The Institute publishes data-driven research on Canadian public procurement — how contracts are distributed, how competitive they really are, and what happens when bidders challenge the results. Every figure is compiled from open government records and reproducible from the published datasets.
One hundred firms collect 62.6% of all federal contract value while winning only 12.8% of awards; the implied average award differs 11-fold. The megaproject economy and the repetition economy — two markets wearing one budget line — documented from the full 2004–2026 corpus, with the implications for market entry stated plainly.
22 years of federal awards mapped by vendor headquarters. Ontario vendors capture 67% of value; the Prairies win volume, not value.
Across 405,956 Quebec tenders (2021–2026), 67.4% received exactly one bid. The published bidder lists make the measurement possible — and the finding uncomfortable.
The complete CITT complaint registry, compiled. Filing rates have been flat for two decades while the contract base multiplied.
46% of federal awards are under $25,000; 95% are under $1 million. The long tail, measured — and what it means for entry.
Roughly one federal award in three skips competition. After a 2018 trough, the share has drifted to its highest sustained level — and cannot be attributed by department from open data.
The record's two Indigenous-business flags total $4.6B across 23 years. The measurement gaps are as consequential as the totals.
Fifteen years of BC award records: a highway economy, a road-builder vendor roster, and one year holding a fifth of all value.
Among Quebec's largest buyers, single-bid rates span 37% to 93%. What separates the buyers who get competition from the buyers who buy alone.
Win rates for the market's most active firms: engineering consultancies at 45%, product suppliers near 70%, road-builders at one in four.
Twelve firms filed one in seventeen of all CITT complaints. The challenge regime's participation base — and its skew — in aggregate public record.
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