Provincial · Nova Scotia
Province of Nova Scotia contracts
Province of Nova Scotia published 1,995 contract awards between 2023 and 2026, worth $3.3 billion where a value was published, to 220 named suppliers. Dexter Construction won the most, with 232.
At a glance
1,995
Contract awards
Published award notices.
$3.3 billion
Published value
From the 1,848 awards that published a value.
220
Suppliers
Companies named as the winner of an award.
2023 to 2026
Years on record
First and latest published award.
Who wins
Top suppliers
The suppliers that won the most Province of Nova Scotia contracts.
- 1Dexter Construction232 awards · $641.9 million
- 2Nova Construction Co. Ltd.70 awards · $236.4 million
- 3S W Weeks Contracting Inc51 awards · $115.6 million
- 4NCL - Northern Contracting Limited50 awards · $87.7 million
- 5Courtney Lake Contracting Ltd.45 awards · $5.9 million
- 6Basin Contracting Limited41 awards · $59.6 million
- 7Alva Construction Limited39 awards · $53.3 million
- 8Aberdeen Paving Ltd.33 awards · $36.2 million
- 9Chapman Bros Construction Ltd.32 awards · $113.6 million
- 10Cumberland Paving and Contracting29 awards · $43.7 million
Activity
Awards by year
Published awards in the last 6 years. The current year is partial.
- 20210
- 20220
- 2023482 · $995.3 million
- 2024592 · $912.9 million
- 2025497 · $880 million
- 2026424 · $500.9 million
What they buy
Contracts by category
- Construction967 awards
- Materials and components125 awards
- Vehicles and fleet98 awards
- IT and software92 awards
- Engineering63 awards
- Professional services46 awards
Largest
Largest published awards
- 2025-064, SIXTEEN PROJECTS IN ANTIGONISH COUNTY, SUBGRADE, AC PAVING, BRIDGE CONSTRUCTIONNova Construction Co. Ltd. · August 11, 2025$89.1 million
- RFC - New Emergency Department Construction - Yarmouth Regional HospitalPCL Constructors Canada Inc. · March 26, 2025$77.8 million
- RFC - Northside Health Centre - TP6B Mechanical and ElectricalBird Mechanical Ltd. · June 28, 2024$74.4 million
- 2025-083: ELEVEN PROJECTS IN LUNENBURG COUNTY, SUBGRADE WORK, BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, GRAVELLINGBrycon Construction · August 1, 2025$65.7 million
- RFC - TANCOOK FERRY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (MARINE CONSTRUCTION)June 25, 2024$56.8 million
Latest
Recently awarded
- RFSQ - Offsite Patient Accommodations ServicesOctober 6, 2026$1
- Support for Health Workforce Accelerated ProjectsOctober 1, 2026$382,507
- RFQ - VehiclesOctober 1, 2026$733,495
- RFQ - VehiclesBruce Leasing Limited · October 1, 2026$1.2 million
- RFQ - VehiclesFCA Canada Inc. · October 1, 2026$162,088
- Police Records Management Data Governance and MigrationSeptember 30, 2026$799,936
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Related public buyers
- N.S. Community Colleges1,235 awards
- Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, Nova Scotia4,602 awards
- Western Regional Housing Authority, Nova Scotia632 awards
- Metropolitan Regional Housing Authority, Nova Scotia519 awards
- Eastern Mainland Housing Authority, Nova Scotia499 awards
- Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation477 awards
Source: Publicus procurement data as of October 26, 2026. Counts are published award notices; values are disclosed amounts in Canadian dollars, and undated awards are not counted, so totals are a floor. Names are as the publishers spell them, combined where they clearly refer to the same organization.
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