Federal department or agency
Canada Border Services Agency: who it buys from
Every contract over $10,000 Canada Border Services Agency reported.
- Total value
- $5.2B
- Contracts
- 9,380
- Median contract
- $48K
- Non-competitive
- 18%
- of 9,368 contracts that say how they were awarded
Federal contracts over $10,000, contracts dated Jan 2004 to Sep 2026, each counted once at its latest reported value. Source: Treasury Board proactive publication of contracts, published October 13, 2026.
34 categories in detail
Who sells each kind of thing to this buyer.
- Information technology and telecommunications consultants $2.2B
- Protection services $632M
- Other professional services not elsewhere specified $281M
- Welfare Services $192M
- Computer Equipment related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)-Desktop/Personal/Portable (Includes all related parts and peripherals) $151M
- Measuring, controlling, laboratory, medical and optical equipment and parts $148M
- Other Business services not Elsewhere Specified $127M
- Other health services not elsewhere specified $125M
- Computer equipment related to distributed computing environment (DCE)-Desktop/personal/portable (includes all related parts and peripherals) $92.5M
- Application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software $90.1M
- Computer services (includes IT solutions/deliverables as well as IT managed services) $85M
- Other equipment $75.6M
- Other equipment and Parts $72.2M
- Management consulting $63.5M
- Communications/Networking equipment (includes analog, digital and combined analog/digital equipment, cabling, parts and peripherals) $50.5M
- Road motor vehicles $45.6M
- Image/Video communications equipment (includes telepresence/video conferencing equipment, cabling, parts and peripherals) $37.3M
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles $36.5M
- Contracted building cleaning $35.7M
- Image/Video Communications Equipment (includes Telepresence/Video Conferencing Equipment, cabling, parts and peripherals) $19.1M
- Training consultants $17.8M
- Rental of machinery, office furniture and fixtures and other equipment $16.7M
- Printed matter, including books, newspapers, pictures, manuscripts and forms $15.3M
- Other Vehicles $11.1M
- Uniforms $9.2M
- Weapons (including parts) $8.7M
- Office furniture and furnishings, including parts $7M
- Tuition fees and costs of attending courses including seminars not elsewhere specified $5.1M
- Office buildings $5M
- Temporary help services $3.9M
- Safety and sanitation equipment and parts $3.7M
- Miscellaneous Chemical products $2.9M
- Translation services $2.2M
- Other office equipment and parts $2M
Top vendors
The vendors with the most contract value here.
| Vendor | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Deloitte LLP | 151 | $735M |
| Garda Canada Security Corporation | 14 | $424M |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | 73 | $187M |
| TEKsystems Canada Corp | 178 | $186M |
| Emerion Inc. | 114 | $163M |
| Veritaaq Technology House Inc. | 152 | $157M |
| IBM Canada Ltd | 67 | $140M |
| Corbel Management Corporation | 6 | $133M |
| Dalian Enterprises Inc. | 83 | $95.1M |
| GCStrategies Inc. | 86 | $90M |
| Calian Ltd | 37 | $85.6M |
| Rapiscan Systems Inc | 5 | $79.5M |
| MGIS Inc. | 77 | $78.9M |
| TPG Technology Consulting Ltd | 86 | $78M |
| Smiths Detection Montreal Inc. | 148 | $75.9M |
| The John Howard Society of Canada | 22 | $68.1M |
| Logistik Unicorp Inc. | 4 | $65.3M |
| S.i. Systems | 80 | $64.1M |
| Neptune Security Services Inc. | 2 | $51.6M |
| G4S Secure Solutions (Canada) Ltd. | 2 | $47.1M |
| Canadian Corps of Commissionaires | 89 | $46.8M |
| IBISKA Telecom Inc. | 55 | $43.8M |
| Commissionnaires du Quebec | 18 | $43M |
| Perceptics LLC | 6 | $39M |
| Microsoft Canada Inc. | 25 | $38.1M |
Plus 693 contracts ($211M) to individuals, sole proprietors and vendors this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
What was bought
By the Treasury Board object code each contract was filed under.
Largest contracts
Latest contracts
By year
Contracts by the year they were dated.
| Year | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2 | $3M |
| 2009 | 2 | $1.8M |
| 2010 | 4 | $5.2M |
| 2011 | 24 | $25.4M |
| 2012 | 53 | $93.5M |
| 2013 | 71 | $130M |
| 2014 | 108 | $108M |
| 2015 | 255 | $235M |
| 2016 | 713 | $225M |
| 2017 | 597 | $340M |
| 2018 | 810 | $794M |
| 2019 | 974 | $444M |
| 2020 | 991 | $607M |
| 2021 | 1,167 | $368M |
| 2022 | 1,190 | $588M |
| 2023 | 750 | $408M |
| 2024 | 589 | $246M |
| 2025 | 685 | $439M |
| 2026 | 395 | $93.5M |
How they were awarded
As the department reported it; older contracts often don't say.
| Procurement method | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Competitive: open bidding | 5,056 | $3.2B |
| Competitive | 2,229 | $1.2B |
| Non-competitive | 1,696 | $405M |
| Competitive: selective tendering | 355 | $205M |
| Advance contract award notice | 32 | $61.4M |
| Not stated | 12 | $4.7M |
Goods, services or construction
| Type | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Services | 5,801 | $4.4B |
| Goods | 3,533 | $757M |
| Construction | 43 | $4.1M |
| Not stated | 3 | $978K |