Supporting Documentation: Foreign exchange accounts as per the Public Accounts of Canada

Calculations

Foreign exchange accounts assets, the calculation is as follow:

• Opening balance + payments and charges (-) receipts and credits.

Foreign exchange accounts liabilities, the calculation is as follow:

• Opening balance (-) payments and charges + receipts and credits.

General Notes

As of the 2025 release, the following columns were renamed to improve readability and bilingualism:

• FSCL_YR was renamed to Fscl-yr_Ex-fin
• CONSOLIDATED-STATEMENT was renamed to Fin-stmt_Etat-consolide_eng
• ÉTAT-CONSOLIDÉ was renamed to Fin-stmt_Etat-consolide_fra
• SECTION_EN was renamed to Section-lvl1_niv1_eng
• SECTION_FR was renamed to Section-lvl1_niv1_fra
• SUB-SECTION was renamed to Section-lvl2_niv2_eng
• SOUS-SECTION was renamed to Section-lvl2_niv2_fra
• SUB-SUB-SECTION was renamed to Section-lvl3_niv3_eng
• SOUS-SOUS-SECTION was renamed to Section-lvl3_niv3_fra
• OPENING-BALANCE_SOLDE-D'OUVERTURE was renamed to Balance-open_Solde-ouvert
• PAYMENTS-AND-CHARGES_PAIEMENTS-ET-DEBITS was renamed to Paymts-chrgs_Paiemts-dbts
• RECEIPTS-AND-CREDITS_RENTREES-ET-CREDITS was renamed to Receipts-crdts_Recettes-crdts

2024 data file

Under the heading Section-lvl3_niv3_eng, "International Monetary Fund Trusts-Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust" was added with a Section-lvl1_niv1_eng value of "Financial assets".

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