Federal spending category
Environmental & Scientific Services
Environmental & Scientific Services is procured more competitively than the federal average — 68.9% of contracts were competitively awarded versus 55.1% government-wide. Reported spend fell 35% between 2019 and 2025.
At a glance
Canadian federal contracting in Environmental & Scientific Services, 2019–2025, drawn from Government of Canada procurement disclosure.
Federal spend (2019–2025)
$3.6B
Contracts
20,622
Vendors
1,038
Buying departments
52
Competitively awarded
68.9%
Amendment rate
14.3%
Spend by year
2019–2025 federal spend
2019
$410.7M
2020
$550.0M
2021
$391.3M
2022
$825.3M
2023
$629.7M
2024
$500.1M
2025
$268.8M
Top buying departments
Who buys Environmental & Scientific Services
Public Services and Procurement Canada$1.3B · 3,445 contracts
National Defence$566.0M · 2,862 contracts
Fisheries and Oceans Canada$329.9M · 3,880 contracts
Environment and Climate Change Canada$162.1M · 1,965 contracts
Natural Resources Canada$158.3M · 1,668 contracts