Canadian Federal Indigenous Procurement Plans for 2025-27

This dataset details the procurement plans of 95 Canadian federal departments and agencies to meet a mandatory 5% target for awarding contract value to Indigenous businesses. It covers planned spending for fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27, providing aggregated summaries and detailed breakdowns across three CSV files. The data is published by Indigenous Services Canada under the Open Government License - Canada.

Use Cases

• Analyzing departmental compliance and variance against the mandatory 5% Indigenous procurement target.
• Tracking planned contract values for Indigenous versus non-Indigenous businesses across federal agencies.
• Identifying deputy head-approved exceptions to the procurement requirement for specific departments.
• Forecasting potential government spending with Indigenous businesses for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 fiscal years.
• Benchmarking procurement plans across 95 federal organizations to identify leaders and laggards.

Strengths

• Covers 95 federal departments and agencies, providing a near-complete view of planned federal procurement.
• Includes multi-year planning data for fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27, allowing for trend analysis.
• Published under the permissive OGL-CA-2.0 license, enabling reuse and analysis.
• Data is structured across three CSV files, separating summary and detailed planning information.

Limitations

• Specific column names and the exact row count for each CSV file are not provided in the available metadata.
• The dataset contains planned, not actual, procurement values, which may differ from final outcomes.
• Conflicts exist in source descriptions regarding the exact start year of the policy phase-in (2021 vs. 2022).

Provenance

Source

Indigenous Services Canada, in collaboration with Public Services and Procurement Canada and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

Collection Method

Mandatory annual planning reports submitted by 95 federal departments and agencies.

Time Range

Fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 (planned activities).

Freshness

2026-04-07

Geography

Canada (federal government procurement).