$210 billion
Value of Canadian M&A transactions in 2012
$123 billion
Total value of the 49 deals in 2012 that were individually worth more than $1 billion – 58% of all deal values
2,811
Total number of announced M&A transactions in 2012
27%
Foreign acquisition of Canadian targets as a proportion of total M&A activity
10.5%
Increase in aggregate value of announced deals – highest level since market peak in 2007
9.6%
Fall in deal volumes in 2012 compared with 2011
5
Number of countries responsible for 89% of all foreign acquisition, with China, the U.S. and Switzerland leading
