Across Canada
Printing and media contracts in Canada
Public buyers in Canada published 24,822 printing and media contract awards between 1996 and 2026, worth $8.7 billion where a value was published, from 1,097 buyers. Public Works and Government Services Canada awarded the most, with 1,560.
At a glance
24,822
Contract awards
Published award notices in this category.
$8.7 billion
Published value
From the 22,723 awards that published a value.
1,097
Public buyers
Departments, agencies, municipalities and institutions.
1996 to 2026
Years on record
First and latest award in this group.
Who buys
Top buyers
The public buyers that awarded the most printing and media contracts.
- 1Public Works and Government Services Canada1,560 awards · $350 million
- 2Department of National Defence1,299 awards · $420.2 million
- 3Ministère de la Justice1,018 awards · $88.6 million
- 4Parks Canada917 awards · $57.2 million
- 5Department of Public Works and Government Services673 awards · $260.9 million
- 6Health Canada424 awards · $167.4 million
- 7Université Laval405 awards · $78.1 million
- 8Université de Montréal346 awards · $87.2 million
Activity
Awards by year
Published awards in the last 6 years. The current year is partial.
- 20212,445 · $1.2 billion
- 20222,603 · $614.2 million
- 20232,832 · $993.7 million
- 20243,168 · $1.2 billion
- 20253,128 · $1 billion
- 20262,232 · $599.1 million
Where the number of bidders was published, the median was 1.
Largest
Largest published awards
- Agence de placement médias (APM) pour les parties au regroupement d’achatsCentre d'acquisitions gouvernementales · December 19, 2025$396.3 million
- Distribution centralisée — MédicamentsCentre d'acquisitions gouvernementales · March 31, 2023$319.5 million
- Amend 006 - ePPT Next Generation - Canadian Bank Note Company, LimitedDepartment of Citizenship & Immigration · May 24, 2019$284.7 million
- Agence de placement médias (APM)Centre d'acquisitions gouvernementales · January 16, 2018$260 million
- Agence de placement média (APM) pour les parties au regroupement d’achatsCentre d'acquisitions gouvernementales · September 2, 2021$154.7 million
Latest
Recently awarded
- Acquisition de Base de données bibliographiques Compendex (Elsevier)Université Laval · October 23, 2026$68,637
- Campagne de marketing d'influence Ciné-cadeau 2026Société de télédiffusion du Québec. · October 23, 2026$62,000
- Contrat de publicité auprès de Radio-Canada pour la campagne Contact77 du Planétarium 2026Ville de Montréal - Service Espace pour la vie, grands parcs et Mont-Royal · October 23, 2026$32,169
- SERVICES DE RÉSEAU ÉTENDU (WAN) ET DE LIENS TÉLÉPHONIQUES SIP TRUNK POUR LA SAQ ET LA SQDCSociété des alcools du Québec · October 22, 2026$233,819
- SERVICES DE RÉSEAU ÉTENDU (WAN) ET DE LIENS TÉLÉPHONIQUES SIP TRUNK POUR LA SAQ ET LA SQDCSociété des alcools du Québec · October 22, 2026$4.4 million
- SERVICES DE RÉSEAU ÉTENDU (WAN) ET DE LIENS TÉLÉPHONIQUES SIP TRUNK POUR LA SAQ ET LA SQDCSociété des alcools du Québec · October 22, 2026$374,111
- SERVICES DE RÉSEAU ÉTENDU (WAN) ET DE LIENS TÉLÉPHONIQUES SIP TRUNK POUR LA SAQ ET LA SQDCSociété des alcools du Québec · October 22, 2026$1.3 million
- SERVICES DE RÉSEAU ÉTENDU (WAN) ET DE LIENS TÉLÉPHONIQUES SIP TRUNK POUR LA SAQ ET LA SQDCSociété des alcools du Québec · October 22, 2026$1.5 million
Who won each contract, at what price, and which of these contracts are coming up for renewal is in Publicus. See how it works.
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Printing and media contracts by province
Source: Publicus procurement data as of October 26, 2026. Counts are published award notices grouped by the publisher's own commodity codes, or for the 9% with no code, categorised by Publicus from the award title; values are disclosed amounts in Canadian dollars, and undated awards are not counted, so totals are a floor.
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