Federal spending category
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturing & Industrial is procured more competitively than the federal average — 75.5% of contracts were competitively awarded versus 55.1% government-wide. Reported spend fell 71% between 2019 and 2025.
At a glance
Canadian federal contracting in Manufacturing & Industrial, 2019–2025, drawn from Government of Canada procurement disclosure.
Federal spend (2019–2025)
$6.4B
Contracts
33,072
Vendors
1,121
Buying departments
80
Competitively awarded
75.5%
Amendment rate
5.3%
Spend by year
2019–2025 federal spend
2019
$1.1B
2020
$1.2B
2021
$846.8M
2022
$1.6B
2023
$628.4M
2024
$660.9M
2025
$323.0M
Top buying departments
Who buys Manufacturing & Industrial
National Defence$1.9B · 9,298 contracts
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$920.1M · 2,398 contracts
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$664.8M · 134 contracts
Public Health Agency of Canada$614.7M · 178 contracts
Shared Services Canada$265.8M · 690 contracts