Elections Canada spent an estimated $81.7M in 2021-2022 on contracts.
Across 1,458 contracts active since the start of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, 301 have at least one amendment (21%). Of contracts with amendments, the average increase in dollar value was 147% and the average number of amendments was 1.35. Cumulatively these amendments represent an increase of $148.9M over the original contract values.
The average contract duration was 1.21 years, and the average contract value (not including contracts under $10k) was $419.8K. The longest contract was 9.1 years. The largest contract by value (including amendments) was $91.3M.
