CanadaBuys data dictionary (English, French, XML)

CanadaBuys data dictionary: English/French XML file. From Public Services and Procurement Canada, updated Aug 2026. View metadata, licence and the direct download on CanQuery.

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XML

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Publisher-reported update

2026-08-08

This dataset contains information on Government of Canada tender information published according to the Financial Administration Act. It includes data for all Schedule I, Schedule II and Schedule III departments, agencies, Crown corporations, and other entities (unless specifically exempt) who must comply with the Government of Canada trade agreement obligations. CanadaBuys is the authoritative source of this information. Visit the How procurement works page on the CanadaBuys website to learn more. All data files in this collection share a common column structure, and the procurement category field (labelled as “procurementCategory-categorieApprovisionnement”) can be used to filter by the following four major categories of tenders: Tenders for construction, which will have a value of “CNST” Tenders for goods, which will have a value of “GD” Tenders for services, which will have a value of “SRV” Tenders for services related to goods, which will have a value of “SRVTGD” A tender may be associated with one or more of the above procurement categories. Note: Some records contain long tender description values that may cause issues when viewed in certain spreadsheet programs, such as…

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