Federal spending category
Telecommunications & Media
Telecommunications & Media is procured more competitively than the federal average — 71.2% of contracts were competitively awarded versus 55.1% government-wide. Reported spend fell 52% between 2019 and 2025.
At a glance
Canadian federal contracting in Telecommunications & Media, 2019–2025, drawn from Government of Canada procurement disclosure.
Federal spend (2019–2025)
$3.5B
Contracts
7,915
Vendors
311
Buying departments
82
Competitively awarded
71.2%
Amendment rate
13.9%
Spend by year
2019–2025 federal spend
2019
$366.7M
2020
$450.4M
2021
$717.5M
2022
$310.4M
2023
$1.3B
2024
$232.6M
2025
$174.7M
Top buying departments
Who buys Telecommunications & Media
Shared Services Canada$2.1B · 2,196 contracts
Health Canada$236.9M · 273 contracts
National Defence$169.4M · 579 contracts
Elections Canada$119.9M · 49 contracts
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$109.3M · 478 contracts