How long Canadian public projects take to reach the RFP stage

Name: Stage timing of Canadian public-sector projects
Creator: MapleSyrup
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Updated November 14, 2026 · based on 1350 public projects

Not enough projects have reached the RFP stage yet to publish a reliable median. This page updates automatically as MapleSyrup tracks more projects.

Method

Each project's stages come from dated public records: council and committee agendas and minutes, staff reports and capital budgets. A stage's date is the first record that shows it. "First public mention" is the date MapleSyrup first found the project. Medians are shown only where at least 5 projects made the transition; n is the number of projects.

Download the data: stage-timing.csv (CC BY 4.0, please credit MapleSyrup). See which public bodies we cover.