Federal spending category
Financial & Legal Services
Financial & Legal Services is procured more competitively than the federal average — 77.7% of contracts were competitively awarded versus 55.1% government-wide. Reported spend fell 53% between 2019 and 2025. Amendments are common here — 25.8% of contracts were later amended, a signal of scope or schedule change worth tracking.
At a glance
Canadian federal contracting in Financial & Legal Services, 2019–2025, drawn from Government of Canada procurement disclosure.
Federal spend (2019–2025)
$5.0B
Contracts
4,296
Vendors
266
Buying departments
78
Competitively awarded
77.7%
Amendment rate
25.8%
Spend by year
2019–2025 federal spend
2019
$348.8M
2020
$493.1M
2021
$1.1B
2022
$1.3B
2023
$1.3B
2024
$247.7M
2025
$165.0M
Top buying departments
Who buys Financial & Legal Services
Public Services and Procurement Canada$916.7M · 234 contracts
Health Canada$775.6M · 34 contracts
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat$654.5M · 52 contracts
Employment and Social Development Canada$504.0M · 355 contracts
National Defence$456.2M · 259 contracts