Canada - Changes in net reserves

Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$) in Canada was $20,508,840,000 as of 2021. Over the past 61 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $20,508,840,000 in 2021 and ($5,110,828,000) in 1978.

Definition: Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 ($40,323,200)
1961 $293,067,500
1962 $136,422,700
1963 $132,020,900
1964 $334,485,000
1965 $146,233,000
1966 ($334,486,900)
1967 $16,097,400
1968 $329,353,100
1969 $60,456,790
1970 $1,654,457,000
1971 $889,491,200
1972 $376,328,700
1973 ($467,519,600)
1974 $24,987,190
1975 ($398,091,600)
1976 $569,284,200
1977 ($1,356,465,000)
1978 ($5,110,828,000)
1979 $298,104,300
1980 ($349,310,200)
1981 $562,541,100
1982 ($495,839,000)
1983 $490,133,300
1984 ($853,645,600)
1985 ($63,176,350)
1986 $636,210,900
1987 $3,877,432,000
1988 $8,150,472,000
1989 $692,972,700
1990 $1,138,866,000
1991 ($1,848,236,000)
1992 ($4,785,301,000)
1993 $904,504,400
1994 ($392,582,400)
1995 $2,710,713,000
1996 $5,497,494,000
1997 ($2,393,279,000)
1998 $4,996,163,000
1999 $5,933,202,000
2000 $3,719,099,000
2001 $2,171,761,000
2002 ($183,811,400)
2003 ($3,255,050,000)
2004 ($2,828,652,000)
2005 $1,337,817,000
2006 $830,054,300
2007 $3,904,136,000
2008 $1,768,424,000
2009 $10,470,930,000
2010 $3,814,579,000
2011 $7,916,719,000
2012 $1,729,256,000
2013 $4,750,793,000
2014 $5,274,308,000
2015 $8,480,410,000
2016 $5,603,378,000
2017 $856,690,100
2018 ($1,602,695,000)
2019 $147,896,000
2020 $1,281,870,000
2021 $20,508,840,000

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments