Table 1 
Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted 

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Balance of payments – Not seasonally adjusted
  Third quarter 2020 Fourth quarter 2020 First quarter 2021 Second quarter 2021 Third quarter 2021 2019 2020
  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 -15,581 1,018 2,307 -19 -3,318 -47,130 -39,463
Current account balances -15,581 1,018 2,345 -19 -3,318 -47,041 -39,415
Goods and services -13,485 -5,574 4,665 -894 -2,257 -36,398 -45,361
Goods -12,964 -7,706 3,092 -118 -368 -18,409 -39,825
Services -521 2,132 1,573 -776 -1,889 -17,989 -5,536
Primary income -1,183 7,602 478 1,799 -1,137 -7,884 10,186
Compensation of employees -1,032 -1,033 -1,041 -1,061 -1,077 -6,188 -4,263
Investment income -150 8,635 1,519 2,860 -60 -1,696 14,449
Direct investment 6,647 15,345 9,769 8,757 7,243 29,494 42,169
Portfolio investment -5,838 -5,799 -5,399 -5,295 -5,304 -28,986 -24,842
Other investment -959 -912 -2,851 -603 -1,999 -2,204 -2,878
Secondary income -913 -1,010 -2,798 -925 77 -2,759 -4,240
Capital account balance 0 0 -38 0 0 -89 -48
Financial account1,2              
Net lending / net borrowing, from financial account -16,551 3,691 445 5,737 285 -50,774 -39,273
Net acquisition of financial assets 17,037 213,871 -14,194 95,135 118,334 269,549 222,401
Direct investment assets 21,147 20,309 10,458 22,010 21,235 103,303 67,122
Direct investment assets, equity 18,092 18,132 19,461 18,526 19,903 98,263 65,960
Direct investment assets, debt instruments 3,055 2,176 -9,003 3,484 1,332 5,040 1,161
Canadian portfolio investment in foreign securities 20,069 45,192 36,954 57,069 27,586 33,405 44,022
Foreign debt securities 6,608 7,142 5,074 19,883 8,169 27,716 1,749
Foreign money market instruments -1,779 818 416 385 -2,765 -1,470 1,948
Foreign bonds 8,388 6,323 4,658 19,498 10,933 29,186 -199
Foreign equity and investment fund shares 13,460 38,050 31,880 37,186 19,418 5,688 42,273
Official international reserves 2,513 -1,010 -5,468 6,060 23,288 127 1,772
Other Canadian investment abroad -26,691 149,381 -56,139 9,995 46,225 132,715 109,485
Loans -24,568 34,313 -21,175 -17,932 42,299 66,910 8,963
Currency and deposits -21,288 60,893 7,526 16,065 6,476 25,636 70,039
Trade credits and advances 539 -156 495 248 -80 901 -386
Other accounts receivable 18,626 54,331 -42,984 11,613 -2,470 39,268 30,870
Net incurrence of liabilities 33,588 210,181 -14,639 89,398 118,049 320,323 261,674
Direct investment liabilities 11,006 3,820 24,014 13,881 18,182 64,508 35,802
Direct investment liabilities, equity 4,212 2,999 16,127 14,378 15,694 66,864 25,991
Direct investment liabilities, debt instruments 6,794 821 7,887 -497 2,489 -2,355 9,811
Foreign portfolio investment in Canadian securities 14,197 26,233 16,178 52,916 56,862 35,554 134,945
Canadian debt securities 7,043 14,293 -9,590 52,579 55,257 37,956 148,960
Canadian money market instruments 8,035 7,836 -11,858 26,759 5,707 4,527 20,308
Canadian bonds -992 6,457 2,268 25,820 49,550 33,429 128,652
Canadian equity and investment fund shares 7,153 11,939 25,768 337 1,605 -2,403 -14,015
Other foreign investment in Canada 8,385 180,129 -54,830 22,600 43,005 220,261 90,926
Loans 8,842 50,701 -19,476 -17,577 36,012 58,951 30,908
Currency and deposits -794 129,369 -36,018 39,012 -12,514 149,070 58,146
Special drawing rights 0 0 0 0 18,943 0 0
Trade credits and advances 202 -104 346 508 -91 2,832 -94
Other accounts payable 136 163 319 658 656 9,408 1,965
Discrepancy (net errors and omissions) -970 2,673 -1,863 5,757 3,603 -3,644 189
Source(s):
Tables 36-10-0016-01, 36-10-0014-01, 36-10-0472-01 and 36-10-0471-01.

Table note 1

Transactions are recorded on a net basis.

Table note 2

In the financial account, a positive value denotes an increase in investment and a negative value denotes a decrease in investment.
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