Market overview
The federal market, disclosed contract by disclosed contract. Nothing is added from one register to the other.
Key figures
quarterly disclosure18,572contracts81 organisationshow it's counted
Disclosed contracts — where the number comes from
- The calculation
- 18,572 contracts
- What goes in
- Each contract is counted once, across the whole federal contract disclosure: modifications (amendments) do not make one more contract. Under the method filter, only contracts with that method go in. They come from 81 federal organisations; 4,649 published supplier names, no business identity. The federal organizations with at least one of these contracts. Each supplier name, as the disclosure publishes it on the retained line of each contract, counts once; names on the contract's other lines do not count. Names are not merged: two spellings of the same company count twice. A contract with no supplier name adds none.
- The rows
- All federal organisations
- Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data up to quarter Q3 · link to this detail
$72,921median contractover 18,083 declared amounts, or 100% · currency not published by the sourcesee the 18,083 contracts
Median disclosed contract — where the number comes from
- The calculation
- The median of the 18,083 declared amounts: $72,921.
- What goes in
- 18,083 declared amounts count, out of 18,083 contracts whose retained line is a contract (not an amendment); absent amounts and cancellations (negative amount) stay out of the median. The source does not publish the currency. Under the method filter, only contracts with that method go in.
- Distribution
- Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data up to quarter Q3 · link to this detail
Trends
contracts by disclosure quarterhow it's counted — Trends
Trends — where the number comes from
- What goes in
- The time axis is the disclosure quarter, not the signature date: the source publishes by quarter, months later. Contracts dated from January 11, 1999 to December 1, 2026. Aggregates computed on October 11, 2026.
- Breakdown
Trends Quarter Contracts Declared median Declared amounts 2026-27 Q1 779 $76,998declared 766 2025-26 Q4 1,149 $60,743declared 1,125 2025-26 Q3 970 $64,922declared 958 2025-26 Q2 841 $71,188declared 821 2025-26 Q1 684 $66,277declared 670 2024-25 Q4 1,075 $61,684declared 1,042 2024-25 Q3 970 $66,693declared 953 2024-25 Q2 695 $70,094declared 676 2024-25 Q1 677 $72,702declared 660 2023-24 Q4 1,194 $76,171declared 1,137 - Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data up to quarter Q3 · link to this detail
Proactive disclosure, Government of Canada Open Data · aggregates of October 11, 2026
Which sectors are heating up
by disclosure quarter| Sector | 24-25 Q2 | 24-25 Q3 | 24-25 Q4 | 25-26 Q1 | 25-26 Q2 | 25-26 Q3 | 25-26 Q4 | 26-27 Q1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The federal market | -22 | +8 | +20 | -24 | -6 | +8 | +28 | -13 |
| Information technology | +4 | -8 | -3 | -4 | -1 | +4 | -1 | +10 |
| Professional services | +22 | -11 | -21 | +10 | -1 | +6 | -8 | +4 |
| Equipment and supplies | -13 | +23 | +32 | -24 | -25 | -3 | +33 | -22 |
| Transport and vehicles | -36 | -51 | +4 | +18 | +38 | +12 | +7 | +10 |
| Construction and infrastructure | -12 | +22 | -22 | -8 | +25 | +1 | +2 | -8 |
| Security and maintenance | +6 | -24 | +43 | +50 | -3 | -39 | -24 | -8 |
| Education and training | +24 | +12 | +22 | +4 | -1 | -6 | -32 | -22 |
| Environment and natural resources | -23 | +301 | -38 | -12 | -71 | -67 | -46 | -42 |
| Engineering and architecture | +35 | +43 | -45 | -38 | -19 | +14 | +32 | -21 |
| Health and social services | -43 | -38 | +89 | -41 | +10 | -4 | +11 | +17 |
how it's calculated — Which sectors are heating up
Which sectors are heating up — where the number comes from
- What goes in
- Each sector's gap to the federal market's movement, in points, disclosure quarter by disclosure quarter. A sector rising like everyone else is neutral; one rising more is hot. colder than the markethotter than the market The market row is each quarter's gap to its own mean; sector rows are their own gap minus the market's. 8 complete disclosure quarters; the current quarter is not disclosed yet. Counted in disclosed contracts (each contract counted once, amendments apart), by disclosure quarter: the source publishes quarterly, months after signature. The sector comes from the source's code, under the contracts rule. No row or column totals. Seasonality is not removed: eight quarters are not enough to estimate it, and disclosure does not follow the buying season. Contracts without a sector and rows with a malformed quarter are counted over all contracts only: under a method filter, they are not split.
- The rows
- See the contracts rule
- Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data up to quarter Q3 · link to this detail
Proactive disclosure, Government of Canada Open Data · aggregates of October 11, 2026
Why direct award
award noticesThis block covers all federal contracts: the method filter does not apply to it.
how it's counted — Why direct award
Why direct award — where the number comes from
- What goes in
- Reasons quoted as the award notices publish them. Lauréo does not judge whether they apply — the federal counterpart of the SEAO's invoked provision.
- Breakdown
Why direct award Reason, as published Award notices None 11,149 Exclusive Rights 3,780 Additional Deliveries 94 Goods Purchased on a Commodity Market 62 No response to bid solicitation 58 Extreme Urgency 48 Subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, or other periodicals (for contracts that are only covered by the CFTA) 26 Purchases Made Under Exceptionally Advantageous Conditions 19 Consulting Services Regarding Matters of a Confidential Nature (for contracts not covered by CETA, CFTA, WTO-GPA, CPTPP, CKFTA and CUFTA) 16 Prototype Purchase 11 - Source
- CanadaBuys — award notices · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data up to date as of December 31, 2040 · link to this detail
Decision time
This block covers all federal contracts: the method filter does not apply to it.
32 daysmedian delayover 13,042 dated decisions · notice found: 64.6%how it's calculated
Decision time — where the number comes from
- The calculation
- Median of 32 days between the notice closing and the award (middle half: 14 – 63), over 13,042 decisions dated at both ends. Days rounded to the whole day.
- What goes in
- 13,358 solicitations out of 20,668 find their notice (64.6%). The others have no published notice: they are not counted, and this figure says so.
- Distribution
- Source
- CanadaBuys — award notices · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data up to date as of December 31, 2040 · link to this detail