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Snow contracts from Canadian public procurement portals — CanadaBuys (federal), SEAO (Québec) and more. Aggregated and filterable.
Live snow tenders across Canada
Tenders tagged FR are published in French by Québec public bodies (SEAO) and link to the official posting on seao.ca.
How municipal snow procurement works.
Canadian municipal snow removal contracts run on annual or multi-year supply agreements, with snow routes tendered through provincial procurement portals. snow.ca aggregates open tenders from every major Canadian municipal procurement system into a single board with filters by province, contract value, and scope.
Browse tenders by province
- Ontario tenders · Québec tenders · British Columbia tenders · Alberta tenders
- Manitoba tenders · Saskatchewan tenders · Nova Scotia tenders · New Brunswick tenders
- Newfoundland and Labrador tenders · Prince Edward Island tenders · Yukon tenders · Northwest Territories tenders · Nunavut tenders
Provincial procurement portals
| Province | Primary portal | Coverage on snow.ca |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | CanadaBuys (canadabuys.canada.ca) | Live ingest, daily |
| Québec | SEAO (seao.ca) | Live ingest, weekly |
| Ontario | MERX (merx.com) | Rolling out — MERX subscription pending |
| British Columbia | BC Bid (bcbid.gov.bc.ca) | Rolling out |
| Saskatchewan | SaskTenders (sasktenders.ca) | Rolling out |
| Alberta | Alberta Purchasing Connection | Rolling out |
| Atlantic provinces | Provincial portals + MERX | Rolling out |
What a typical municipal snow tender includes
- Route map and scope — km of road, sidewalk linear metres, properties, stack-out zones
- Equipment specification — minimum number of plow trucks, salt spreaders, sidewalk tractors
- Insurance requirement — typically $5–10M GL plus commercial vehicle
- Response SLA by route class (Class 1 downtown / transit / school zones cleared in 6–12 hr; Class 2/3 in 12–24 hr)
- Documentation requirement — GPS tracking, completion proof, salt application log
- Contract term — 1, 3, or 5 year with right of renewal
- Performance bond requirement — typically 10 % of annual contract value
- Wage compliance — provincial prevailing wage rates
Typical contract values by route size
| Route class | km / yr | Annual contract value |
|---|---|---|
| Small municipal (under 50k pop.) | 50–200 km | $250,000–$1.2M |
| Mid-size (50k–250k pop.) | 200–800 km | $1.2M–$6M |
| Large (250k–1M pop.) | 800–3,000 km | $6M–$28M |
| Major metro (1M+ pop.) | 3,000+ km | $28M–$120M+ |
How to win a municipal snow tender
Three factors decide most awards:
- Documented operating history — multi-season fleet records, GPS tracking, photo proof reporting
- Equipment commitment — dedicated machines named to the contract with backup unit ratios documented
- Insurance + performance bond — carrier letters confirming $5–10M GL availability for the contract term
Questions, answered.
Where does the tender data come from?
snow.ca pulls directly from official Canadian procurement open data: CanadaBuys (the federal procurement portal, refreshed daily) and SEAO (the Québec public-sector procurement system, refreshed weekly). Both are operated by their respective governments and are the authoritative sources for public sector tenders in their jurisdictions. We filter for snow-related UNSPSC codes and bilingual keyword matches (snow removal, ice control, road salt, déneigement, abrasifs, sel de voirie, etc.), then deduplicate and normalize. Ontario, BC, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Atlantic coverage is rolling out — those portals require either paid aggregator subscriptions (MERX, Biddingo) or session-based scraping that we are wiring up in phases.
How often is the data updated?
The ingestion pipeline runs daily at 03:00 ET. CanadaBuys publishes a fresh "open tenders" CSV daily. SEAO publishes weekly OCDS JSON bundles every Monday. We pull both, merge into the local store, mark expired postings as closed, and rebuild the static tender pages. The board shows the last refresh timestamp at the top.
What insurance is required to bid a municipal snow tender?
Standard minimums are $5M general liability + $2M commercial vehicle for small-and-mid municipalities, scaling to $10M GL for large urban municipalities and $25M+ for major metros. Most tenders also require a performance bond at 10 % of annual contract value, issued by a licensed surety. Wage compliance under provincial prevailing wage statutes is typical.
When do municipal snow tenders post?
Most tenders post between March and August for the following winter (Nov–Apr) contract year. Early bird tenders for large multi-year contracts can post as early as January. Award decisions typically issue between June and October. Spring and early summer (when you may be viewing this) is the peak procurement window for the upcoming winter season.
Can I post my own tender on snow.ca?
Yes — property owners, condo associations, business improvement areas, and corporate property managers can post snow removal tenders directly on snow.ca for free. The platform notifies registered Canadian snow contractors that meet the insurance and operating-history thresholds the tender requires. Bid window is typically 14–30 days; bids route through the platform messaging to the tender owner; tender owner selects the winning bid; contract is signed offline between the parties.