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Where are government tenders actually posted?

There is no single site. Federal tenders are on CanadaBuys; each province runs its own portal; and municipalities use platforms like bids&tenders, Bonfire, and Biddingo. Here is the full map — and how to watch them together.

Major Canadian government tender portals
PortalJurisdictionWhat it covers
CanadaBuysFederalThe official Government of Canada tender service (GETS). All federal departments and agencies post here.
MERXPan-CanadianLarge aggregator carrying federal, provincial, and many municipal and broader-public-sector opportunities.
BiddingoPan-CanadianAggregator strong in Ontario MASH — municipalities, school boards, hospitals, and housing.
bids&tendersMunicipalHosting platform used by hundreds of individual municipalities; each runs its own portal instance.
BonfireMunicipal / BPSSourcing platform used by many municipalities, universities, and agencies for RFx.
Ontario Tenders PortalOntarioProvince of Ontario ministries and many provincial agencies (Jaggaer/Supply Ontario).
SEAOQuébecSystème électronique d'appels d'offres — the mandatory Québec public tendering system.
BC BidBritish ColumbiaProvince of BC and many BC public-sector organizations.
Alberta Purchasing ConnectionAlbertaAPC — Alberta government and participating public bodies.
SaskTendersSaskatchewanGovernment of Saskatchewan and participating municipalities and agencies.
Manitoba TendersManitobaProvince of Manitoba procurement (with much also carried on MERX).
Provincial portals (Atlantic)NS / NB / PEI / NLEach Atlantic province runs its own procurement site for provincial opportunities.

Last reviewed 2026-06-21

Why there are so many

Canada has no single national procurement portal. Each level of government publishes its own opportunities, and many delegate to commercial platforms. The result is a patchwork: a federal service, thirteen provincial and territorial systems, and thousands of municipalities and broader-public-sector bodies spread across a handful of hosting platforms. A contractor that only watches one portal misses most of the market.

Start with these

  • CanadaBuys — every federal department and agency. The official service; registration is free.
  • Your provincial portal — SEAO (Québec), BC Bid, SaskTenders, Alberta Purchasing Connection, the Ontario Tenders Portal, and the Atlantic provincial sites.
  • Your municipal platform — most local governments post on bids&tenders or Bonfire; Ontario MASH bodies often use Biddingo.

Then cover the gaps

Even with the big three, you will miss opportunities posted only on a single municipality's instance or a niche agency site. Aggregators like MERX help, but no aggregator carries everything, and premium alerts cost money. This is the problem Wonable solves: it monitors the major federal, provincial, and municipal sources together, classifies what is relevant to your business, and sends the ones worth your time — so you watch one feed instead of twenty.

Common questions

Where are Canadian government tenders posted?

Federal tenders are on CanadaBuys, the official Government of Canada service. Provinces run their own portals (SEAO in Québec, BC Bid, SaskTenders, Alberta Purchasing Connection, and others), and municipalities use platforms like bids&tenders, Bonfire, and Biddingo. Aggregators such as MERX carry many of them together.

Is there one place to see all Canadian government tenders?

No single official site lists every level of government. CanadaBuys covers federal only; provinces and municipalities each publish separately. Aggregators combine a subset. Tools like Wonable monitor the major federal, provincial, and municipal sources together so you do not have to check each one.

Do I have to register on each portal?

Usually yes. Most portals require a free supplier account to download documents, ask questions, and submit a bid — and some charge for premium notifications. Register on the ones that carry the opportunities in your region and category.

Which portal should a small contractor start with?

Start with CanadaBuys for federal work, your provincial portal, and the municipal platform your local governments use (often bids&tenders or Bonfire). If you serve Ontario's broader public sector, add Biddingo. Then consider an aggregator or a monitoring service to cover the rest.

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