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Source: Proactive disclosure

The essentials

110,200contracts95 organisationshow it's counted

Disclosed contracts in the sector — where the number comes from

The calculation
110,200 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.

36,269 suppliers by name · 95 organisations · sector given by the source's code, under the contracts rule

110,200 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 April 1, 2002 to July 10, 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
$26,515median contractmiddle half $17,208 – $59,251 · over 101,861 declared amounts · currency not published by the sourcesee the 101,867 contracts

Median disclosed contract — where the number comes from

The calculation
The median of the 101,861 declared amounts: $26,515.
What goes in
101,861 declared amounts count, out of 101,867 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
median · $26,515p25 · $17,208p75 · $59,251
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
How the price moved
YearContractsMedian
20163,507$24,528declared over 2,658 declared amounts
20151,475$24,900declared over 1,101 declared amounts
20141,577$30,217declared over 1,348 declared amounts
2013613$24,500declared over 490 declared amounts
2012546$24,510declared over 489 declared amounts
2011590$23,086declared over 549 declared amounts
2010583$23,691declared over 498 declared amounts
2009117$24,675declared over 71 declared amounts
200857$25,000declared over 46 declared amounts
200766$25,000declared over 56 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
YearContractsDeclared amounts
20264,0534,005
20258,0597,697
20249,1108,641
202310,2349,417
202211,17810,449
202111,26010,616
202011,16710,472
201912,40211,577
201812,32311,431
201711,18510,163
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

What is bought in this sector
Published codeLabelContracts
GSIN R019—22,759
GSIN R109—9,334
GSIN R199—4,552
GSIN H300—3,175
GSIN T004—2,701
GSIN R019FServices de consultation2,494
GSIN R010—2,335
GSIN AZ11—1,967
GSIN R019BFServices aux ressources humaines; Services-conseil en affaire /Services de gestion du changement; Service de gestion de projets1,695
GSIN T002—1,670

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

Direct award
43,484
By invitation
41,859
Public call for tenders
19,913
Selective
4,263
how it's calculated — Share by invitation

Share by invitation — where the number comes from

The calculation
41,859 contracts by invitation ÷ 109,519 contracts with a classified method = 38.2%
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: 681 contracts with an unclassified method.

Out of 109,519 contracts with a classified method; 681 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
MethodContractsShare
Public call for tenders19,91318.2%
Selective4,2633.9%
By invitation41,85938.2%
Direct award43,48439.7%
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

36,269 distinct suppliers, by published name, hold at least one disclosed contract. The five most frequent account for 1.8% — 1,968 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
1,968 contracts of the five most frequent supplier names ÷ 110,200 contracts in the sector = 1.8%
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

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 11,092 (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

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Citation
Lauréo, “Professional services, 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/services-professionnels/federal
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