Federal department or agency
Correctional Service of Canada: who it buys from
Every contract over $10,000 Correctional Service of Canada reported.
- Total value
- $7.2B
- Contracts
- 50,126
- Median contract
- $25K
- Non-competitive
- 26%
- of 40,391 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.
72 categories in detail
Who sells each kind of thing to this buyer.
- Welfare Services $2.1B
- Physicians and Surgeons $645M
- Other professional services not elsewhere specified $634M
- Pharmaceutical and Other Medicinal Products $519M
- Information technology and telecommunications consultants $356M
- Usage of Inventory $311M
- Other equipment $265M
- Protection services $263M
- Other equipment and Parts $240M
- Other health services not elsewhere specified $146M
- Other Business services not Elsewhere Specified $144M
- Road motor vehicles $127M
- Institutional buildings $111M
- Dental services $97.2M
- Computer equipment related to distributed computing environment (DCE)-Desktop/personal/portable (includes all related parts and peripherals) $88.6M
- Non-professional Personal Service Contracts not Elsewhere Specified $75.8M
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles $62.3M
- Other Institutional buildings $52.2M
- Non-Public Servant Travel - Support Core Mandate $46.7M
- Other Vehicles $45M
- Teachers and instructors on contract $44.3M
- Rental of machinery, office furniture and fixtures and other equipment $39.2M
- Gasoline $38.6M
- Safety and sanitation equipment and parts $28.5M
- House furnishing, excluding furniture $28.4M
- License/Maintenance fees for application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software $28.4M
- Client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) $26.8M
- Translation services $25.8M
- Miscellaneous food, food materials and food preparations $25.2M
- Education - Elementary, Secondary, College, University and Special $25M
- Light fuel oil $22.4M
- Other clothing $21.8M
- Other engineering works $21.2M
- License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) $19.6M
- Heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment $19.4M
- Courier services $18.7M
- Application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software $17.8M
- Weapons (including parts) $17.6M
- Tuition fees and costs of attending courses including seminars not elsewhere specified $16.1M
- Temporary help services $16M
- Road motor vehicles - non-military $15.2M
- Rental - Other $14.3M
- Medical supplies, etc $13.7M
- Contracted building cleaning $12.9M
- Miscellaneous Chemical products $12.8M
- Plumbing equipment and fittings, including parts $12.7M
- Electric lighting, distribution and control equipment $12M
- Transportation of things not elsewhere specified $11.6M
- Other machinery and parts $10.6M
- Electric lighting, distribution and control equipment and Parts $8.8M
- Rental of Industrial and Commercial Buildings $7.3M
- Engineering consultants-Construction $7.2M
- Processing machinery $7.2M
- Diesel fuel $7.1M
- Training consultants $6.6M
- Computer equipment related to production and operations (P&O) environment-All servers, storage, printers, etc. (includes all related parts and peripherals) $6.5M
- Other engineering works $5.7M
- Measuring, controlling, laboratory, medical and optical equipment and parts $3.9M
- Office furniture and furnishings, including parts $3.9M
- Office and stationers supplies $3.4M
- Architectural services $3.1M
- Postage and Parcel Post $2.6M
- Other non-residential buildings $2.6M
- Highways, roads and streets $2.4M
- Image/Video communications equipment (includes telepresence/video conferencing equipment, cabling, parts and peripherals) $1.7M
- Other Mineral Fuels, Oils and Products $1.6M
- Inorganic and organic chemicals, including plastics, rubber and products, and excluding tires and tubes $1.3M
- Rental of residential buildings $1.3M
- Rental of motor and other vehicles $1.2M
- Salt, Sulphur, Ores, Earth and Stone $1.1M
- Road motor vehicles Parts $976K
- Live animals, including their fodder $769K
Top vendors
The vendors with the most contract value here.
| Vendor | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| McKESSON CANADA | 8,056 | $437M |
| Canadian Corps of Commissionaires | 1,396 | $181M |
| ADGA Group Consultants Inc. | 13 | $147M |
| The Salvation Army | 47 | $142M |
| Logistik Unicorp Inc. | 4 | $130M |
| Cistel Technology Inc. | 16 | $105M |
| Bridges Of Canada Inc | 39 | $86.4M |
| Bargreen Ellingson Inc | 249 | $80.2M |
| Accenture Inc. | 2 | $72.3M |
| John Howard Society Of Ottawa | 19 | $60.1M |
| Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd. | 719 | $56.4M |
| AIM Health Group | 28 | $54.3M |
| Motorola Solutions Canada Ltd | 109 | $52.8M |
| Governing Council Of Salvation Army In Canada | 28 | $52.8M |
| Corps Canadien Des Commissionnaires | 116 | $49.9M |
| Indivior Uk Ltd | 704 | $47.6M |
| Societe Emmanuel Gregoire Inc | 18 | $47M |
| St Leonard's Society Hamilton | 14 | $44.2M |
| Oei Krueger International Inc | 1,127 | $44.1M |
| Dynacare | 206 | $43.2M |
| St Leonard's Community Services | 13 | $42.6M |
| Calian Ltd | 113 | $42.1M |
| Teknion Ltd | 903 | $40.7M |
| ADGA Group | 1 | $40.2M |
| Westcoast Genesis Society | 16 | $39.5M |
Plus 7,735 contracts ($1.2B) 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.
| Category | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Welfare Services | 1,054 | $2.1B |
| Physicians and Surgeons | 976 | $645M |
| Other professional services not elsewhere specified | 2,952 | $634M |
| Pharmaceutical and Other Medicinal Products | 9,139 | $519M |
| Information technology and telecommunications consultants | 116 | $356M |
| Usage of Inventory | 7,585 | $311M |
| Other equipment | 753 | $265M |
| Protection services | 1,623 | $263M |
| Other equipment and Parts | 1,464 | $240M |
| Other health services not elsewhere specified | 821 | $146M |
| Other Business services not Elsewhere Specified | 1,309 | $144M |
| Uniforms | 9 | $139M |
| Road motor vehicles | 1,957 | $127M |
| Institutional buildings | 2,481 | $111M |
| Dental services | 218 | $97.2M |
| Computer equipment related to distributed computing environment (DCE)-Desktop/personal/portable (includes all related parts and peripherals) | 287 | $88.6M |
| Non-professional Personal Service Contracts not Elsewhere Specified | 735 | $75.8M |
| Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,611 | $62.3M |
| Other Institutional buildings | 316 | $52.2M |
| Non-Public Servant Travel - Support Core Mandate | 279 | $46.7M |
Largest contracts
Latest contracts
By year
Contracts by the year they were dated.
| Year | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 | $2.1M |
| 2008 | 7 | $9.7M |
| 2009 | 43 | $100M |
| 2010 | 77 | $94.3M |
| 2011 | 147 | $210M |
| 2012 | 222 | $151M |
| 2013 | 517 | $254M |
| 2014 | 2,952 | $351M |
| 2015 | 3,777 | $368M |
| 2016 | 3,623 | $993M |
| 2017 | 3,777 | $382M |
| 2018 | 4,093 | $369M |
| 2019 | 3,621 | $503M |
| 2020 | 3,283 | $417M |
| 2021 | 3,722 | $605M |
| 2022 | 4,358 | $693M |
| 2023 | 4,684 | $527M |
| 2024 | 4,123 | $597M |
| 2025 | 4,451 | $391M |
| 2026 | 2,648 | $224M |
How they were awarded
As the department reported it; older contracts often don't say.
| Procurement method | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Competitive: open bidding | 22,772 | $2.7B |
| Advance contract award notice | 2,391 | $2.1B |
| Not stated | 9,735 | $1.3B |
| Competitive | 6,986 | $554M |
| Non-competitive | 8,164 | $552M |
| Competitive: selective tendering | 78 | $122M |
Goods, services or construction
| Type | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Services | 14,354 | $4.3B |
| Goods | 25,267 | $1.6B |
| Not stated | 8,124 | $1.2B |
| Construction | 2,381 | $155M |