Federal spending category
IT Services & Consulting
IT Services & Consulting is procured more competitively than the federal average — 80.1% of contracts were competitively awarded versus 55.1% government-wide. Reported spend fell 4% between 2019 and 2025.
At a glance
Canadian federal contracting in IT Services & Consulting, 2019–2025, drawn from Government of Canada procurement disclosure.
Federal spend (2019–2025)
$18.4B
Contracts
38,836
Vendors
804
Buying departments
90
Competitively awarded
80.1%
Amendment rate
17.4%
Spend by year
2019–2025 federal spend
2019
$2.4B
2020
$2.4B
2021
$3.4B
2022
$3.7B
2023
$2.3B
2024
$1.8B
2025
$2.3B
Top buying departments
Who buys IT Services & Consulting
Shared Services Canada$7.3B · 5,072 contracts
National Defence$3.0B · 6,963 contracts
Public Services and Procurement Canada$1.0B · 1,430 contracts
Canada Border Services Agency$843.7M · 1,463 contracts
Employment and Social Development Canada$766.3M · 1,217 contracts