# Manitoba Businesses Receive Federal Indigenous Contracts

For fiscal year 2023–24, businesses with Manitoba addresses received $9.22 million in federal Indigenous-contract awards, compared with $627 million for businesses with Ontario addresses. These are aggregate figures by business address; the source provides no agency, vendor, contract-level, eligibility, or solicitation details, so they show a difference in award distribution rather than identifiable upcoming opportunities.

- Procurement teams and contractors can use the figures as a high-level geographic benchmark for federal Indigenous-contract awards, not as a measure of specific bid availability.
- The source does not identify the contracts, awardees, or requirements, so businesses cannot use it alone to assess particular procurements or supplier eligibility.

**Jurisdictions:** international
**Published:** October 09, 2026

### Government Entities
- Government of Canada

### Sources
- [Manitoba has the highest Indigenous population share of any province. In '23-24, businesses with Manitoba addresses won $9.22M in federal Indigenous contracts. Ontario addresses won $627M. Here is what the numbers show, and where I would start. https://t.co/Hxe0G88die](https://x.com/JesseSteckley/status/2108577435524415514) - twitter-fed-procurement