Canadian Government Contracts for Land, Building, and Works, $250k+ Threshold

Annual fiscal data from the Public Accounts of Canada details contracts for land, building, and works valued at $250,000 or more. It includes contractor names, project descriptions and locations, contracted amounts, and yearly and cumulative expenditures. The dataset is provided by Public Services and Procurement Canada and is updated with each fiscal year.

Use Cases

• Analyze government spending distribution based on contractor location and project details.
• Track annual and cumulative expenditures for major infrastructure projects.
• Identify major contractors and project types within the Canadian federal government.

Strengths

• Includes a specific financial threshold: contracts of $250,000 or over ($25,000 for cost-plus).
• Provides multiple data points per contract: contractor, location, description, and expenditures.
• Data is sourced from the official Public Accounts of Canada, Volume III.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Public Services and Procurement Canada, from the Public Accounts of Canada, Volume III.

Collection Method

Published at the end of each fiscal year as part of government-wide financial reporting.

Time Range

Covers fiscal years, with specific mention of data for 2009-2010 and later.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 16:34:48.513305; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada (federal government contracts).