Thirteen markets. One product team.
Prodmake
Partnership opportunities across Canada’s provinces and territories, for agencies, consultancies and business owners.
You know your province. We build the product.
Our founder is Canadian and has worked in Ontario and B.C. We are open to every province, with partners who know it.
Canada is thirteen markets, not one.
Ten provinces and three territories each run their own services, purchasing and rules. Federal buyers work across all of them.
Why Canada
A large, varied market with national priorities that need software.
Forty-two million people. A million employers.
Statistics Canada, September 2026 · ISED Key Small Business Statistics 2025
Ottawa buys $37 billion a year, and now buys Canadian.
Public Services and Procurement Canada · Buy Canadian Policy, in force 16 December 2025
AI is now national policy.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada · Treasury Board Secretariat
Canadians speak more than English and French.
Statistics Canada · 2021 Census
Rules change at each provincial border.
B.C., Alberta and Quebec have their own privacy laws. Quebec requires French. Ottawa, Ontario and Nunavut favour local suppliers.
Each government buys through its own portal.
- FederalCanadaBuys
- BCBC Bid · Digital Marketplace
- ABAlberta Purchasing Connection
- SKSaskTenders
- MBManitoba tenders · MERX
- ONOntario Tenders Portal
- QCSEAO
- NBNB Opportunities Network
- NSNova Scotia Procurement Portal
- PEPEI Tender Search
- NLPublic Procurement Agency · MERX
- YTYukon Bids&Tenders
- NTGNWT Contract Opportunities
- NUNunavut Tenders
Cities, schools and health bodies often post on their own portals as well. Governments commit to open procurement under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement.
Province by province
Where each economy is, how it buys, and ideas to test with a local partner.
British Columbia buys software in sprints.
Its Digital Marketplace has awarded 261 opportunities worth $74 million, including agile team contracts of up to $5 million.
Ideas to test
- Sprint With Us teams
- Construction and permit tools
- Clinic booking
- People
- 5.71M
- Employer businesses
- 173,246
- Public buying
- BC Bid · B.C. Digital Marketplace · CivicInfo BC
- Largest industries
- Construction · Health care · Professional services
Alberta’s work happens in the field.
Mining, oil and gas lead the economy. Alberta also has its own private-sector privacy law.
Ideas to test
- Offline field inspections
- Safety and maintenance records
- Plant operations
- People
- 5.10M
- Employer businesses
- 139,514
- Public buying
- Alberta Purchasing Connection
- Largest industries
- Mining, oil & gas · Manufacturing · Construction
Saskatchewan runs on resources and farms.
Mining, oil and gas were 21% of the economy in 2021. Agriculture is among the largest industries.
Ideas to test
- Mine-site inspections
- Farm and equipment records
- Dealer service portals
- People
- 1.28M
- Employer businesses
- 33,903
- Public buying
- SaskTenders
- Largest industries
- Mining, oil & gas · Health care · Manufacturing
Manitoba: care, factories and freight.
Health care and manufacturing lead, with transportation and warehousing close behind.
Ideas to test
- Dispatch and delivery tracking
- Plant maintenance
- Clinic scheduling
- People
- 1.52M
- Employer businesses
- 34,239
- Public buying
- Manitoba tenders · MERX
- Largest industries
- Health care · Manufacturing · Construction
Ontario is the largest market, and it buys local.
Under the Buy Ontario rules, public buyers prioritise Ontario and Canadian businesses.
Ideas to test
- Finance and insurance onboarding
- Factory-floor tools
- Municipal service requests
- People
- 16.3M
- Employer businesses
- 418,322
- Public buying
- Ontario Tenders Portal · broader public sector portals
- Largest industries
- Manufacturing · Finance & insurance · Professional services
Quebec works in French first.
Software must be available in French whenever a French version exists. Quebec also has its own privacy law.
Ideas to test
- French-first products
- Factory-floor tools
- Projects with Quebec agencies
- People
- 9.07M
- Employer businesses
- 233,235
- Public buying
- SEAO
- Largest industries
- Manufacturing · Health care · Construction
New Brunswick works in two languages.
It is Canada’s only officially bilingual province. French is the first official language of 30% of residents.
Ideas to test
- Bilingual public services
- Plant and forestry operations
- Clinic scheduling
- People
- 883,522
- Employer businesses
- 20,631
- Public buying
- New Brunswick Opportunities Network
- Largest industries
- Manufacturing · Health care · Construction
Nova Scotia: care, factories and campuses.
Health care is the largest industry, followed by manufacturing and education.
Ideas to test
- Port and ocean operations
- Campus and training tools
- Clinic scheduling
- People
- 1.10M
- Employer businesses
- 25,386
- Public buying
- Nova Scotia Procurement Portal
- Largest industries
- Health care · Manufacturing · Education
Prince Edward Island makes and grows things.
Manufacturing is the largest industry. Agriculture, forestry and fishing rank in the top five.
Ideas to test
- Food traceability
- Farm and fishery records
- Small-business ordering
- People
- 182,989
- Employer businesses
- 5,339
- Public buying
- PEI Tender Search
- Largest industries
- Manufacturing · Health care · Construction
Newfoundland and Labrador runs on resources.
Mining, oil and gas were a third of the economy in 2021. Health care comes second.
Ideas to test
- Field and site inspections
- Crew scheduling
- Health logistics
- People
- 552,462
- Employer businesses
- 12,824
- Public buying
- Public Procurement Agency · MERX
- Largest industries
- Mining, oil & gas · Health care · Construction
The North needs software that works offline.
Inuktut is an official language in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. Nunavut’s NNI Policy favours approved local and Inuit firms.
Ideas to test
- Offline field apps
- Services in Indigenous languages
- Projects led by Northern firms
- People
- 139,351
- Employer businesses
- 2,882
- Public buying
- Yukon Bids&Tenders · GNWT Contract Opportunities · Nunavut Tenders
- Largest industries
- Mining · Construction · Health care
What we could build together
Examples to test with partners. Each starts with one service or one business.
Keep permits and approvals moving.
Requests reach the right person, and applicants can see what is still waiting.
Inspections that work without signal.
Mine, energy, forestry and utility crews check equipment offline. Defects reach the office when they sync.
Open an account without a branch visit.
Banks, credit unions and insurers verify customers and collect consent online. Only real exceptions reach compliance.
Answers your staff can trace.
An AI assistant answers from your own documents and links to the page each answer came from.
Keep each order moving.
Restaurants, shops and food producers send each order to the right staff and see what is ready.
Keep property work moving.
Residents report a repair. Staff assign it, and the technician closes it with a photo.
Why Prodmake
Founder-led, with government, enterprise, field and Canadian product work behind us.
Founder-led. You partner with the person who builds it.
Kuan is Canadian and leads product, design and engineering.
13+ years
in production systems.
Ontario and B.C.
Worked in both provinces.
Specialists per project
Design, engineering and data, named for each project.
Tenant apps, built in Toronto.
“Kuan was able to quickly and effectively respond to the requests of our customers as well as identify their potential needs even before they were apparent.”
Andy MacDonald, Director of Engineering, VTS (formerly Lane)
Lane Technologies · employment · Toronto · 2019 to 2020 · portfolios included Colliers and Tishman Speyer
A product built for Canadians.
CreditCardKit tracks fee, benefit and reward changes on the cards Canadians already carry. It is in a Canadian pilot.
A citizen sees their records in one place.
my.egov.kz · Kazakhstan · 2013 to 2015
The national e‑government personal account.
Kuan designed the first version’s screens and led the frontend build.
Field crews need apps that work offline.
Scoutbase · client work as fractional CTO
4,000+ maritime workers.
Crew input saved offline and synced into one fleet view.
Regulated software that has to hold up.
At AuditBoard, an audit, compliance and risk platform, Kuan worked on parts of the product inside a larger team.
Our founder’s product works in 16 languages.
Tellhaven takes reports in each person’s language. AI summarises them, and staff read in their own.
Ways to partner
For agencies, consultancies, IT firms and business owners. Roles and terms agreed in writing.
Who we partner with.
Firms that already have clients in their province, and owners who want to build something.
Two provinces we know. Eleven we want to reach with you.
We start from experience in Ontario and B.C. Everywhere else, a local partner leads and we build.
Four ways to partner.
Choose the role that fits the work. We stay separate companies, and the agreement sets each role.
You introduce. Prodmake delivers.
You connect us with an organisation that needs software. It signs with Prodmake; your role is agreed first.
One client. Two teams with clear jobs.
You lead your part, such as strategy, design or change management. We build the software. Separate contracts, one plan.
Client
You hold the contract. We build with you.
Where buyers favour local suppliers, a local partner leads the bid and Prodmake joins the delivery team.
Build a new company together.
You bring customers and market access. We bring the product team. Ownership is agreed per venture.
Built once. Taken province by province.
A product proven with one partner can reach the next province through the next partner.
Agree what each side earns.
An introduction, your own work or leading the contract are each paid differently. We agree it in writing first.
For business owners: three ways in.
Digitise your own business, offer software to your clients, or start a product company with us.
Getting started
Local rules, a local partner, and the first conversation.
Agree local needs first.
Before any build, we agree languages, where data lives, which systems to connect and who supports it.
AI drafts. People decide.
Assistants answer and prepare. Approvals, payments and exceptions stay with staff, and every step is logged.
How a partnership starts.
No exclusivity or standing commitment is needed. Each step ends with a decision to continue or stop.
Which province, and which opportunity, first?
Bring one client, one service or one business problem.
Which province · Who it serves
Who decides
Sources, checked 8 October 2026.
- People & economy
- Population estimates · Small business statistics · GDP by industry · Census languages
- Federal
- Federal procurement · Buy Canadian · AI for All · Public service AI strategy · Free Trade Agreement
- Provinces
- Privacy laws · Buy Ontario · Charter of the French Language · B.C. Digital Marketplace · Nunavut NNI · Buying portals
- Prodmake
- Partner arrangements · Work record · Lane · AuditBoard · Scoutbase · CreditCardKit · Tellhaven
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