Federal department or agency
Natural Resources Canada: who it buys from
Every contract over $10,000 Natural Resources Canada reported.
- Total value
- $2.5B
- Contracts
- 27,897
- Median contract
- $24K
- Non-competitive
- 58%
- of 17,598 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.
73 categories in detail
Who sells each kind of thing to this buyer.
- Information technology and telecommunications consultants $333M
- Other Business services not Elsewhere Specified $265M
- Rental of aircraft $224M
- Measuring, controlling, laboratory, medical and optical equipment and parts $221M
- Scientific services $113M
- Other professional services not elsewhere specified $93.9M
- Management consulting $81.1M
- Computer services (includes IT solutions/deliverables as well as IT managed services) $66.6M
- Research contracts $66.4M
- Protection services $64M
- Computer equipment related to distributed computing environment (DCE)-Desktop/personal/portable (includes all related parts and peripherals) $52.2M
- Data and database access services $47.7M
- Suspense account (debit)-Other government departments $43.2M
- Contracted building cleaning $43.2M
- Temporary help services $40.5M
- Advertising services $37M
- Miscellaneous manufactured articles $35.2M
- License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) $35.1M
- Scientific consultants $31.8M
- Client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) $31.3M
- Electronic subscriptions and electronic publications $30.8M
- Accounting and audit services $27.2M
- Application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software $26.9M
- Other equipment and Parts $26.5M
- Payments made in accordance with authorities $22.4M
- Engineering services not elsewhere specified $20.1M
- Training consultants $18.8M
- Image/Video communications equipment (includes telepresence/video conferencing equipment, cabling, parts and peripherals) $17.4M
- Measuring, controlling, laboratory, medical and optical instruments, apparatus and accessories $16.2M
- Tuition fees and costs of attending courses including seminars not elsewhere specified $14.7M
- Office furniture and furnishings, including parts $14.4M
- Transportation of things not elsewhere specified $13.7M
- Communications professional services not elsewhere specified $13M
- Personal Services $12.9M
- Communications research services $12.5M
- Road motor vehicles $11.2M
- Rental of machinery, office furniture and fixtures and other equipment $8.8M
- Translation services $8.2M
- Other machinery and parts $7.6M
- Aviation fuel $7.6M
- Other equipment $7.6M
- Sewer and water $7.2M
- Processing machinery $6.9M
- Computer equipment related to production and operations (P&O) environment-All servers, storage, printers, etc. (includes all related parts and peripherals) $6.3M
- License/Maintenance fees for application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software $6.3M
- Exposition services $5.7M
- Printed matter, including books, newspapers, pictures, manuscripts and forms $5.5M
- Audio-visual services $5.4M
- Miscellaneous food, food materials and food preparations $4.8M
- Information technology consultants $4.3M
- Safety and sanitation equipment and parts $4.2M
- Inorganic and organic chemicals, including plastics, rubber and products, and excluding tires and tubes $3.9M
- Computer software $3.4M
- Laboratories $3.3M
- Purchase of training packages and courses $3.3M
- Ferrous metals $3.1M
- Other Vehicles $3.1M
- Other office equipment and parts $2.9M
- Waste disposal $2.9M
- Electric lighting, distribution and control equipment and Parts $2.8M
- Office and stationers supplies $2.7M
- Tools and implements $2.6M
- Imaging services $2.6M
- Printing services $2.5M
- Rental - Other $2.4M
- Membership fees $2.4M
- Plumbing equipment and fittings, including parts $2.3M
- Computer equipment - hardware and software $2.2M
- Rental of office buildings $1.8M
- Public relations services $1.6M
- Heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment $1.5M
- Other clothing $1.5M
- Miscellaneous Chemical products $1.4M
Top vendors
The vendors with the most contract value here.
| Vendor | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Calian Ltd | 16 | $92.6M |
| Kenn Borek Air Ltd. | 65 | $59.9M |
| TEKsystems Canada Corp | 26 | $32.9M |
| MDA Geospatial Services Inc. | 63 | $29.7M |
| Great Slave Helicopters | 79 | $27.2M |
| 953731 Nwt Ltd. | 46 | $26.7M |
| Universal Helicopters | 32 | $23.8M |
| Dalian Enterprises Inc. | 9 | $21.2M |
| Canadian Corps of Commissionaires | 38 | $21M |
| Microsoft Canada Inc. | 58 | $20.6M |
| Unaalik Aviation (2004) Inc | 17 | $19.5M |
| Veritaaq Technology House Inc. | 20 | $17.2M |
| Great Slave Helicopters 2018 Ltd. | 34 | $16.5M |
| Amazon Web Services | 13 | $16.4M |
| ESRI Canada Limited | 113 | $16.3M |
| Nisha Technologies Inc. | 429 | $15.9M |
| The Canadian Corps of Commissionair | 41 | $15M |
| Maplesoft Group | 12 | $14.8M |
| Commissionaires Ottawa | 11 | $14.5M |
| Excel Human Resources Inc. | 109 | $14.3M |
| Cossette Communication Inc. | 21 | $14.1M |
| Makwa Resourcing Inc. | 4 | $14.1M |
| Deloitte LLP | 19 | $13.9M |
| Rgb Media Inc. | 96 | $12.5M |
| Kpmg Llp | 29 | $12.5M |
Plus 4,041 contracts ($264M) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 | $39K |
| 2008 | 4 | $7.7M |
| 2009 | 6 | $864K |
| 2010 | 14 | $13.5M |
| 2011 | 1,349 | $160M |
| 2012 | 2,033 | $182M |
| 2013 | 1,772 | $157M |
| 2014 | 1,718 | $106M |
| 2015 | 1,874 | $128M |
| 2016 | 1,663 | $140M |
| 2017 | 2,045 | $149M |
| 2018 | 2,016 | $138M |
| 2019 | 1,952 | $143M |
| 2020 | 1,516 | $104M |
| 2021 | 1,803 | $147M |
| 2022 | 1,907 | $238M |
| 2023 | 1,890 | $242M |
| 2024 | 1,923 | $181M |
| 2025 | 1,660 | $137M |
| 2026 | 751 | $89.5M |
How they were awarded
As the department reported it; older contracts often don't say.
| Procurement method | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not stated | 10,299 | $774M |
| Competitive: open bidding | 3,222 | $640M |
| Non-competitive | 9,846 | $396M |
| Competitive: selective tendering | 828 | $291M |
| Competitive | 3,311 | $270M |
| Advance contract award notice | 391 | $92.5M |
Goods, services or construction
| Type | Contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Services | 12,026 | $1.3B |
| Not stated | 10,299 | $774M |
| Goods | 5,183 | $345M |
| Construction | 389 | $18.7M |