Search Government Contracts over $10,000

The Government of Canada is committed to the proactive publication of information on:

1. any contract valued at more than $10,000
2. any contract amendment that increases or decreases the value of a contract by more than $10,000
3. any contract amendment that increases the value of a contract previously valued at $10,000 or less to over $10,000

Contract values include all applicable taxes.

This commitment is set out in:

• Part 2 of the Access to Information Act, sections 77 and 86
• the Directive on Proactive Publication Under the Access to Information Act
• the Directive on the Management of Procurement

The Guide to the Proactive Publication of Contracts sets out the types of contract information that government entities publish.

The Directive on the Management of Procurement also requires annual proactive publication, on a calendar year basis, of the volume and cumulative dollar value of a contract or positive or negative amendment when its value is $10,000 or less. These amounts do not have to be proactively published on the Open Government Portal. They are published on the Proactive Publication – Contracts – Aggregated Total - Contracts $10K and under page.

It is important to note the following:

• Information on contracts is proactively published quarterly, in accordance with sections 77 and 86 of Part 2 of the Access to Information Act. This means that information on a contract over $10,000 could be proactively published up to four to five months after the contract was awarded. For example, for a contract awarded on January 1, 2024, information might not be proactively published until May 30, 2024.
  
  
• Government entities (as defined in section 81 of Part 2 of the Access to Information Act) were not required to proactively publish information on contracts awarded before January 1, 2017, on the Open Government Portal. Instead, they published the information on their website. Some records, however, were migrated to the portal. Also, a number of records were submitted by government entities as open data, and these records are available on the Proactive Publication – Contracts over $10,000 – Legacy Data page.
  
  
• Retention periods are covered in the Directive on Proactive Publication Under the Access to Information Act and in Library and Archives Canada’s Generic Valuation Tools.
  
  
• When a common service provider, such as Public Services and Procurement Canada, awards a contract on behalf of another government institution, the institution that is considered the government entity under the Access to Information Act is responsible for publishing information on the contract.
  
  
• Generally, proactively published contract values represent the maximum potential total value at contract award. For contracts that involve task authorizations or unexercised contract options, the published value may be less than this maximum amount.
  
  
• Proactively published total contract values and dates for task authorizations and unexercised contract options may not represent the actual firm commitment or expenditures against the contract.
  
  
• Government entities may withhold information on contracts for reasons consistent with the provisions in Part 1 of the Access to Information Act (for example, if publishing the information could threaten the safety and well-being of Canadians or the economic interests of Canada).
  
  
• Each government entity is accountable for the completeness and accuracy of the proactive publication of information on contracts.