Federal spending category
Mining, Energy & Utilities
Mining, Energy & Utilities is procured more competitively than the federal average — 96.3% of contracts were competitively awarded versus 55.1% government-wide. Reported spend fell 25% between 2019 and 2025.
At a glance
Canadian federal contracting in Mining, Energy & Utilities, 2019–2025, drawn from Government of Canada procurement disclosure.
Federal spend (2019–2025)
$2.9B
Contracts
24,004
Vendors
371
Buying departments
27
Competitively awarded
96.3%
Amendment rate
5.1%
Spend by year
2019–2025 federal spend
2019
$414.2M
2020
$243.9M
2021
$253.0M
2022
$591.1M
2023
$635.1M
2024
$439.9M
2025
$310.1M
Top buying departments
Who buys Mining, Energy & Utilities
National Defence$1.9B · 15,811 contracts
Fisheries and Oceans Canada$525.1M · 3,791 contracts
Public Services and Procurement Canada$248.9M · 343 contracts
Parks Canada$77.5M · 1,939 contracts
Correctional Service of Canada$50.9M · 947 contracts