Signal sheets / Contract winners
Edition 1 comingSignal sheet 1
Contract winners
The signal: The firm won a federal contract or a provincial tender in the latest published quarter. Federal awards are published up to three months late, so every row shows the award date.
Why it matters: a firm that just won a contract has to buy materials, hire and carry costs for 30 to 90 days before it is paid — and often needs a performance bond and new insurance to start.
For: invoice factoring and purchase-order lenders · supply-chain finance · surety and insurance brokers · equipment dealers and lessors.
Edition 1
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- Excel file with a README for every column
- Use it across your whole company
- At most five buyers of the same type per sheet
A sample from the public record
Real firms, each proven open, with a real contract from the public record: the amount, the date and who awarded it. Email and phone are masked.
| Company | Province | Contract value | Award date | Buyer | Proof it's open | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Machining LtdDartmouth | Nova Scotia | $124,980 | 2026-08-24 | Province of Nova Scotia | CWB welding certification, Oct 2026 | (902) ***-**** | — |
| Golpa IndustriesCalgary | Alberta | $38,420 | 2026-06-18 | Natural Resources Canada | Google review, Jun 2025 | (403) ***-**** | a***@g***.com |
| Canus PlasticsOttawa | Ontario | $22,544 | 2026-06-17 | Global Affairs Canada | Federal registry: Active, Jan 2026 | (613) ***-**** | c***@c***.com |
| Soo Foundry & Machine LtdSault Ste. Marie | Ontario | $447,843 | 2026-06-12 | Parks Canada | CWB welding certification, Oct 2026 | (705) ***-**** | — |
| Standard Machine WorksWinnipeg | Manitoba | $24,921 | 2026-06-10 | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | WCB Manitoba account, Oct 2026 | (204) ***-**** | r***@s***.com |
| Jastram Engineering Ltd.North Vancouver | British Columbia | $10,732 | 2026-06-04 | National Defence | CWB welding certification, Oct 2026 | (604) ***-**** | a***@j***.com |
| Kinetic Machine Works LtdSelkirk | Manitoba | $10,500 | 2026-06-03 | National Defence | Manitoba registry: Active, Oct 2026 | (204) ***-**** | — |
| Prototype Machining CentreBelleville | Ontario | $22,440 | 2026-05-29 | Correctional Service of Canada | Federal contract, May 2026 | (613) ***-**** | p***@t***.ca |
| Classic Machine ShopConception Bay South | Newfoundland and Labrador | $12,650 | 2026-05-20 | National Defence | Google review, May 2025 | (709) ***-**** | f***@a***.com |
| Craig Manufacturing LtdHartland | New Brunswick | $16,905 | 2026-05-14 | National Defence | CWB welding certification, Oct 2026 | (506) ***-**** | a***@c***.com |
What’s in each row
The same columns as our industry lists, plus five that describe the signal.
| Column | What it means |
|---|---|
| Company name | The name the firm trades under. |
| Legal name | The name on the business registry, written exactly as the registry has it (often in capitals). |
| Street | Street address. |
| City | Town or city. |
| Province | Province code. |
| Postal code | Postal code. |
| Phone | The firm's main business phone. |
| Second phone | Another business phone the firm publishes (for example on its own website). |
| Website | The firm's own website, checked: it loaded and named the firm or showed its phone. A Facebook, directory or job-board page is never put here. |
| Industry code | The NAICS industry code this file covers (the same code the StatCan counts use). |
| Industry | The industry name for the code above. |
| The firm's Facebook page. | |
| The firm's LinkedIn page. | |
| The firm's Instagram account. | |
| Owner name | The owner or principal, written in normal capitals (Mc, Mac and O' names included). |
| Owner title | The owner's title, as the source gives it. |
| Owner name source | Registry = from the provincial business registry. Two sources = two independent sources agree. One source = one trusted source (for example the firm's own website or a business directory) — confirm on the call. |
| Owner email | The owner's own address, where one was found and the mailbox accepts mail. |
| Owner LinkedIn | The owner's own LinkedIn profile. |
| Business email | The firm's email. Only addresses a mailbox check found deliverable are included. |
| Email type | Owner (the owner's own address) · Named person (a named staff member) · General inbox (info@, office@ …). |
| Email last checked deliverable | The date a mailbox check last found the business email deliverable. Deliverable means the mailbox accepts mail — not who reads it. |
| Founding year | The earliest year the firm states it began (its own website), else the registry year. |
| Incorporation year | The year the firm's current company was registered. It can be later than the founding year (an amalgamation re-dates it). |
| Legal structure | As the registry records it (Limited Company, Sole Proprietorship, …). |
| Employees (estimated band) | Estimate. A size band (1 to 4, 5 to 9, 10 to 19 …) from a commercial business directory's estimate. It is the vendor's estimate, not a head count. |
| Revenue (estimated range) | Estimate. A modelled range, not a reported figure: Statistics Canada / ISED average revenue per employee for this industry in this province, times the firm's estimated staff. Where the firm's own public contracts and payments are larger, the range is raised to that figure and says so. 'not applicable' marks a branch of a larger group, where a local figure would mislead. Where we hold no staff estimate the range is left blank — we do not guess a size. |
| Google reviews | The number of reviews on the firm's Google listing, when it was read. |
| Owner likely 55+ | Estimate. 'yes' by a fixed rule: the firm is 25+ years old and the same owner has been in place since it was registered (for example a sole proprietorship registered 25+ years ago), or the owner's name is in the firm's name on a 25+ year old firm. 'no' where the evidence points the other way. Blank where the rule cannot tell — that is most firms, and it is not a 'no'. |
| Federal contracts ($) | Federal contract dollars matched to the firm by name (public award records). |
| Provincial tenders ($) | Provincial tender awards matched to the firm by name (public award records). |
| Grants ($) | Federal grant and contribution dollars matched to the firm by name. |
| Latest award date | The date of the firm's most recent public contract, tender or grant. |
| Proof the firm is open | The evidence that the firm is trading now: a dated record from a source we tested. |
| Proof date | The date that evidence was checked or dated. |
| How the trade was confirmed | The evidence that the firm does this kind of work. |
| Registry status | The firm's record on the business registry, and when it was checked. Blank = no registry record was matched (common for owner-operators trading under their own name). |
| New since last edition | 'yes' when the firm was not in the previous edition. Blank on the first edition. |
| Signal type | The kind of signal that put the firm on this sheet (here: a contract or tender). |
| Signal date | The date of the signal — for an award, the award date in the public record. |
| Signal source | The public record the signal was taken from, by name. |
| Amount | The dollar amount in the public record, where one is published. |
| Awarding body | The department, agency or government that made the award. |
Questions
What format?
An Excel file with two sheets: the firms, and a README explaining every column.
How fresh?
Each edition lists the signals published since the last one.
Can I get only my province?
Yes.
Can my whole team use it?
Yes, anyone in your company. You can’t resell it.
How many buyers get the same sheet?
At most five of the same type, so a sheet doesn’t go to every lender in the country.