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Canada: Net foreign assets

11.25Bcurrent LCU · 2008+138.8% since 1998

Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units. Annual figures for Canada from 1960 to 2008.

19692008

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
200811,252,023,000
20078,260,995,000
200610,228,198,000
20056,576,969,000
20045,092,942,000
20035,288,051,000
20024,899,535,000
20015,408,650,000
20004,366,603,613.618
1999-7,087,900,148.251
1998-29,011,655,225.893
1997-29,137,501,634.267
1996-9,262,585,744.158
1995-5,849,208,000.297
1994-25,873,984,187.33
1993-23,351,657,629.75
1992-23,699,064,859.5
1991-25,096,862,321.116
1990-19,180,296,375.364
1989-16,457,261,941.423
1988-19,319,822,074.958
1987-21,021,790,938.459
1986-19,584,979,773.449
1985-25,278,137,382.876
1984-24,412,162,699.97
1983-22,582,484,476.963
1982-20,248,922,157.096
1981-24,008,469,355.353
1980-5,378,782,480.465
1979-3,525,292,060.966
1978874,968,244.914
19773,657,500,849.603
19765,076,078,578.831
19753,603,162,970.235
19743,372,317,631.998
19732,057,151,492.861
19721,283,403,142.448
19711,673,489,269.324
19703,119,228,926.287
19692,729,894,951.009
19681,883,211,359.573
19671,744,321,233.532
19661,520,051,785.065
1965763,904,999.267
19641,078,075,499.59
1963444,784,900.063
1962-157,815,179.713
1961198,946,875.567
1960127,609,919.696

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World Bank (2026). Net foreign assets. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-foreign-assets (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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