National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Income and by Expenditure Accounts

Current transactions with non-residents of economy, category

Current transactions with non-residents refers to exports of goods and services less imports of goods and services, plus net investment income from non-residents and net current transfers from non-residents.

Economy refers to the entire set of resident institutional units. It is divided into sectors that consists of groups of resident institutional units. An institutional unit is resident in a country when it has a centre of economic interest in the economic territory of that country. It is said to have a centre of economic interest when there exists some location - dwelling, place of production or other premises - within the economic territory on, or from, which it engages, and intends to continue to engage, in economic activities and transactions on a significant scale either indefinitely or over a finite period of time.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• List of Components of Current Transactions with Non-Residents, Reconciliation with the Canadian Balance of International Payments
  Data tables

  • Current transactions with non-residents, reconciliation with the canadian balance of international payments, 1968 System of National Accounts (SNA) Table: 380-0559