ottawacanada recorded its third consecutive currentaccount surplus in the third quarter the first time this has occurred in 13 years since ahead of the 200809 financial crisis and global recession the countrys current account or the broadest indicator of canadas trading and investing relationship with other nations recorded a surplus of 137 billion canadian dollars or the equivalent of 107 billion in the third quarter of 2021 statistics canada said monday market expectations werent immediately available the previous quarters data were revised statistics canada said and now indicate canadas currentaccount surplus in the second quarter was also c137 billion compared with an earlier estimate of c358 billion