Canada's balance of international payments and international investment position
Subtitle: concepts, sources, methods and products.
Contributors: Statistics Canada. Balance of Payments Division.
Series: System of national accounts
Publisher: Statistics Canada, Balance of Payments Division
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Ottawa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Balance of payments -- Canada -- Statistics.; Balance of trade -- Canada -- Statistics.; Investments, Foreign -- Statistics.
Genres: Statistics.
Description: Describes the statistical system used to produce Canada's balance of international payments and international investment position. Each of the accounts of these two statements is described in terms of concepts, data sources, methods and products. The Canadian practice is related to international standards. The publication concludes with a discussion of future challenges to maintain and enhance this statistical system. An extensive glossary is included. Some historical perspective is provided, notably in the Appendices where a summary of time series is provided along with a chronology of events that affected Canada's external sector over the last half of the XXth century. A description of the foundation of statistics is essential to help users in assessing the quality of data.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192) and index.
"Catalogue no. 67-506-XPE"--Cover.
Issued also in French under title: La balance des paiements internationaux et le bilan des investissements internationaux du Canada.