---
license: cc-by-4.0
language:
  - en
  - fr
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K
tags:
  - canada
  - government
  - procurement
  - contracts
  - tenders
  - rag
  - llm-training
pretty_name: ProcureData — Canadian Government Procurement (Sample)
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: procuredata_sample.jsonl
---

# ProcureData — Canadian Government Procurement (Sample)

**Sample of 4,978 Canadian federal and provincial procurement records.** Mix of
contracts, tenders, awards, ACAN notices, and standing offers. Last 3 months of
data from the full [ProcureData API](https://procuredata.ca).

> **Want the full dataset?** 2.1M+ records, cursor-paginated REST API, daily
> refresh, query by department / vendor / category / value range.
> **[Get an API key →](https://procuredata.ca/pricing)**

## What's in here

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `source_id` | string | Originating system (canadabuys, seao, ns, ab, yt) |
| `entity_type` | string | `tender`, `contract`, `award`, `standing_offer`, `disclosure` |
| `record_id` | string | Stable per-record identifier from the source |
| `municipality` | string | City/region if available |
| `event_date` | string (ISO date) | Award date for contracts, publish date for tenders |
| `category` | string | Procurement category (GSIN / UNSPSC / source-specific) |
| `department` | string | Awarding government department |
| `vendor` | string | Vendor as published |
| `vendor_normalized` | string | Cleaned vendor name (deduplicated across spellings) |
| `contract_value` | float | CAD amount, where disclosed |
| `contract_end_date` | string (ISO date) | Contract end where disclosed |
| `data` | object | Full raw record from the source (JSON) |

## Composition (sample)

| entity_type | rows |
|---|---|
| tender | 2,700 |
| contract | 1,950 |
| award | 225 |
| standing_offer | 100 |
| disclosure | 3 |

## Use cases

- **RAG / agents** — ground LLM responses in actual Canadian procurement data
- **Domain fine-tuning** — train models on procurement vocabulary, vendor naming, GSIN codes
- **Bid forecasting** — historical patterns of department spend
- **Vendor intelligence** — who wins what, at what value
- **Schema exploration** before committing to API integration

## Limitations of this sample

- **Snapshot only** — frozen from 2026-02-25 to 2026-05-25. New tenders close daily; this sample will not reflect them.
- **5K rows** — full dataset is 2.1M+. Sample is enough to test schema, prompts, prototypes; not enough for production analytics.
- **No querying** — can't filter server-side, search by full-text, or paginate. Use the API for that.

## Production access

If you need any of: fresh data, full coverage, search, filtering, or programmatic access, use the API:

- **Docs:** https://procuredata.ca/docs
- **Pricing:** https://procuredata.ca/pricing — free tier 25 req/day, Pro $49/mo 1K req/day
- **Quickstart:**
  ```bash
  curl "https://api.procuredata.ca/contract?q=cybersecurity&limit=10" \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"
  ```

## License & attribution

Data sourced from public Canadian government procurement systems (CanadaBuys,
SEAO Quebec, Nova Scotia, Alberta, Yukon). All source data is under open
government licenses. Sample redistribution is permitted under CC-BY-4.0.

## Contact

- API and enterprise inquiries: nicolas@builddata.ca
- Bug reports: https://github.com/NicolasPrimeau/Nimbus (or via the contact link on procuredata.ca)

## Mirror locations

The same sample is published in three places — pick whichever you prefer:

- **Hugging Face:** https://huggingface.co/datasets/nimbusdata/procuredata-canadian-procurement-sample
- **Kaggle:** https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/niexon/procuredata-canadian-procurement-sample
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/nimbusdata/procuredata-sample