Federal department or agency
Global Affairs Canada: who it buys from
Every contract over $10,000 Global Affairs Canada reported.
- Total value
- $6.8B
- Contracts
- 68,763
- Median contract
- $23K
- Non-competitive
- 49%
- of 34,912 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.
108 categories in detail
Who sells each kind of thing to this buyer.
- Information technology and telecommunications consultants $767M
- Purchase of services for development assistance $610M
- Management consulting $358M
- Engineering consultants-Construction $343M
- Architectural services $286M
- Office buildings $269M
- Other professional services not elsewhere specified $268M
- Protection services $257M
- Other furniture and fixtures including parts $191M
- Office buildings $164M
- Temporary help services $154M
- Computer equipment related to distributed computing environment (DCE)-Desktop/personal/portable (includes all related parts and peripherals) $152M
- Training consultants $146M
- Employee relocation outside Canada and/or return $141M
- Non-public servant travel - Other travel $108M
- Information technology consultants $107M
- Safety and sanitation equipment and parts $105M
- Road motor vehicles $104M
- Other payments for development assistance to foreign countries $103M
- Residential buildings $91.8M
- Contracted building cleaning $84.7M
- Tuition fees and costs of attending courses including seminars not elsewhere specified $84.1M
- Other Business services not Elsewhere Specified $83.8M
- Hospitality $68.3M
- License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) $66.6M
- Computer software $65.1M
- Non-professional Personal Service Contracts not Elsewhere Specified $62.1M
- Computer equipment - large/medium - mainframe, mini $55.9M
- Communications professional services not elsewhere specified $55.6M
- Transportation of things not elsewhere specified $54.5M
- Computer equipment parts $52.7M
- Courier services $51.6M
- Public servant travel - Operational activities $44.5M
- Exposition services $42.7M
- License/Maintenance fees for application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software $42.4M
- Accounting and audit services $41.6M
- Residential buildings $41.3M
- Public relations services $38.4M
- Image/Video communications equipment (includes telepresence/video conferencing equipment, cabling, parts and peripherals) $38.2M
- Electronic subscriptions and electronic publications $38.2M
- Other equipment and Parts $36.4M
- Legal services $33.1M
- Other transfer payments outside Canada to or on behalf of international organizations and foreign countries $29.2M
- Advertising services $26.4M
- Rental - Other $25.9M
- Real estate services $25.1M
- Communications research services $23M
- Application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software $22.2M
- Heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment $19.4M
- Other equipment $19.1M
- Rental of motor and other vehicles $18.1M
- Audio-visual services $17.5M
- Communications/Networking equipment (includes analog, digital and combined analog/digital equipment, cabling, parts and peripherals) $17.3M
- Rental of residential buildings $16.5M
- Printing services $16.2M
- Research contracts $15.2M
- Net increases or decreases in other specified purpose accounts $15M
- Office and stationers supplies $13.3M
- License/Maintenance fees for networking software $13.1M
- Net Increase or Decrease in Accounts receivable $12.8M
- Computer equipment related to production and operations (P&O) environment-All servers, storage, printers, etc. (includes all related parts and peripherals) $12.7M
- Public servant travel-Other reasons $12.6M
- Electric lighting, distribution and control equipment and Parts $12.1M
- Client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) $11.7M
- Telecommunication equipment parts $11.6M
- Other engineering works $11.6M
- Rental of machinery, office furniture and fixtures and other equipment $11.5M
- Rental of office buildings $11.3M
- Civilian - Foreign service allowance $11M
- Other office equipment and parts $10.2M
- Travel - public servants $9.9M
- Engineering services not elsewhere specified $9.7M
- Conference fees $9.1M
- License/Maintenance fees for operating system and utility software related to servers, storage, peripherals and components $8.6M
- Engineering consultants-Other $8.4M
- Other machinery and parts $8.1M
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles $7.5M
- Networking software $7M
- Data and database access services $6.8M
- Miscellaneous expenditures not Elsewhere Classified $6.8M
- Computer Equipment related to Production and Operations (P&O) environment-All servers, storage, printers etc (Includes all related parts and peripherals) $6.4M
- Non-Public Servant Travel - Support Core Mandate $6.1M
- House furnishing, excluding furniture $6.1M
- Data communications services $6.1M
- Printed matter, including books, newspapers, pictures, manuscripts and forms $6M
- Travel - non-public servants $4.6M
- Translation services $4.5M
- Road motor vehicles Parts $4M
- Voice communications equipment $3.9M
- Diesel fuel $3.9M
- Computer equipment - small-desktop/ personal/ portable/keyboard $3.7M
- Computer services (includes IT solutions/deliverables as well as IT managed services) $3.5M
- Buildings and/or installations for telecommunications, computers and/or electronic/automated office systems $3.3M
- Sewer and water $3M
- Publishing services $2.9M
- Purchase of training packages and courses $2.7M
- Road motor vehicles - non-military $2.5M
- Office furniture and furnishings, including parts $2.4M
- Waste disposal $2.3M
- Computer equipment - hardware and software $2.1M
- Physicians and Surgeons $1.8M
- Telephone and other voice services (excluding enhanced telecommunications services) $1.8M
- Digital communications equipment for integrated voice, data (message/text, and computer) or image/video communications $1.7M
- Interpretation services $1.7M
- Other office equipment $1.5M
- Uniforms $1.4M
- Plumbing equipment and fittings, including parts $946K
- Miscellaneous textiles, headgear, umbrellas, etc. $758K
Top vendors
The vendors with the most contract value here.
| Vendor | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Cowater International Inc. | 14 | $141M |
| Alinea International Ltd | 18 | $100M |
| CGI Information Systems & | 61 | $81.6M |
| Commissionaires Ottawa | 171 | $76.7M |
| Canadian Bureau For Int'l Education | 13 | $72.4M |
| Excel Human Resources Inc. | 504 | $72.2M |
| Graybridge International | 45 | $69.3M |
| Overbury PLC | 1 | $64.8M |
| Graybridge Malkam | 50 | $64.7M |
| The Bell Telephone Company of Canad | 589 | $60.4M |
| Agriteam Canada | 16 | $58.7M |
| Microsoft Corporation | 166 | $58.3M |
| Coradix Technology Consulting Ltd. | 162 | $56.3M |
| Terlin Construction Ltd | 13 | $55.1M |
| Honeywell Limited | 356 | $52.1M |
| World University Service of Canada | 11 | $49.9M |
| Jankel Tactical Systems LLC | 79 | $41.4M |
| TEKsystems Canada Corp | 121 | $40.2M |
| Tiree Facilities Solution Inc. | 126 | $39.2M |
| Frannan International Limited | 3 | $37.5M |
| Altis Recruitment & Technology Inc | 141 | $37.4M |
| Framaco–Bozdemir Joint Venture LLC | 1 | $33.2M |
| Protak Consulting Group Inc | 171 | $32.3M |
| OnX Enterprise Solutions | 81 | $30.9M |
| CowaterSogema International Inc. | 3 | $30.6M |
Plus 20,540 contracts ($1.3B) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1,235 | $74.1M |
| 2005 | 1,839 | $158M |
| 2006 | 3,339 | $220M |
| 2007 | 3,353 | $177M |
| 2008 | 2,980 | $247M |
| 2009 | 2,202 | $171M |
| 2010 | 2,942 | $187M |
| 2011 | 3,078 | $236M |
| 2012 | 2,663 | $276M |
| 2013 | 2,667 | $290M |
| 2014 | 2,884 | $387M |
| 2015 | 2,951 | $304M |
| 2016 | 2,707 | $333M |
| 2017 | 3,194 | $351M |
| 2018 | 3,852 | $341M |
| 2019 | 3,826 | $423M |
| 2020 | 3,285 | $288M |
| 2021 | 3,575 | $331M |
| 2022 | 3,648 | $339M |
| 2023 | 3,481 | $367M |
| 2024 | 3,427 | $451M |
| 2025 | 3,802 | $421M |
| 2026 | 1,833 | $400M |
How they were awarded
As the department reported it; older contracts often don't say.
| Procurement method | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not stated | 33,851 | $2.4B |
| Competitive | 14,238 | $1.6B |
| Competitive: open bidding | 1,224 | $1.5B |
| Non-competitive | 17,217 | $761M |
| Competitive: selective tendering | 2,205 | $525M |
| Advance contract award notice | 28 | $16.6M |
Goods, services or construction
| Type | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Services | 22,249 | $3B |
| Not stated | 34,389 | $2.6B |
| Construction | 3,097 | $668M |
| Goods | 9,028 | $533M |