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Canada's procurement data, free for journalists & researchers.

We normalize and cross-reference Government of Canada open data — every disclosed federal contract, grant, contribution, and award. Cite it, query it through our free API, or ask us for a custom pull.

Federal contracts
1.3M
since 2004
Grants & contributions
1.3M
records
Contract awards
16K
from CanadaBuys
Cumulative value
$2309.5B
across all datasets
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Why you can cite this
Provenance

Every figure traces back to primary Government of Canada open data: proactive disclosure of contracts over $10K, the grants and contributions registry, and CanadaBuys award notices. We don't editorialize the numbers — we normalize spellings, reconcile departments, and link vendors across datasets so the totals add up.

  • Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada (CC-BY 4.0 compatible). Free to reuse with attribution.
  • Sources: open.canada.ca proactive disclosure & CanadaBuys.
  • Freshness: reloaded nightly; the headline figures above are live as of this page render.
  • Coverage: federal contracts back to 2004, grants and awards across 99+ departments and agencies.
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Query the free public API
No key required

Every dataset is queryable as JSON over a simple, unauthenticated GET API. Filter by search term, department, fiscal year, and value; paginate with page and limit (max 100). Rate limited to about 200 requests per minute per IP — please cache results and keep requests reasonable.

GET/api/public/contractsFederal contracts
curl "https://proposalforge.io/api/public/contracts?search=cybersecurity&fiscalYear=2024-2025&limit=50"
GET/api/public/grantsGrants & contributions
curl "https://proposalforge.io/api/public/grants?department=Innovation%2C%20Science%20and%20Economic%20Development%20Canada"
GET/api/public/awardsContract awards
curl "https://proposalforge.io/api/public/awards?search=Bombardier&limit=25"
GET/api/public/standing-offersStanding offers & supply arrangements
curl "https://proposalforge.io/api/public/standing-offers?search=ProServices"
GET/api/public/searchCross-dataset search
curl "https://proposalforge.io/api/public/search?q=shipbuilding"
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Need a custom data pull?
Same-day for press

On deadline? Tell us what you need — "every contract Department X gave Vendor Y since 2019," a department's spending trend, or the biggest awards in a sector — and we'll send a clean, ready-to-cite extract, usually the same day.

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How to cite us
Attribution

When you use our figures or charts, please credit us with a link back to proposalforge.io:

Source: Proposal Forge (proposalforge.io), compiled from Government of Canada open data.
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