CanadaBuys Award Notices for Federal Government Contracts

Government of Canada award notices published under the Financial Administration Act. The dataset includes awards for construction, goods, services, and services related to goods from all Schedule I, II, and III departments, agencies, and Crown corporations. Public Services and Procurement Canada is the authoritative source, and the data was last updated on April 10, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze procurement trends based on the four major award categories (CNST, GD, SRV, SRVTGD).
• Track federal government spending by filtering award notices by organization type.
• Study compliance with trade agreement obligations across government entities.

Strengths

• Data is the authoritative source for Government of Canada award notices.
• Includes a structured procurement category field for filtering by four major award types.
• Covers all Schedule I, II, and III federal departments, agencies, and Crown corporations.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Some award description values may cause display issues in spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel.

Provenance

Source

Public Services and Procurement Canada

Collection Method

Published according to the Financial Administration Act.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 23:46:31.006205; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Federal government organizations in Canada.