Federal spending category
Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Aerospace, Defence & Marine is procured more competitively than the federal average — 76.6% of contracts were competitively awarded versus 55.1% government-wide. Reported spend rose 233% between 2019 and 2025.
At a glance
Canadian federal contracting in Aerospace, Defence & Marine, 2019–2025, drawn from Government of Canada procurement disclosure.
Federal spend (2019–2025)
$84.0B
Contracts
33,422
Vendors
1,709
Buying departments
63
Competitively awarded
76.6%
Amendment rate
9.6%
Spend by year
2019–2025 federal spend
2019
$5.1B
2020
$8.4B
2021
$3.2B
2022
$14.6B
2023
$13.3B
2024
$22.6B
2025
$16.8B
Top buying departments
Who buys Aerospace, Defence & Marine
National Defence$65.3B · 10,057 contracts
Fisheries and Oceans Canada$13.3B · 10,266 contracts
Canadian Space Agency$2.6B · 152 contracts
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$901.9M · 4,188 contracts
Transport Canada$462.0M · 2,957 contracts