Federal department
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Fisheries and Oceans Canada is procured more competitively than the federal average — 75.1% of contracts were competitively awarded versus 55.1% government-wide. Reported spend rose 833% between 2019 and 2025.
At a glance
Fisheries and Oceans Canada's recorded federal contracting, 2019–2025, from Government of Canada procurement disclosure.
Federal spend (2019–2025)
$16.1B
Contracts
33,069
Vendors
2,514
Competitively awarded
75.1%
Median contract
$27,169
Amendment rate
10.3%
Spend by year
2019–2025 federal spend
2019
$816.5M
2020
$960.8M
2021
$1.6B
2022
$2.0B
2023
$865.2M
2024
$2.3B
2025
$7.6B
Top spending categories
What Fisheries and Oceans Canada buys
Aerospace, Defence & Marine$13.3B · 10,266 contracts
Architecture, Engineering & Construction$960.3M · 5,686 contracts
Mining, Energy & Utilities$525.1M · 3,791 contracts
Environmental & Scientific Services$329.9M · 3,880 contracts
Manufacturing & Industrial$219.5M · 1,919 contracts