Editing Economy of Canada (section)

==Mergers and acquisitions==
{{See also|List of largest companies of Canada}}
Since 1985, 63,755 deals in- and outbound Canada have been announced,{{when|date=March 2018}} with an overall value of US$3.7 billion.<ref name="IMAA-Institute">{{Cite news|url=https://imaa-institute.org/m-and-a-canada/|title=M&A Canada – Mergers & Acquisitions Statistics|work=IMAA-Institute|access-date=February 22, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Almost 50% of the targets of Canadian companies (outbound deals) have a parent company in the US. Inbound deals are 82% percent from the US.

Here is a list of the biggest deals in Canadian history:<ref name="IMAA-Institute"/>
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" |Rank
! scope="col" |Date announced
! scope="col" |Acquiror name
! scope="col" |Acquiror nation
! scope="col" |Target name
! scope="col" |Target nation
! scope="col" |Value (in bil. USD)
|-
|1
|January 26, 2000
|Spin-off
|Canada
|Nortel Networks Corp
|Canada
|59.97
|-
|2
|June 20, 2000
|Vivendi SA
|France
|Seagram Co Ltd
|Canada
|40.43
|-
|3
|December 7, 2007
|Rio Tinto Canada Holdings Inc
|Canada
|Alcan Inc
|Canada
|37.63
|-
|4
|June 9, 2016
|Enbridge Inc
|Canada
|Spectra Energy Corp
|United States
|28.29
|-
|5
|March 12, 2014
|Enbridge Income Fund
|Canada
|Enbridge Inc-Liquids
|Canada
|24.79
|-
|6
|November 5, 2008
|Shareholders
|Canada
|Cenovus Energy Inc
|Canada
|20.26
|-
|7
|July 23, 2012
|CNOOC Canada Holding Ltd
|Canada
|Nexen Inc
|Canada
|19.12
|-
|8
|May 15, 2006
|Xstrata PLC
|Switzerland
|Falconbridge Ltd
|Canada
|17.40
|-
|9
|November 8, 2006
|Cia Vale do Rio Doce SA
|Brazil
|Inco Ltd
|Canada
|17.15
|-
|10
|March 23, 2009
|Suncor Energy Inc
|Canada
|Petro-Canada
|Canada
|15.58
|-
|11
|July 29, 2008
|Teck Cominco Ltd
|Canada
|Fording Canadian Coal Trust
|Canada
|13.60
|}