Canada has an active and sophisticated mergers and acquisitions market that provides opportunity for buyers of businesses and ample liquidity for company shareholders seeking an exit. A strong legal system, well developed capital markets that provide a wide array of financing alternatives and valuation benchmarks, and the increasing global orientation of business in Canada contributed to the development of the Canadian M&A markets.

M&A markets in Canada are also quite international in scope, providing a good opportunity for groups wanting to use acquisitions to either establish a business presence in Canada, or to expand an existing business. According to McKinsey & Company, looking at the historical value of M&A activity as a percentage of GDP, Canada has traditionally provided a more robust M&A market than the U.S.

With 1968 announced transactions valued at $257 billion, Canadian M&A activity in 2006 recorded its strongest year ever. Contributing to the increase were 51 transactions over $1 billion (so called "mega deals") totalling $172 billion in value. Oil and gas, metals & minerals, gold, industrial products and real estate were the most active sectors.

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