Every Canadian tender portal, in one place

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Showing 17 portals. Filter by government level and by cost. Every portal here was checked against its operator's own pages in July 2026.

• CanadaBuys

  Federal

  The single official front door for federal contracts, run by Public Services and Procurement Canada. Genuinely free end to end. The only friction is the SAP Business Network sign-up and questionnaire, not cost. It does not list provincial, territorial or municipal work.

  • CoversFederal departments, agencies and Crown corporations that buy through PSPC
  • BrowseFree, no paywall
  • Bid docsFree
  • RegisterFree SAP Business Network account plus a CRA business number
  Visit CanadaBuys

• BC Bid

  Provincial

  British Columbia's clean, fully free provincial portal. The province states plainly that there is no charge to register as a supplier. The platform is on its version 2.0 and is being actively refreshed.

  • CoversBC ministries plus broader public sector buyers who opt in
  • BrowseFree, no login to view
  • Bid docsFree
  • RegisterFree, with a Business BCeID
  Visit BC Bid

• Alberta Purchasing Connection

  Provincial

  Alberta's free provincial portal (the older purchasingconnection.ab.ca address now redirects here). Note that Alberta is moving some government buying to a new SAP-based system called 1GX, so confirm whether a given tender still sits on APC.

  • CoversGovernment of Alberta plus agencies, boards and commissions
  • BrowseFree, no account needed to browse
  • Bid docsFree (registration needed to download)
  • RegisterFree supplier account
  Visit APC

• SaskTenders

  Provincial

  Where Saskatchewan competitions are posted, including provincial ministries, Crown corporations, health authorities and many municipalities. Bookmark it for viewing (that address is not changing), but submissions for most ministries are moving to a new portal called GEM, so you may need to register there too.

  • CoversSaskatchewan ministries, Crown corporations, health authorities and municipalities
  • BrowseFree
  • Bid docsFree
  • RegisterFree (GEM registration may be needed to submit)
  Visit SaskTenders

• Manitoba tenders

  Provincial · via MERX

  Manitoba does not run a separate free provincial portal. Its tenders are distributed through the private aggregator MERX, and the provincial landing page points you there. So MERX's browse and subscription model applies.

  • CoversGovernment of Manitoba tenders, including Manitoba Infrastructure
  • BrowseFree but limited, on MERX
  • Bid docsMERX pricing applies
  • RegisterThrough MERX
  Visit MERX

• Ontario Tenders Portal

  Provincial

  Ontario's official free portal, currently on the Jaggaer platform (older BravoSolution links still resolve to it). Supply Ontario is reorganizing provincial procurement, so treat portal details as subject to change and confirm before you rely on them.

  • CoversOntario government ministries plus broader public sector buyers
  • BrowseFree, view and download at no cost
  • Bid docsFree
  • RegisterFree
  Visit the portal

• SEAO (Quebec)

  Provincial

  Quebec's official electronic tendering system, and where Quebec municipalities are legally required to post. It has an English menu toggle, but the notices and most documents stay in French, so budget for reading or translating French. Use seao.gouv.qc.ca; the old seao.ca address is now read-only.

  • CoversQuebec provincial government and Quebec municipalities
  • BrowseFree, no account to view daily notices
  • Bid docsFree base tier, but an electronic submission fee (roughly $20 to $30 per bid) and some document fees apply. Verify on the portal.
  • RegisterFree professional account
  Visit SEAO

• NBON (New Brunswick)

  Provincial

  The New Brunswick Opportunities Network. Free, but you log in to see tender detail. One carve-out worth knowing: Transportation and Infrastructure building-division construction tenders route through the Construction Association of New Brunswick instead, where non-members pay for copies.

  • CoversNew Brunswick government tenders (with a construction carve-out via CANB)
  • BrowseLogin required (free account)
  • Bid docsFree on NBON
  • RegisterFree, login required
  Visit NBON

• Nova Scotia Public Tenders

  Provincial

  One of the simplest models in Canada: a single free search that covers provincial departments and the MASH sector (municipalities, academic institutions, school boards and health authorities) together, rather than splitting them across systems.

  • CoversNS departments, agencies, boards and the MASH sector, combined
  • BrowseFree, no login to search
  • Bid docsFree
  • RegisterFree (email tender-notification signup available)
  Visit NS tenders

• Prince Edward Island tenders

  Provincial

  PEI posts through Euna Procurement, the platform formerly called Bonfire (a different product from bids&tenders). We could not independently verify PEI's current pages during this review, so treat the details here as directional and confirm on the province's tenders page.

  • CoversPEI provincial tenders
  • BrowseVia the province's tenders page (not independently verified)
  • Bid docsFree Euna Procurement account to download documents (reported)
  • RegisterFree Euna account; earlier Bonfire logins reported to still work
  Visit PEI tenders

• Newfoundland & Labrador tenders

  Provincial · via MERX

  Newfoundland and Labrador's Public Procurement Agency distributes provincial opportunities through MERX. Some sources say access to NL's own notices is free, which would differ from MERX's normal paid model, so verify directly before assuming either way.

  • CoversNL provincial goods, services, public works and leases
  • BrowseThrough MERX
  • Bid docsReported free for NL notices; this conflicts with MERX's usual pricing, so verify on the portal
  • RegisterThrough MERX
  Visit MERX

• Yukon tenders

  Territorial

  The Government of Yukon posts its contract tenders on the bids&tenders platform. As of early 2026 it also posts opening bid prices for price-driven construction tenders, a transparency change.

  • CoversGovernment of Yukon contract tenders
  • BrowseFree to view
  • Bid docsbids&tenders platform pricing may apply
  • RegisterFree account
  Visit Yukon tenders

• Northwest Territories (OpenNWT)

  Territorial

  The Government of the Northwest Territories runs its own open tenders portal. Note that the NWT and Nunavut sit on a separate trade-agreement threshold track from the rest of Canada, so their dollar thresholds differ.

  • CoversGNWT departments, open tenders and historical contracts
  • BrowseFree
  • Bid docsFree
  • RegisterFree
  Visit OpenNWT

• Nunavut tenders

  Territorial

  Government of Nunavut opportunities. The NNI policy gives qualified Inuit-owned and Nunavut-based businesses a structured bid preference on all GN procurement, regardless of value, which an out-of-territory bidder should factor into any decision to compete.

  • CoversGovernment of Nunavut procurement opportunities
  • BrowseFree
  • Bid docsFree
  • RegisterFree (NNI preference policy applies to all bids)
  Visit Nunavut tenders

• MERX

  Aggregator

  A commercial tender aggregator operated by mdf commerce, not a government service. It republishes the same federal notices that are free on CanadaBuys, then adds what no free government source has in one feed: every province and territory, the municipal and MASH sector, and a separate Private Construction product for private-sector building tenders. For some jurisdictions (parts of Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, the City of Ottawa) MERX is the official system, not optional. Worth paying for once you are bidding across several provinces, the municipal sector, or private construction; skip it if you only chase federal work or a single province that already runs its own free portal. Full pricing breakdown below.

  • CoversFederal (republished from CanadaBuys), every province and territory, municipal & MASH, plus a separate private-sector construction product
  • BrowseFree but limited; full access needs a paid plan
  • Bid docs$70 per solicitation pay-as-you-go, or included in a subscription. Premium plans run $50 to $167 a month billed annually, or $199 to $499 billed monthly (Local to National). MERX published pricing, read October 17, 2026.
  • RegisterFree to browse; a card is required to subscribe
  Visit MERX

• Biddingo

  Aggregator

  Deep, dedicated Ontario MASH coverage: school boards, hospitals, conservation authorities and small townships that are hard to find anywhere else, plus Western coverage through its BiddingoWest arm. A flat yearly membership makes it cheaper than a national MERX plan if Ontario-plus-West public sector is your actual market. Not useful for federal work.

  • CoversMASH and provincial, Ontario-centric, plus BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
  • BrowseFree 30-day trial, no card required
  • Bid docsFree for subscribers (buyer document fees can apply). Membership listed around $250 per year; verify current price.
  • RegisterFree trial, then a paid membership
  Visit Biddingo

• bids&tenders

  Aggregator

  The e-procurement backend for many individual municipalities, school boards and hospitals, white-labeled per agency (Ontario-heavy, also used elsewhere). Because it is licensed per agency, a subscription only pays off if you bid into several agencies on the platform; a single-agency relationship may be cheaper pay-per-bid.

  • CoversMunicipal and MASH agencies that license the platform (not one unified feed)
  • BrowseFree to view and search on every tier
  • Bid docsPaid plans to download and submit. Pricing is not published consistently (the main site lists annual tiers while some municipal instances show a different, lower flat rate), so check the price on the actual bid you care about.
  • RegisterFree account
  Visit bids&tenders

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Federal tenders closing soon

A sample of federal opportunities closing in the next couple of weeks, pulled from CanadaBuys open data. Anything that has since closed is dropped automatically. For contracts that are already awarded rather than still open, our separate list of the federal contracts already awarded and running out over the next year names who holds each one today and when the current term ends.

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