Public award data

Who buys — and who wins — Canadian government contracts

Compiled from public award disclosures: 1309 of the most active buyer organizations and 767 of the most winning vendors, with contract counts, totals, and counterparties. Every profile links through; the live feed behind it is free.

Most active buyers

BuyerContractsTotal value
Department of National Defence362,845$471.4B
Fisheries and Oceans Canada117,545$64.5B
Global Affairs Canada79,173$11.3B
Public Services and Procurement Canada73,111$239.3B
Environment and Climate Change Canada69,222$8.8B
Public Safety Canada61,027$16.1B
Correctional Service Canada58,955$14.5B
National Research Council Canada50,045$7.6B
Canada Revenue Agency43,316$16.0B
Employment and Social Development Canada40,131$39.5B
Royal Canadian Mounted Police36,939$14.1B
Natural Resources Canada32,057$3.9B
Shared Services Canada29,177$137.1B
Materiel roulant et ateliers26,789$188.2M
Transport Canada23,253$5.4B
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada22,916$4.8B
Service de l'eau20,764$319.4M
Gestion et planification des immeubles19,939$307.4M
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada19,611$2.6B
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada16,656$14.5B
Strategic Procurement/Approvisionnement stratégique15,061$7.0B
Health Canada14,647$6.4B
Department of Defense14,123$44.2B
Canada Border Services Agency12,653$15.3B
Canadian Heritage11,983$1.1B
Public Health Agency of Canada10,033$16.9B
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada9,299$1.5B
Police8,278$108.2M
Indigenous Services Canada8,023$2.0B
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat7,999$6.4B
Sécurité incendie de Montréal7,083$100.5M
Espace pour la vie, grands parcs et mont Royal6,809$80.8M
Canadian Food Inspection Agency6,579$1.4B
Ville de Québec6,140$4.6B
Ville de Laval6,028$5.4B
Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable (Direction de l'administration des appels d'offres publics)5,918$15.1B
Société de transport de Montréal5,753$7.8B
Immigration and Refugee Board5,612$393.7M
Veterans Affairs Canada5,091$7.3B
Culture, sports et loisirs4,911$38.4M
Environnement et transition écologique4,844$72.4M
Justice Canada4,537$689.9M
Finance Canada4,418$705.2M
Ministère des Transports (Direction de l'administration des appels d'offres publics)4,376$1.9B
Canadian Space Agency4,322$41.6B
Université Laval4,275$1.1B
Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable (Direction générale de la gestion contractuelle)4,240$8.7B
Human Services4,178$2.2B
Infrastructure & Water Services4,087$2.7B
Procurement Services Branch4,002$854.4M
Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke - CHUS4,000$1.5B
Ville de Gatineau.3,941$2.1B
Ministère des Transports et de la mobilité durable (Direction de l'administration des appels d'offres publics)3,685$2.3B
Elections Canada3,606$2.7B
Université McGill3,604$2.1B
Statistics Canada3,415$1.4B
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions3,253$1.1B
Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Mauricie-et-du-Centre-du-Québec (CIUSSS MCQ)3,178$1.5B
Children's Services3,145$2.1B
Société québécoise des infrastructures3,063$12.1B
Privy Council Office3,024$630.6M
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency2,965$106.5M
Ville de Lévis.2,916$1.5B
CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal2,900$1.3B
Halifax Regional Municipality2,874$507.7M
Court Administration Service2,786$352.2M
Public Safety Canada2,774$557.1M
Ministère de la Justice2,760$689.7M
Centre de services scolaire de Montréal / BDA2,707$1.9B
Public Service Commission of Canada2,698$185.4M
Technologies de l'information2,677$48.6M
Université de Montréal2,637$497.3M
Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal2,623$721.7M
CISSS de Chaudière-Appalaches2,576$1.1B
CHU de Québec-Université Laval2,566$1.5B
Urbanisme et mobilité2,553$56.0M
Library and Archives Canada2,543$524.7M
Ville de Saguenay2,513$879.7M
Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (Sépaq).2,486$593.2M
Université de Sherbrooke -Service des ressources financières- Section de l'approvisionnement2,455$619.6M
National Film Board of Canada2,344$110.0M
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission2,310$324.0M
Université Concordia2,274$614.4M
Ville de Longueuil2,270$1.5B
Société des traversiers du Québec2,246$645.5M
Public Prosecution Service of Canada2,217$1.0B
Infrastructures du réseau routier2,208$32.2M
Office of the Auditor General of Canada2,200$184.3M
Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de la Montérégie-Est2,187$889.9M
CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal2,169$929.5M
Arrondissement Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce2,139$29.2M
Ville de Sherbrooke2,128$1.5B
Ressources humaines2,122$19.0M
Concertation des arrondissements et de l'expérience citoyenne2,104$28.6M
CISSS Montérégie-Ouest2,060$752.4M
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions2,024$96.2M
Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Laval2,024$897.0M
CIUSSS du Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean2,021$1.1B
Canada Energy Regulator1,982$342.3M
CIUSSS du Centre-ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal1,981$1.6B

Most winning vendors

VendorContractsTotal value
The Canadian Corps of Commissionaires8,475$2.7B
Imperial Oil Limited6,539$2.2B
MCKESSON CANADA CORPORATION6,473$354.9M
SIMEX DEFENCE INC. / DEFENSE SIMEX INC6,339$475.4M
STANTEC CONSULTING LTD6,267$1.3B
Calian Ltd6,210$8.3B
CANADIAN COMMERCIAL CORPORATION6,150$42.2B
NORTHERN MICRO INC6,120$2.2B
Veritaaq Technology House Inc6,082$3.2B
WSP CANADA INC6,040$6.1B
NISHA TECHNOLOGIES INC5,172$841.7M
XEROX CANADA LTD4,557$858.8M
COSSETTE MEDIA INC4,278$983.9M
EXCEL HUMAN RESOURCES INC4,125$968.8M
S.I. SYSTEMS LTD4,030$2.2B
FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED3,927$813.4M
UNISOURCE TECHNOLOGY INC3,911$262.5M
SOFTCHOICE CORPORATION3,773$344.0M
RICOH CANADA INC3,752$533.3M
JHT DEFENSE INC3,717$79.0M
COSSETTE COMMUNICATION INC3,687$762.1M
General Motors of Canada Limited3,640$532.8M
BELL CANADA3,603$5.1B
COMPUGEN INC3,572$762.0M
Englobe Corp3,411$913.8M
FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY3,292$87.7M
Randstad Interim Inc3,106$1.3B
TELUS COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY3,097$14.8B
FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED/FORD DU CANADA LIMITEE3,030$333.8M
MICROSOFT CANADA INC3,005$20.2B
IBM CANADA LIMITED2,899$40.0B
ORACLE CANADA ULC2,824$4.2B
CGI INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS INC2,796$1.4B
MODIS CANADA INC2,738$1.7B
ESRI CANADA LIMITED2,689$392.5M
CANON CANADA INC2,576$107.7M
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES CANADA INC2,551$322.5M
BLUEWAVE ENERGY INC2,401$421.7M
TEKNION LIMITED2,385$236.5M
HOSKIN SCIENTIFIC LIMITED2,256$223.6M
MICROSOFT LICENSING, GP2,253$956.6M
MINDWIRE SYSTEMS LTD2,228$871.8M
GENERAL DYNAMICS ORDNANCE AND TACTICAL SYSTEMS - CANADA INC2,218$4.3B
CDW CANADA CORP2,204$591.1M
WARTSILA CANADA INC2,203$790.4M
DONNA CONA INC2,158$1.5B
DELL CANADA INC2,131$470.0M
FCA CANADA INC2,121$327.1M
MCKESSON CANADA1,942$663.9M
VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD1,937$48.7M
SHELL CANADA PRODUCTS1,928$951.3M
BOUTHILLETTE PARIZEAU INC1,898$334.8M
PROMAXIS SYSTEMS INC1,822$606.7M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP1,786$1.2B
GARTNER CANADA CO1,782$539.5M
AECOM CANADA LTD1,774$947.0M
VALCOM CONSULTING GROUP INC1,772$539.2M
LES SERVICES EXP INC1,770$528.3M
IRVING OIL COMMERCIAL G.P1,720$271.1M
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS CANADA INC1,685$1.3B
THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF1,663$11.6B
RESSORT IDEAL LTEE1,654$9.6M
Dexter Construction Company Limited1,643$499.6M
MICROSOFT CORPORATION1,638$2.9B
AEG FUELS1,621$88.3M
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES INC1,584$208.2M
TOYOTA CANADA INC1,495$168.4M
SNC-LAVALIN INC1,494$730.6M
GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD1,480$760.6M
DELOITTE LLP1,472$1.2B
TOTEM OFFISOURCE INC1,466$179.3M
ADVANCED CHIPPEWA TECHNOLOGIES INC1,464$490.2M
Canada Post Corporation1,457$233.6M
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS1,449$80.4M
FAST FORWARD FRENCH INC1,438$30.9M
ITEX INC1,437$429.5M
CORADIX TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING LTD1,428$1.0B
TERAMACH TECHNOLOGIES INC1,413$613.5M
CIMA+ S.E.N.C1,396$568.7M
KPMG LLP1,394$773.0M
CHEVRON CANADA LIMITED1,381$257.9M
IBISKA TELECOM INC1,373$1.6B
QMR STAFFING SOLUTIONS INC1,369$131.6M
ASOKAN BUSINESS INTERIORS INC1,366$131.2M
DILLON CONSULTING LIMITED1,358$179.9M
TEKNION FURNITURE SYSTEMS LTD1,322$258.1M
WORLD FUEL SERVICES1,315$57.1M
WOLSELEY CANADA INC1,291$83.9M
ERNST & YOUNG LLP1,271$565.0M
SOLOTECH INC1,268$290.7M
COMPUCOM CANADA CO1,266$415.0M
SUNCOR ENERGY PRODUCTS PARTNERSHIP1,255$92.9M
ITI INC1,253$377.6M
CBCL LIMITED1,250$163.2M
Simex Defence Inc1,250$153.9M
WSP1,247$91.7M
SHELL1,246$34.8M
ACKLANDS - GRAINGER INC1,223$38.0M
ARI FINANCIAL SERVICES INC1,218$44.8M
GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS - CANADA CORPORATION1,209$69.8M