Federal spending category
Architecture, Engineering & Construction
Architecture, Engineering & Construction is procured more competitively than the federal average — 83.2% of contracts were competitively awarded versus 55.1% government-wide. Reported spend fell 78% between 2019 and 2025.
At a glance
Canadian federal contracting in Architecture, Engineering & Construction, 2019–2025, drawn from Government of Canada procurement disclosure.
Federal spend (2019–2025)
$23.4B
Contracts
45,731
Vendors
3,176
Buying departments
59
Competitively awarded
83.2%
Amendment rate
18.9%
Spend by year
2019–2025 federal spend
2019
$7.6B
2020
$2.2B
2021
$2.3B
2022
$4.7B
2023
$3.0B
2024
$2.0B
2025
$1.7B
Top buying departments
Who buys Architecture, Engineering & Construction
Public Services and Procurement Canada$14.6B · 11,916 contracts
National Defence$4.9B · 15,675 contracts
Parks Canada$1.4B · 2,246 contracts
Fisheries and Oceans Canada$960.3M · 5,686 contracts
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$611.2M · 1,325 contracts