Canada tender market report, September 2026
Published 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 2,017 notices
- Notices published
- 2,017
- +385% vs August 2026
- Still open
- 733
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 30 days
- middle half: 23–36 days
- With a stated value
- 491
- 24% of notices
Summary
In September 2026, FreeTender recorded 2,017 new procurement notices from buyers in Canada (+385% on August 2026). The largest sector was Construction & Infrastructure with 644 notices (32% of the total). The fastest growing was Facility Management & Cleaning, up 575% to 81. Half of all notices gave bidders 30 days or less to respond. Wednesday was the busiest publishing day (23% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Construction & Infrastructure644 notices+388%
- Transport & Logistics168 notices+291%
- Financial & Professional Services144 notices+500%
- Water & Environment127 notices+452%
- IT & Telecom110 notices+279%
- Education & Training98 notices+1125%
- Healthcare & Pharma93 notices+323%
- Facility Management & Cleaning81 notices+575%
- Research, Studies & Evaluation70 notices+268%
- Manufacturing & Supply59 notices+293%
- Energy & Power53 notices+563%
- Forestry & Wildlife44 notices+2100%
- Defence & Security43 notices+438%
- Real Estate & Facilities42 notices+223%
- Media, Printing & Advertising37 notices+185%
Change is against August 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Open tender1,315 notices
- Request for proposal256 notices
- Grant / funding call185 notices
- Request for quotation124 notices
- Prequalification75 notices
- Expression of interest47 notices
- Standing arrangement6 notices
- Contract award5 notices
- rfi4 notices
Publishing day
- Monday312 notices
- Tuesday417 notices
- Wednesday467 notices
- Thursday380 notices
- Friday400 notices
- Saturday2 notices
- Sunday39 notices
Most active buyers in Canada
- Municipality of Clarington26 notices
- Peel Region25 notices
- NL Hydro23 notices
- Saskatoon21 notices
- Government of Yukon20 notices
- Société québécoise des infrastructures20 notices
- Toronto District School Board18 notices
- Ville de Gatineau.18 notices
Stated values
491 of 2,017 notices stated an estimated value. Figures are in the currency the buyer used.
| Currency | Priced notices | Median | Largest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAD | 491 | 453 thousand | 384.6 million | 2.0 billion |
Largest notices of the month
- Acquisition des produits du regroupement 1 en lien avec le décret 54-2026 (Objectifs légitimes) · CAD 384.6 million · closes 29 Oct 2026
- Implants pour la Chirurgie Orthopédique - Trauma · CAD 252.3 million · closes 5 Nov 2026
- Travaux d’élargissement et ajout d’une voie réservée sur l’autoroute 10, directions Est et Ouest, échangeur de l’autoroute.30 et l’échangeur de l’autoroute 35 et le réaménagement de bretelles des auto · CAD 246.1 million · closes 4 Nov 2026
- Service de buanderie · CAD 128.5 million · closes 4 Nov 2026
- Agrandissement et réaménagement au 9155, rue Saint-Hubert, Montréal (Québec) H2M 1Y8 · CAD 121.0 million · closed
Other months
Method: counts are notices first published in the month, by the buyer's country, across all sources FreeTender reads. Bid window means days from publication to the deadline. Coverage grows as we add sources, so part of any rise can be new coverage rather than new demand. You may quote these figures with a link to this page. The underlying rows are in our open dataset.