British Columbia ministry awards
15,068 awards worth $12.7B, 2012–2026, across the province's largest spending portfolios.
By year
Annual value roughly doubled over the decade, peaking at $2.73B in 2022. Award counts stay in the hundreds-to-low-thousands; the value series is driven by a small number of large capital awards — note 2022: 2,378 awards carrying $2.73B. 312 awards ($322.6M) carry no usable award date and are excluded from the series. 2026 is partial.
| Year | Awards | Value | Avg award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 500 | $359.0M | $718K |
| 2013 | 406 | $369.1M | $909K |
| 2014 | 826 | $394.5M | $478K |
| 2015 | 1,154 | $538.7M | $467K |
| 2016 | 1,102 | $508.7M | $462K |
| 2017 | 953 | $641.6M | $673K |
| 2018 | 1,149 | $706.2M | $615K |
| 2019 | 1,248 | $1.31B | $1.1M |
| 2020 | 1,166 | $772.5M | $662K |
| 2021 | 1,226 | $1.02B | $830K |
| 2022 | 2,378 | $2.73B | $1.1M |
| 2023 | 934 | $1.09B | $1.2M |
| 2024 | 264 | $303.4M | $1.1M |
| 2025 | 602 | $656.1M | $1.1M |
| 2026 | 848 | $965.7M | $1.1M |
By ministry
Transportation is to BC what Defence is to the federal table: the three transportation portfolios (Construction, base MoTI, and Transit) hold $7.8B — 61.1% of all value. Health portfolios follow. The Procurement Services Branch is the volume leader (4,002 awards) at a fraction of the average award size.
| Ministry / branch | Value | Share | Awards | Avg award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure - Construction | $4.75B | 37.4% | 1,568 | $3.0M |
| Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure | $1.98B | 15.6% | 872 | $2.3M |
| Provincial Health Services Authority (Incl. BCCSS) | $1.07B | 8.4% | 269 | $4.0M |
| Ministry of Transportation and Transit | $1.03B | 8.1% | 199 | $5.2M |
| Procurement Services Branch | $854.4M | 6.7% | 4,002 | $213K |
| Ministry of Health | $792.0M | 6.2% | 176 | $4.5M |
| Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and R.D. | $178.6M | 1.4% | 1,728 | $103K |
| Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions | $173.3M | 1.4% | 7 | $24.8M |
| Ministry of Citizens' Services | $152.3M | 1.2% | 290 | $525K |
| BC Timber Sales Branch | $144.8M | 1.1% | 494 | $293K |
| BC Liquor Distribution Branch | $128.9M | 1.0% | 41 | $3.1M |
| Ministry of Forests | $107.2M | 0.8% | 728 | $147K |
| Liquor Distribution Branch | $89.8M | 0.7% | 85 | $1.1M |
| BC Timber Sales - Contracts | $81.2M | 0.6% | 302 | $269K |
| Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy | $80.6M | 0.6% | 449 | $180K |
Top vendors
The vendor table reads like a highway-construction register: road builders and heavy-civil contractors hold the top spots, led by Emil Anderson Construction (EAC) Inc. at $682.9M across 45 awards. Single-award entries (NTT DATA Canada, Inc., $415.0M on one award) show how much of the series moves on individual capital contracts.
| Vendor | Value | Awards | Avg award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Anderson Construction (EAC) Inc. | $682.9M | 45 | $15.2M |
| NTT DATA Canada, Inc. | $415.0M | 1 | $415.0M |
| Dawson Construction Limited | $275.8M | 59 | $4.7M |
| PBC Health Benefits Society | $254.1M | 1 | $254.1M |
| Lafarge Canada Inc. | $196.8M | 26 | $7.6M |
| AstraZeneca Canada Inc. | $172.6M | 4 | $43.1M |
| CLEAResult | $170.5M | 2 | $85.3M |
| Okanagan Aggregates Ltd. | $164.4M | 37 | $4.4M |
| CLUBPROCURE | $161.2M | 4 | $40.3M |
| O.K. Industries Ltd. | $153.8M | 55 | $2.8M |
| Associated Engineering | $150.1M | 3 | $50.0M |
| Peter's Bros. Construction Ltd. | $133.7M | 31 | $4.3M |
| OKANAGAN AGGREGATES LTD. | $128.6M | 32 | $4.0M |
| Jakes Construction Ltd. | $117.3M | 12 | $9.8M |
| Flatiron Constructors Canada Limited | $116.9M | 3 | $39.0M |
Citation format
pubsec/data 2026.10, https://pubsecdata.org/findings/british-columbia