Canada - Royalty and license fees

Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) in Canada was $16,333,140,000 as of 2021. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $16,333,140,000 in 2021 and $595,526,000 in 1981.

Definition: Charges for the use of intellectual property are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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

See also:

Year Value
1981 $595,526,000
1982 $676,790,500
1983 $718,907,400
1984 $798,410,500
1985 $797,907,100
1986 $936,850,000
1987 $980,475,200
1988 $1,303,288,000
1989 $1,446,482,000
1990 $1,663,737,000
1991 $1,788,570,000
1992 $1,712,795,000
1993 $1,685,650,000
1994 $1,763,750,000
1995 $1,882,422,000
1996 $1,950,308,000
1997 $2,287,741,000
1998 $2,592,205,000
1999 $3,212,823,000
2000 $3,563,236,000
2001 $3,543,579,000
2002 $4,479,912,000
2003 $5,454,962,000
2004 $6,456,200,000
2005 $6,959,129,000
2006 $7,083,071,000
2007 $8,162,786,000
2008 $8,923,454,000
2009 $8,922,065,000
2010 $9,731,281,000
2011 $10,411,410,000
2012 $10,901,910,000
2013 $11,801,330,000
2014 $11,712,160,000
2015 $10,732,650,000
2016 $11,567,470,000
2017 $11,833,540,000
2018 $12,724,590,000
2019 $13,084,100,000
2020 $13,703,440,000
2021 $16,333,140,000

Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) in Canada was $8,543,757,000 as of 2021. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $8,543,757,000 in 2021 and $32,395,940 in 1982.

Definition: Charges for the use of intellectual property are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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

See also:

Year Value
1981 $37,516,790
1982 $32,395,940
1983 $41,357,120
1984 $36,279,240
1985 $49,066,740
1986 $56,335,110
1987 $70,071,810
1988 $105,070,200
1989 $122,561,200
1990 $234,647,900
1991 $344,305,800
1992 $445,988,900
1993 $519,222,000
1994 $607,169,300
1995 $734,308,200
1996 $877,095,700
1997 $1,163,007,000
1998 $1,532,420,000
1999 $1,648,658,000
2000 $2,323,902,000
2001 $2,532,924,000
2002 $2,575,965,000
2003 $3,005,417,000
2004 $3,183,300,000
2005 $2,873,469,000
2006 $3,359,029,000
2007 $3,835,551,000
2008 $4,129,667,000
2009 $3,604,954,000
2010 $2,813,940,000
2011 $3,348,092,000
2012 $3,931,432,000
2013 $4,569,255,000
2014 $4,763,593,000
2015 $4,087,280,000
2016 $4,514,595,000
2017 $4,887,063,000
2018 $6,317,996,000
2019 $6,785,717,000
2020 $7,217,750,000
2021 $8,543,757,000

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments