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Movement of coin and bullion, by year, 1868 to 1917

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Movement of coin and bullion, by year, 1868 to 1917
    Exports  
  Total Imports Canadian Foreign Total Total imports and exports of coin and bullion
  $
1868 4,895,147 4,866,168 - 4,866,168 9,761,314
1869 4,247,229 4,218,208 - 4,218,208 8,465,437
1870 4,335,529 8,002,278 - 8,002,278 12,337,807
1871 2,733,094 6,690,350 - 6,690,350 9,423,444
1872 2,753,749 4,010,398 - 4,010,398 6,764,147
1873 3,005,465 3,845,987 - 3,845,987 6,851,452
1874 4,223,282 1,995,835 - 1,995,835 6,219,117
1875 2,210,089 1,039,837 - 1,039,837 3,249,926
1876 2,220,111 1,240,037 - 1,240,037 3,460,148
1877 2,174,089 - 733,739 733,739 2,907,828
1878 803,726 - 168,989 168,989 972,715
1879 1,639,089 - 704,586 704,586 2,343,675
1880 1,881,807 - 1,771,755 1,771,755 3,653,562
1881 1,123,275 - 971,005 971,005 2,094,280
1882 1,503,743 - 371,093 371,093 1,874,836
1883 1,275,523 - 631,600 631,600 1,907,123
1884 2,207,666 - 2,184,292 2,184,292 4,391,958
1885 2,954,244 - 2,026,980 2,026,980 4,981,224
1886 3,610,557 - 56,531 56,531 3,667,088
1887 532,218 - 5,569 15,569 537,787
1888 2,175,472 - 17,534 7,534 2,193,006
1889 575,251 - 1,978,256 1,978,256 2,553,507
1890 1,083,011 - 2,439,782 2,439,782 3,522,793
1891 1,811,170 129,328 817,599 946,927 2,758,097
1892 1,818,530 306,447 1,502,671 1,809,118 3,627,648
1893 6,534,200 309,459 3,824,239 4,133,698 10,667,898
1894 4,023,072 310,006 1,529,374 1,839,380 5,862,452
1895 4,576,620 256,571 4,068,748 4,325,319 8,901,939
1896 5,226,319 207,532 4,491,777 4,699,309 9,925,628
1897 4,676,194 327,298 3,165,252 3,492,550 8,168,744
1898 4,390,844 1,045,723 3,577,415 4,623,138 9,013,982
1899 4,705,134 1,101,245 2,914,780 4,016,025 8,721,159
1900 8,297,438 1,670,068 6,987,100 8,657,168 16,954,606
1901 3,537,294 - 1,978,489 1,978,489 5,515,783
1902 6,311,405 - 1,669,422 1,669,422 7,980,827
1903 8,976,797 - 619,963 619,963 9,596,760
1904 7,874,313 - 2,465,557 2,465,557 10,339,870
1905 10,308,435 - 1,844,811 1,844,811 12,153,246
1906 7,078,603 - 9,928,828 9,928,828 17,007,431
19071 7,517,008 - 13,189,964 13,189,964 20,706,972
1908 6,548,661 - 16,637,654 16,637,654 23,186,315
1909 9,988,442 2 1,589,791 1,589,793 11,578,235
1910 6,017,589 - 2,594,536 2,594,536 8,612,125
1911 10,206,210 - 7,196,155 7,196,155 17,402,365
1912 26,033,881 - 7,601,099 7,601,099 33,634,980
1913 5,427,979 - 16,163,702 16,163,702 21,591,681
1914 15,235,305 1,219 23,559,485 23,560,704 38,796,009
1915 131,992,992 667 29,365,701 29,366,368 16,135,960
1916 34,260,202 315 103,572,117 103,572,432 137,832,634
1917 28,081,120 86,087 196,460,961 196,547,048 224,628,168
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17.