Table 2 
Current account – Seasonally adjusted 

Current account – Seasonally adjusted
  Third quarter 2016 Fourth quarter 2016 First quarter 2017 Second quarter 2017 Third quarter 2017 2015 2016
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars
Current account receipts 186,772 193,088 196,071 201,092 190,221 730,209 740,191
Goods and services 158,248 164,346 166,618 170,248 159,148 628,955 630,355
Goods 130,843 136,673 138,713 142,081 131,075 524,972 521,470
Services 27,405 27,673 27,906 28,167 28,073 103,983 108,885
Travel 6,046 6,245 6,430 6,479 6,425 21,157 23,886
Transportation 4,107 4,094 4,183 4,358 4,235 15,556 16,067
Commercial services 16,865 16,938 16,901 16,938 17,024 65,705 67,366
Government services 388 397 392 391 388 1,565 1,566
Primary income 25,653 25,702 26,321 27,700 27,916 90,326 97,980
Compensation of employees 426 433 433 442 436 1,629 1,709
Investment income 25,227 25,269 25,888 27,259 27,479 88,696 96,271
Direct investment 14,463 14,413 15,112 16,422 16,703 51,150 54,228
Interest 1,553 1,508 1,503 1,582 1,569 5,061 6,011
Profits 12,910 12,906 13,609 14,840 15,134 46,089 48,217
Portfolio investment 7,969 8,020 7,978 8,102 7,930 29,272 31,714
Interest on debt securities 2,734 2,699 2,673 2,626 2,682 9,017 10,683
Dividends on equity and investment fund shares 5,235 5,321 5,305 5,476 5,248 20,255 21,031
Other investment 2,795 2,835 2,797 2,734 2,846 8,274 10,328
Secondary income 2,871 3,040 3,132 3,143 3,158 10,928 11,856
Private transfers 953 975 1,000 1,054 935 3,592 4,509
Government transfers 1,917 2,065 2,132 2,089 2,223 7,336 7,346
Current account payments 203,814 204,361 209,700 216,679 209,567 801,735 805,563
Goods and services 171,572 170,232 175,316 181,663 174,209 678,264 679,539
Goods 138,363 136,687 141,230 147,368 140,005 548,707 547,341
Services 33,208 33,545 34,086 34,295 34,205 129,557 132,198
Travel 9,598 9,845 10,106 10,248 10,455 38,525 38,096
Transportation 6,774 6,650 6,806 7,042 6,959 26,367 26,561
Commercial services 16,531 16,747 16,874 16,708 16,485 63,395 66,346
Government services 305 304 301 297 305 1,270 1,196
Primary income 28,421 30,136 30,603 31,237 31,331 108,568 110,657
Compensation of employees 932 935 938 936 933 3,733 3,734
Investment income 27,489 29,201 29,664 30,302 30,398 104,834 106,923
Direct investment 10,967 12,298 12,598 12,328 12,586 44,058 41,580
Interest 1,053 1,053 965 963 909 4,826 4,307
Profits 9,914 11,245 11,633 11,365 11,677 39,232 37,273
Portfolio investment 13,307 13,578 13,654 14,337 14,245 51,437 53,424
Interest on debt securities 9,868 10,092 10,055 10,655 10,557 37,903 39,533
Dividends on equity and investment fund shares 3,439 3,485 3,599 3,682 3,688 13,534 13,891
Other investment 3,215 3,326 3,413 3,638 3,567 9,339 11,919
Secondary income 3,821 3,993 3,782 3,779 4,026 14,904 15,367
Private transfers 2,525 2,516 2,458 2,512 2,530 9,757 10,073
Government transfers 1,296 1,477 1,323 1,267 1,497 5,147 5,294
Current account balances -17,042 -11,272 -13,629 -15,587 -19,346 -71,526 -65,372
Goods and services -13,323 -5,886 -8,697 -11,415 -15,062 -49,308 -49,184
Goods -7,520 -14 -2,517 -5,287 -8,929 -23,735 -25,871
Services -5,803 -5,872 -6,181 -6,128 -6,132 -25,574 -23,313
Travel -3,553 -3,600 -3,676 -3,769 -4,031 -17,368 -14,209
Transportation -2,667 -2,556 -2,623 -2,684 -2,724 -10,811 -10,494
Commercial services 334 191 27 230 539 2,310 1,020
Government services 83 93 91 94 83 294 370
Primary income -2,768 -4,433 -4,282 -3,537 -3,416 -18,242 -12,677
Compensation of employees -506 -502 -505 -494 -497 -2,104 -2,025
Investment income -2,262 -3,932 -3,777 -3,043 -2,919 -16,138 -10,652
Direct investment 3,496 2,116 2,514 4,094 4,117 7,092 12,648
Interest 500 455 538 619 659 235 1,704
Profits 2,996 1,661 1,976 3,476 3,457 6,857 10,944
Portfolio investment -5,338 -5,557 -5,676 -6,234 -6,315 -22,165 -21,709
Interest on debt securities -7,134 -7,393 -7,382 -8,028 -7,875 -28,886 -28,850
Dividends on equity and investment fund shares 1,796 1,836 1,706 1,794 1,560 6,721 7,141
Other investment -420 -491 -615 -903 -721 -1,065 -1,591
Secondary income -951 -953 -650 -636 -869 -3,975 -3,511
Private transfers -1,572 -1,541 -1,458 -1,458 -1,595 -6,165 -5,564
Government transfers 621 588 808 823 726 2,189 2,052
Source(s):
CANSIM tables 376-0101 and 376-0105.
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