Public Works and Government Services Canada · Public call for tenders · closes March 30, 2029 (local time unverified)
Engineering and architecture
Source: Proactive disclosureThe essentials
18,276contracts53 organisationshow it's counted
Disclosed contracts in the sector — where the number comes from
- The calculation
- 18,276 contracts
- What goes in
Each contract is counted once, classified in this sector by the code of its contract line (failing that, of its oldest line). Modifications (amendments) do not make one more contract.
5,682 suppliers by name · 53 organisations · sector given by the source's code, under the contracts rule
18,276 disclosed federal contracts in this sector. A contract carries one code, hence one sector: sector totals partition the register — 102,617 contracts without a code or outside the rule stay outside every sector.
Contracts dated from August 1, 2005 to June 30, 2026
- Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data recomputed on October 11, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail
$36,045median contractmiddle half $19,000 – $98,497 · over 16,784 declared amounts · currency not published by the sourcesee the 16,784 contracts
Median disclosed contract — where the number comes from
- The calculation
- The median of the 16,784 declared amounts: $36,045.
- What goes in
- 16,784 declared amounts count, out of 16,784 contracts in the sector 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.
- Distribution
- Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data recomputed on October 11, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail
How the price moved
median by year| Year | Contracts | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,149 | $31,749declared over 1,143 declared amounts |
| 2025 | 2,018 | $34,904declared over 1,926 declared amounts |
| 2024 | 1,806 | $36,424declared over 1,726 declared amounts |
| 2023 | 1,848 | $41,431declared over 1,771 declared amounts |
| 2022 | 2,015 | $36,977declared over 1,890 declared amounts |
| 2021 | 1,673 | $39,084declared over 1,596 declared amounts |
| 2020 | 1,336 | $44,100declared over 1,229 declared amounts |
| 2019 | 1,516 | $37,282declared over 1,412 declared amounts |
| 2018 | 1,666 | $35,870declared over 1,466 declared amounts |
| 2017 | 2,315 | $33,427declared over 1,931 declared amounts |
how it's calculated — How the price moved
How the price moved — where the number comes from
- What goes in
- By year of signature, not of disclosure: here the axis is the price's, and a signed contract has a date. Central publication was not mandatory before 2017: earlier years are lower, and the series says so instead of drawing a drop.
- Breakdown
Contracts and declared amounts, by year Year Contracts Declared amounts 2005 1 0 - Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data recomputed on October 11, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail
Proactive disclosure, Government of Canada Open Data · data as of October 11, 2026
What is bought in this sector
| Published code | Label | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| GSIN C219 | — | 2,522 |
| GSIN C211 | — | 2,354 |
| UNSPSC 81100000 | Services d’ingénierie | 1,688 |
| GSIN C119 | — | 1,388 |
| GSIN C111 | — | 1,311 |
| UNSPSC 81170000 | Services de sciences biologiques | 1,080 |
| GSIN C122 | — | 576 |
| GSIN C219C | Services d'ingénierie | 493 |
| GSIN C213 | — | 398 |
| GSIN C216 | — | 380 |
10 codes shown. Two vocabularies may follow each other in this column, and the mark says so: the source publishes them in the same field. A label missing from the portal's table stays missing — never invented.
Proactive disclosure, Government of Canada Open Data · data as of October 11, 2026
How it is bought
how it's calculated — Share by invitation
Share by invitation — where the number comes from
- The calculation
- 9,059 contracts by invitation ÷ 17,963 contracts with a classified method = 50.4%
- What goes in
The denominator only counts the sector's contracts whose method is classified: public call for tenders, selective, by invitation, sole-source. Left out: 313 contracts with an unclassified method.
Out of 17,963 contracts with a classified method; 313 unclassified, outside the denominator. Classified from the official contracts schema: “ACAN” counts as direct award, “Traditional” as by invitation. These figures describe buying practices, not irregularities.
- Breakdown
Contracts with a classified method, by method Method Contracts Share Public call for tenders 3,258 18.1% Selective 180 1.0% By invitation 9,059 50.4% Direct award 5,466 30.4% - Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data recomputed on October 11, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail
Proactive disclosure, Government of Canada Open Data · data as of October 11, 2026
How many suppliers share this market
5,682 distinct suppliers, by published name, hold at least one disclosed contract. The five most frequent account for 7.7% — 1,408 contracts.
Counted by number of contracts, never by amount — and without naming anyone: the source publishes acts, not a ranking. And without a business identity: two spellings of the same name are two suppliers here.
how it's calculated — Share of the top five suppliers
Share of the top five suppliers — where the number comes from
- The calculation
- 1,408 contracts of the five most frequent supplier names ÷ 18,276 contracts in the sector = 7.7%
- What goes in
- Suppliers are counted by published name, with no merging: two spellings of the same company make two suppliers. Contracts with no supplier name stay in the denominator. Contracts are counted, not amounts, and no supplier is named.
- Source
- Proactive disclosure of contracts · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data recomputed on October 11, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail
Proactive disclosure, Government of Canada Open Data · data as of October 11, 2026
Most active organisations
| Organisation | Contracts |
|---|---|
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Pêches et Océans Canada | 6,053 |
| Public Services and Procurement Canada | Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada | 4,414 |
| National Defence | Défense nationale | 2,749 |
| Parks Canada | Parcs Canada | 1,450 |
| National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada | 701 |
Proactive disclosure, Government of Canada Open Data · data as of October 11, 2026
Open notices in this sector
how it's counted — Open notices in this sector
Open notices in this sector — where the number comes from
- The calculation
- Open 1 (the list above) · Classified in this sector 1,994 (latest sector count) · another register: notices are not the contracts of this page, and nothing here adds them up.
- What goes in
- Notices are classified by the notices rule (GSIN); contracts by the contracts rule. An open notice has no disclosed contract for months.
- Source
- CanadaBuys · Open Government Licence – Canada (OGL-Canada-2.0) · data up to date as of October 3, 2026 · the rule, in Sources and limits · link to this detail
CanadaBuys, Government of Canada Open Data · data as of October 3, 2026
Cite this page
- Permalink
- https://www.laureo.ca/en/secteurs/ingenierie/federal
- Citation
- Lauréo, “Engineering and architecture, federal — notices, buyers and winners”, from CanadaBuys and the proactive disclosure of contracts (Government of Canada, OGL-Canada-2.0). https://www.laureo.ca/en/secteurs/ingenierie/federal
- Reuse
- Figures and text reusable with attribution. The source data is published under the Open Government Licence – Canada.