Canada tender market report, October 2026
Month to date, updated 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 1,496 notices
- Notices published
- 1,496
- -26% vs September 2026 (month to date)
- Still open
- 1,437
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 27 days
- middle half: 22–32 days
- With a stated value
- 405
- 27% of notices
Summary
So far in October 2026, FreeTender recorded 1,496 new procurement notices from buyers in Canada (-26% on September 2026, comparing a part month with a full one). The largest sector was Construction & Infrastructure with 437 notices (29% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 27 days or less to respond. Thursday was the busiest publishing day (24% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Construction & Infrastructure437 notices-32%
- Transport & Logistics116 notices-31%
- Water & Environment102 notices-20%
- Financial & Professional Services102 notices-29%
- Healthcare & Pharma88 notices-5%
- IT & Telecom88 notices-20%
- Facility Management & Cleaning78 notices-4%
- Manufacturing & Supply62 notices+5%
- Education & Training57 notices-42%
- Research, Studies & Evaluation49 notices-30%
- Media, Printing & Advertising46 notices+24%
- Real Estate & Facilities36 notices-14%
- Defence & Security34 notices-21%
- Agriculture & Food30 notices+43%
- Energy & Power27 notices-49%
Change is against September 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Open tender1,030 notices
- Request for proposal182 notices
- Grant / funding call101 notices
- Request for quotation95 notices
- Expression of interest51 notices
- Prequalification28 notices
- rfi6 notices
- Contract award2 notices
- Corrigendum1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday216 notices
- Tuesday292 notices
- Wednesday305 notices
- Thursday364 notices
- Friday310 notices
- Saturday9 notices
- Sunday0 notices
Most active buyers in Canada
- Government of Yukon27 notices
- NL Hydro26 notices
- SaskBuilds and Procurement18 notices
- Peel Region16 notices
- Ville de Québec16 notices
- Saskatoon14 notices
- Centre d'acquisitions gouvernementales13 notices
- Université du Québec à Montréal13 notices
Stated values
405 of 1,496 notices stated an estimated value. Figures are in the currency the buyer used.
| Currency | Priced notices | Median | Largest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAD | 405 | 450 thousand | 2.1 billion | 2.9 billion |
Largest notices of the month
- Appel d'offres Médicaments - Provincial · CAD 2.1 billion · closes 1 Dec 2026
- Fournitures de bureau · CAD 126.2 million · closes 13 Nov 2026
- Services Internet spécialisés – Demande de prix · CAD 48.0 million · closes 27 Oct 2026
- CEDPP pour l'inventaire et l'inspection des systèmes électrotechniques et structures d’équipement routier et évaluation de la capacité portante des structures de signalisation aérienne sur l’ensemble · CAD 37.0 million · closes 9 Nov 2026
- Développement de 12 à 24 places en ressources intermédiaires - Secteur Lotbinière–Nouvelle-Beauce–Chutes-Chaudière–Desjardins (Clientèle âgée avec troubles cognitifs) · CAD 29.4 million · closes 28 Jan 2027
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.