# Canada Government Tenders — CanadaBuys, SEAO, NS Feed (`truenorthdata/canada-tenders-scraper`) Actor

Monitor Canadian public tenders in one feed — federal (CanadaBuys), Québec (SEAO), Nova Scotia. Filter by category, keyword, and closing date to catch bids early. JSON/CSV, refreshed often; run daily so you never miss a relevant government contract. For govcon vendors and bid consultants.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/truenorthdata/canada-tenders-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Vadim Zabin](https://apify.com/truenorthdata) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, News, Automation
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Canada Tenders Scraper — Federal + Québec (CanadaBuys, SEAO)

The only Actor that combines **two official Canadian government tender sources in one normalized feed**:

- **CanadaBuys** — every federal tender notice (Government of Canada system of record)
- **SEAO** — Québec's entire public sector: ministries, municipalities, health care, education
- **Nova Scotia** — awarded public tenders across government and the MASH sector, with **winning vendor and award amount in CAD**

Filter by keyword, procurement category, region, UNSPSC code and closing date. Built exclusively on official open data (Open Government Licence – Canada, CC-BY Québec) — no proxies, no blocks, no login.

### Why this Actor?

- **Widest coverage.** Other actors return only the federal CSV. This one adds the Québec public sector — thousands of provincial and municipal opportunities others miss. More provinces (Ontario, BC) are on the roadmap.
- **One schema.** Both sources are normalized into the same clean record: title, buyer, category, UNSPSC, closing date, contact, notice URL, source, jurisdiction.
- **Built for monitoring.** Turn on *Incremental mode* and schedule daily/weekly runs: you only get (and pay for) tenders you haven't seen before.
- **Filters that save you money.** You only pay for records that match your keywords, categories, regions and closing window.
- **Award data (Québec).** Optionally include awarded contracts with values in CAD — useful for market research and competitor analysis.

### Use cases

- Contractors and consultants monitoring RFPs in their industry or province
- Bid-writing agencies tracking opportunities for clients across jurisdictions
- Market research on government spending (who buys what, award values)
- Feeding procurement data into AI agents, CRMs or Slack alerts via the Apify API

### Input example

```json
{
    "sources": ["canadabuys", "seao"],
    "keywords": ["software", "cloud", "informatique"],
    "closingWithinDays": 30,
    "onlyNewSinceLastRun": true,
    "maxResults": 500
}
```

Tip: SEAO titles are in French — add French keywords (e.g. "informatique", "construction") to catch Québec tenders.

### Output example

```json
{
    "id": "ocds-ec9k95-20068432",
    "titleFr": "Services d'architecture — rénovation école primaire",
    "solicitationNumber": "CFP-2526-009",
    "publicationDate": "2026-06-28",
    "closingDate": "2026-07-25T14:00:00-04:00",
    "status": "active",
    "procurementCategory": "services",
    "buyerOrg": "Ville de Montréal",
    "regionsOfDelivery": "Quebec",
    "unspsc": "81110000",
    "noticeUrl": "https://seao.gouv.qc.ca/avis-resultat-recherche/consulter?ItemId=...",
    "source": "seao",
    "jurisdiction": "quebec",
    "country": "CA"
}
```

### FAQ

**How fresh is the data?** CanadaBuys publishes new tenders every 2 hours; the full open-tenders file refreshes daily. SEAO publishes weekly open-data files; the Actor automatically picks the newest ones from the Données Québec catalogue.

**Which provinces are covered?** Federal (all of Canada) + Québec open tenders + Nova Scotia awarded contracts. Ontario and BC are next — open an issue to vote.

**How do I get alerts for new tenders?** Enable `onlyNewSinceLastRun`, save your filters as a Task, add a Schedule, and connect email/Slack via Apify integrations.

**How do I scrape Canadian government tenders without coding?** Press *Run* — the default input returns current federal + Québec tenders as a table you can export to Excel, CSV or JSON.

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

This Actor works as a tool for AI agents via the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com). Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible agent can monitor Canadian government tenders on demand — e.g. *"find open construction tenders in Quebec closing in the next two weeks"*.

Add this to your MCP client configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=truenorthdata/canada-tenders-scraper"
    }
  }
}
```

On first connection you'll sign in to Apify via OAuth. Your agent can then call the Actor with any input this README describes. Works with agentic payments (x402/Skyfire) too.

### Use in Clay and n8n (no code)

Plug government tenders straight into the tools your team already uses.

**Clay** — add a source → **Import from Apify Actor** → search `canada-tenders-scraper` → set your input (e.g. `sources` = \["canadabuys","seao"], `keywords`, `closingWithinDays`). Turn on auto-update to append new matching tenders as rows, then enrich the buying organizations.

**n8n** — add the official **Apify** node (`@apify/n8n-nodes-apify`): **Run Actor** on `truenorthdata/canada-tenders-scraper` with your filters, then **Get Dataset Items**, and route to Google Sheets, a CRM, or a Slack alert. Add a **Schedule** trigger and turn on `onlyNewSinceLastRun` for a running feed of only newly published tenders.

**Ready-made n8n templates:** import a working lead-gen workflow in one click — see [Two free n8n templates for Canadian B2B lead lists](https://dev.to/truenorthdata/two-free-n8n-templates-for-canadian-b2b-lead-lists-copy-paste-import-1mkd).

### More Canada open-data Actors by TrueNorthData

- [Building Permits Canada](https://apify.com/truenorthdata/canada-building-permits) — fresh building permits from Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton & Montréal
- [Contractor License Scraper Canada](https://apify.com/truenorthdata/canada-contractor-licenses) — Quebec RBQ + Ontario HCRA builder & trade licences
- [Canada Charities Scraper](https://apify.com/truenorthdata/canada-charities) — CRA registered charities directory
- [Canada New Incorporations](https://apify.com/truenorthdata/canada-new-incorporations) — fresh federal company registrations, daily

All built on official Canadian open data.

# Actor input Schema

## `sources` (type: `array`):

CanadaBuys = all federal tenders. SEAO = Quebec public sector. Nova Scotia = awarded public tenders (gov + municipalities, academic, health) with winning vendor and amount.

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

'open' = all tenders currently open for bidding (refreshed daily). 'new' = tenders published today (refreshed every 2 hours).

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Only include tenders whose title or description (EN or FR) contains at least one of these keywords. Case-insensitive. Leave empty for all.

## `procurementCategories` (type: `array`):

CNST = construction, GD = goods, SRV = services, SRVTGD = services related to goods. Leave empty for all.

## `regions` (type: `array`):

Only include tenders whose delivery region contains one of these strings, e.g. "Ontario", "British Columbia", "Quebec". Leave empty for all of Canada.

## `unspscPrefixes` (type: `array`):

Only include tenders whose UNSPSC code starts with one of these prefixes, e.g. "43" for IT. Leave empty for all.

## `closingWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Only include tenders that close within this many days from now. 0 = no limit.

## `onlyNewSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

Skip tenders already returned by previous runs of this task. Ideal for scheduled monitoring - you only pay for new records.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on the number of records returned (cost guard).

## `includeRawRow` (type: `boolean`):

Attach the complete original CSV row under the 'raw' key of each record.

## `seaoWeeksBack` (type: `integer`):

How many recent weekly SEAO files to read (each file = one week of notices).

## `seaoIncludeAwarded` (type: `boolean`):

Also return awarded/completed Quebec contracts (with award value in CAD), not only open notices.

## `nsAwardedWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Only NS tenders awarded in the last N days.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sources": [
    "canadabuys",
    "seao",
    "novascotia"
  ],
  "dataset": "open",
  "keywords": [],
  "procurementCategories": [],
  "regions": [],
  "unspscPrefixes": [],
  "closingWithinDays": 0,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "maxResults": 500,
  "includeRawRow": false,
  "seaoWeeksBack": 4,
  "seaoIncludeAwarded": false,
  "nsAwardedWithinDays": 365
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("truenorthdata/canada-tenders-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("truenorthdata/canada-tenders-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call truenorthdata/canada-tenders-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=truenorthdata/canada-tenders-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/IOb3ZMnpbWR1VXtqq/builds/MUMzGab9utzsOtsvk/openapi.json