The Government of Canada spent an estimated $3.6B in 2021-2022 on defence contracts.
Across 35,077 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 2,787 have at least one amendment (8%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 48% and the average number of amendments was 1.33. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $7.4B over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 0.44 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $1.1M. The longest contract was 23.9 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $2.4B.
