ASSAYSYSTEMS
Nations Translation Group in the federal contract register: $48,823,212 in 2022–23, $15,307,550 since 2024
Government of Canada contract register, amendments collapsed to one contract per award under the rule on the register page. Rows counted: supplier name contains “Nations Translation”; the Language Marketplace rows are not counted; joint-venture rows excluded. Computed 6 September 2026 from the same data as the Extract.
Nations Translation Group holds 999 federal contracts worth $111,490,471 in the Government of Canada contract register, from 2014 to 2026.
The register shows a fall. Nations Translation Group earned $48,823,212 across 2022 and 2023 and $15,307,550 across 2024 to 2026, down 69 percent on a market that went down 74 percent over the same periods. Seven departments that paid Nations Translation Group in 2022 and 2023 have paid nothing since; the largest of them, Statistics Canada, accounted for $858,800.
Position
Since 2024, Public Services and Procurement Canada is the largest buyer at 34 percent of $15,307,550; the top two departments together hold 50 percent. Nations Translation Group has been paid by 34 departments in that period and by 43 over its whole history in the register.
11 departments appear as buyers for the first time since 2024, worth $1,134,708.
The last three contracts in the register are $12,935 in June 2026, $40,000 in June 2026 and $40,000 in June 2026.
| department | 2022–23 | 2024–26 | contracts, all years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Services and Procurement Canada | $23,678,675 | $5,157,828 | 118 |
| Department of Finance Canada | $5,803,615 | $140,958 | 4 |
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | $2,187,259 | $2,438,170 | 121 |
| Health Canada | $3,019,849 | $1,284,136 | 103 |
| Courts Administration Service | $3,550,000 | $400,000 | 3 |
| Public Safety Canada | $2,420,907 | $238,712 | 61 |
| Correctional Service of Canada | $227,405 | $1,868,698 | 34 |
| Public Health Agency of Canada | $1,475,405 | $156,505 | 35 |
Departments ranked by value paid to Nations Translation Group in 2022–23 and 2024–26 together; top 8 of 43.
Calendar to June 2027
74 Nations Translation Group contracts worth $5,531,524 reach their end dates between September 2026 and June 2027, 36 percent of what Nations Translation Group has earned since 2024: 9 at Public Services and Procurement Canada, $1,450,568; 18 at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, $779,862; 1 at Statistics Canada, $723,200.
They end in nine different months; March 2027 carries 51 of them.
Nations Translation Group’s largest line of work by value is “Translation services” (code R109), 971 contracts, $108,029,316. In that line, 329 contracts worth $54,438,280 across all suppliers reach their end dates in the same window. The table below shows where.
| department | contracts ending | value |
|---|---|---|
| Public Services and Procurement Canada | 101 | $20,967,260 |
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 29 | $12,845,656 |
| Statistics Canada | 6 | $4,339,200 |
| Canada School of Public Service | 5 | $2,870,200 |
| Health Canada | 47 | $1,567,598 |
| National Research Council Canada | 8 | $1,518,755 |
| Employment and Social Development Canada | 3 | $1,408,393 |
| Transport Canada | 5 | $828,727 |
Contracts in “Translation services” with an end date between September 2026 and June 2027, all suppliers; top 8 departments of 45. Dates and contract numbers are in the Extract.
The market around it
Across 2024 to 2026, 238 suppliers were paid in this line of work by 66 departments; 30 of those departments, worth $9,441,468 in the period, have never held a contract with Nations Translation Group. 127 suppliers entered the line with no prior federal history there and have taken $7,529,189 since 2024. 395 contracts in the line since 2024 went to other suppliers with a single bid received.
CanadaBuys award notices, which run about a quarter ahead of the register, list Nations Translation Group under 7 commodity codes. None of those codes appears on an award notice published since 1 July 2026. Nations Translation Group’s own most recent award notice is dated June 2026.
One observation
A supplier whose revenue fell by 69 percent and whose remaining contracts end within ten months is not losing business; it is losing it on a schedule. The schedule is public.
What this page leaves out
The names of the suppliers who grew in Nations Translation Group’s line of work, the departments with exact end dates and contract numbers, and the buyers who have never held a contract with Nations Translation Group. That is the Extract.
What the Extract contains · Three figures about one company, in writing, without charge · The public expiry calendar
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