ASSAYSYSTEMS
Public History in the federal contract register: $1,809,998 in 2022–23, $799,745 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 normalises to “Public History”; joint-venture rows excluded. Computed 6 September 2026 from the same data as the Extract.
Public History holds 144 federal contracts worth $10,533,565 in the Government of Canada contract register, from 2006 to 2026.
The register shows a fall. Public History earned $1,809,998 across 2022 and 2023 and $799,745 across 2024 to 2026, down 56 percent on a market that went up 169 percent over the same periods.
Position
Since 2024, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada is the largest buyer at 100 percent of $799,745. Public History has been paid by one department in that period and by 4 over its whole history in the register.
The last three contracts in the register are $48,789 in April 2026, $41,643 in April 2026 and $70,019 in March 2026.
| department | 2022–23 | 2024–26 | contracts, all years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | $1,809,998 | $799,745 | 26 |
Departments ranked by value paid to Public History in 2022–23 and 2024–26 together; top 1 of 4.
Calendar to June 2027
5 Public History contracts worth $337,473 reach their end dates between September 2026 and June 2027, 42 percent of what Public History has earned since 2024: 5 at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, $337,473.
They end in two different months; March 2027 carries 4 of them.
Public History’s largest line of work by value is “Research contracts” (code AZ11), 61 contracts, $5,614,259. In that line, 229 contracts worth $89,453,548 across all suppliers reach their end dates in the same window. The table below shows where.
| department | contracts ending | value |
|---|---|---|
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 39 | $55,275,099 |
| Fisheries and Oceans Canada | 1 | $6,204,495 |
| National Defence | 48 | $4,307,322 |
| Public Health Agency of Canada | 2 | $3,483,564 |
| Transport Canada | 19 | $3,396,667 |
| Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada | 28 | $3,009,296 |
| National Research Council Canada | 3 | $2,909,197 |
| Global Affairs Canada | 6 | $2,287,472 |
Contracts in “Research contracts” with an end date between September 2026 and June 2027, all suppliers; top 8 departments of 33. Dates and contract numbers are in the Extract.
The market around it
Across 2024 to 2026, 615 suppliers were paid in this line of work by 46 departments; 45 of those departments, worth $287,607,514 in the period, have never held a contract with Public History. 414 suppliers entered the line with no prior federal history there and have taken $164,363,426 since 2024. 772 contracts in the line since 2024 went to other suppliers with a single bid received.
CanadaBuys has published award notices since August 2022; none of them names Public History under this spelling, so the notice feed adds nothing to the register on this page.
One observation
A supplier whose revenue fell by 56 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 Public History’s line of work, the departments with exact end dates and contract numbers, and the buyers who have never held a contract with Public History. 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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