~~UNITED~~United ~~STATES~~ States SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ~~Washington, D.C. 20549~~

~~FORM~~Washington, ~~6-K~~D.C. 20549

~~Report~~FORM ~~of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a~~6-~~16 or 15d-16 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~K

~~For~~Report ~~the~~of ~~Month~~Foreign ofIssuer ~~August~~Pursuant ~~2012~~to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

~~Commission~~ the ~~File~~Securities ~~No.:~~Exchange ~~333-159793~~Act of 1934

~~TELESAT~~For ~~CANADA~~the month of October 2012

~~(Name~~Commission ofFile ~~Registrant)~~Number: 333-159793

~~1601~~ Telesat ~~Court, Ottawa, Ontario,~~ Canada ~~K1B 5P4~~

(~~Address~~Exact name of ~~Principal~~registrant ~~Executive~~as ~~Office)~~specified in its charter)

~~Indicate~~1601 byTelesat ~~check~~Court, ~~mark~~Ottawa, ~~whether~~Ontario, ~~the~~Canada ~~registrant~~K1B ~~files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F x Form 40-F o~~ 5P4

~~Indicate~~(Address byof ~~check~~principal ~~mark~~executive ~~if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b~~office)~~(1): Yes o No x~~

Indicate by check mark ifwhether the registrant isfiles ~~submitting~~or ~~the~~will file ~~Form~~annual ~~6-K~~reports inunder ~~paper~~cover asof ~~permitted~~Form ~~by Regulation S~~20-TF ~~Rule~~or ~~101(b)(7): Yes~~Form ~~o No x~~ 40-F:

~~Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this~~ Form 20-F ~~is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3~~þ Form 40-~~2(b)~~F ~~under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes~~ o ~~No x~~

IfIndicate ~~“Yes”~~by ischeck ~~marked,~~mark ~~indicate~~if ~~below~~ the ~~file~~registrant ~~number~~is ~~assigned~~submitting to the Form ~~registrant~~6-K in ~~connection~~paper ~~with~~as ~~Rule~~permitted ~~12g3~~by Regulation S-2T Rule 101(b)(1): ~~N/A.~~

~~TABLE~~Yes o No ~~OF CONTENTS~~þ

~~EXHIBITS~~Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

~~The~~Yes o No ~~following information is furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of this report on Form 6-K:~~ þ

Exhibit No.		Document
99.1		Telesat Canada Quarterly Report For the Three Month and Six Month Periods Ended June 30, 2012

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

2Yes o No þ

~~TABLE~~If OF“Yes” ~~CONTENTS~~is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): N/A

~~SIGNATURES~~Exhibits

~~Pursuant~~The tofollowing ~~the~~information ~~requirements~~is offiled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange ~~Act~~Commission ofas ~~1934,~~part ~~the~~of ~~registrant has duly caused~~ this report toof beforeign ~~signed~~issuer on ~~its~~Form ~~behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.~~ 6-K:

TELESAT CANADA

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release of Telesat Canada, dated October 24, 2012, announcing preliminary estimates of financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2012.
99.2		Press release of Telesat Canada, dated October 24, 2012, announcing proposed offering of 6.0% Senior Notes due 2017.
99.3		Press release of Telesat Canada, dated October 24, 2012, announcing pricing of offering of 6.0% Senior Notes due 2017.

Date: August 2, 2012		By:/s/ CHRISTOPHER S. DIFRANCESCO
		Name:Christopher S. DiFrancesco
		Title:Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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3SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

TELESAT CANADA
(Registrant)

October 24, 2012 By: /s/ Christopher S. DiFrancesco

Name: Christopher S. DiFrancesco

Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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