Procurement Database

The Canadian Government
Procurement Database

Over 2.1 million federal and provincial procurement records, in one queryable database. Contracts, tenders, awards, proactive disclosures, and standing offers, drawn from CanadaBuys, federal proactive disclosure, Quebec's SEAO, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and Yukon, all normalized to a common schema. Query it through a REST API. Tenders refresh daily, contracts weekly.

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2.1M+ procurement records
9 federal & provincial sources
5 record types, one schema
Daily tender refresh

Five procurement record types, each normalized so a query works the same way across every source. One API key, one schema.

Record typeRecordsWhat it covers
Contracts 1.0M+ Awarded contracts with department, vendor, value, dates, and procurement category
Proactive disclosures 500K+ Federal proactive disclosure of contracts over the reporting threshold
Tenders 474K+ Open and historical solicitations, RFPs, and notices with status and closing dates
Awards 144K+ Award notices linking solicitations to winning vendors and values
Standing offers & supply arrangements 6.5K+ SOSA instruments: pre-qualified suppliers and pricing for recurring needs

The database spans federal procurement plus four provincial and territorial sources, and grows as governments publish machine-readable open data:

CanadaBuys (federal)
Federal proactive disclosure
SOSA
Quebec — SEAO
Nova Scotia
Alberta sole-source
Yukon

Records reach back to 1975. See live coverage and refresh status on the status page.

Query the database

Filter by department, vendor, value, category, date, or status. Every record type shares the same cursor-paginated query pattern.

GET /contract?department=national-defence&event_date_after=2024-01-01&limit=100

# All National Defence contracts since January 2024
# Returns: vendor, value, category, dates, solicitation number
GET /tender?status=open&category=informatics

# Open IT solicitations across all sources
# Cursor pagination via the `cursor` parameter

Same endpoint pattern across tenders, contracts, awards, disclosures, and standing offers. Full OpenAPI spec included.

Who uses a procurement database

Government suppliers and bidders

Track open tenders the moment they post, and study award history to size pipelines and price competitively.

Market intelligence and analytics

Measure spend by department, vendor, and category over time. One normalized schema across federal and provincial sources.

Compliance and oversight

Cross-reference proactive disclosures, awards, and standing offers to audit single-source and sole-source activity.

Journalists and researchers

Follow public money across decades of contracts and awards, queryable by vendor, department, and value.

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No credit card required. Full API access via RapidAPI. OpenAPI spec and docs included.

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