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CANADA PUBLIC RECORDS · INDEX
Contract related facts are published with their stated scope and source. Portfolio totals are not individual contract records.
Read the project estimate separately from the federal contract portfolio. Do not add these figures or treat the portfolio as an ArriveCAN total.
ArriveCAN application
Approximately $59.5MEstimate
The precise project cost could not be determined. This is an estimate, not an audited final total.
The Auditor General estimated the cost of ArriveCAN at approximately $59.5 million and said the precise cost could not be determined.
Official source; AI-reviewed; bounded factual checks passed; not independently corroborated
Fact, source and history →GCStrategies · Federal contract portfolio
$92.7MMaximum total contract value
About $64.5MUltimately paid
These portfolio figures must not be presented as the cost of ArriveCAN. Contract value and paid amount measure different things.
For the 106 contracts awarded to GCStrategies Inc. from April 2015 through March 2024, the Auditor General reports a maximum total value of $92.7 million and about $64.5 million ultimately paid out.
Official source; AI-reviewed; bounded factual checks passed; not independently corroborated
Fact, source and history →2025 report · Audit coverage
Inclusion in a totals table does not mean those contracts were examined in the 2025 audit.
The 2025 Auditor General report notes that four Canada Border Services Agency contracts were included in the total contract table but were not examined as part of that audit.
Official source; AI-reviewed; bounded factual checks passed; not independently corroborated
Fact, source and history →4 of 4 records
Published contract related fact Corrected
Official source; AI-reviewed; bounded factual checks passed; not independently corroborated
Evidence reference: arrivecan/source/oag_gc_strategies_2025/20261025t114142438512zPublished contract related fact Corrected
Official source; AI-reviewed; bounded factual checks passed; not independently corroborated
Evidence reference: arrivecan/source/oag_gc_strategies_2025/20261025t114142438512zPublished contract related fact Corrected
Official source; AI-reviewed; bounded factual checks passed; not independently corroborated
Evidence reference: arrivecan/source/oag_gc_strategies_2025/20261025t114142438512zPublished contract related fact Corrected
Official source; AI-reviewed; bounded factual checks passed; not independently corroborated
Evidence reference: arrivecan/source/oag_arrivecan_2024/20261025t091702390519zOfficial publication identifies the source; it does not mean this platform independently corroborated the underlying statement.