225 5,073 1,886 3,187 1,829 1,708 121 1,659 1,659 -3,414 -227
Current account, southbound 366,549 355,927 332,880 23,047 350,824 344,232 6,592 354,250 354,250 -1,677 21,370
Balance (2)  
Current account -5,713 -5,433 18,088   -4,070 7,822   -2,232 2,232    
Note 1.

Current unilateral transfers are published on a net basis in the U.S. accounts and appear as net payments under Southbound.

Note 2.

A Canadian surplus (+) is a U.S. deficit (-), and a U.S. surplus (+) is a Canadian deficit (-).
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