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.

Format

XML

Access

Original download only

Publisher-reported update

2026-08-08

Note: Between March 17, 2026 and April 10, 2026, the CanadaBuys contract history and CanadaBuys awards notices datasets underwent an incremental update to restructure the related comma separated values CSV files. Please see the CanadaBuys contract history supporting documentation page for further details. This dataset contains information on all Government of Canada award notices 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 CanadaBuys 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 awards: Awards for construction, which will have a value of “CNST” Awards for goods, which will have a value of “GD” Awards for services, which will have a value of “SRV”…

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