Canada's buyout and related private equity market showed robust growth in the first half of 2017, with 184 deals capturing $14.6 billion in disclosed values, up 55 percent from H1 2016, according to final data released by Thomson Reuters. As a result, the domestic market saw its most active first half in dollar terms on record. Deal volumes also increased 10 percent in H1 2017, relative to a year ago. Activity was led by Vista Equity Partner’s $4.8 billion buy of DH Corp, the largest Canadian private equity deal in three years. Canadian investors were active in 65 international deals in H1 2017, up 35 percent year over year, though values for these fell 7 percent.