Canada Government Surplus Auctions (GCSurplus)

Get live auction lots from GCSurplus.ca — the Government of Canada's official surplus-disposal platform — in one clean, normalized feed. Vehicles, IT equipment, machinery, office furniture, aircraft parts, boats, and more, all auctioned publicly by federal departments.

GCSurplus is the only place to source federal Crown assets being disposed of: RCMP vehicles, DND equipment, Canada Post fleet, Parks Canada machinery, and thousands of other lots. It has zero actor coverage on any scraping marketplace — this is a completely unserved niche.

Why this Actor

• Unique data source. GCSurplus is operated by Public Works and Government Services Canada. No other automated feed exists for this inventory.
• Public, open government data. All listings are publicly browseable — no login, no paywall, no ToS grey zone.
• Clean, consistent output. One schema for every lot regardless of category. Closing dates, current bids, location, category, and image URLs normalized into structured fields.
• Close-soon filter. Set closingWithinDays and run on a schedule — only lots about to close, every time.

Use cases

• Resellers and flippers — source undervalued government assets (vehicles, electronics, tools) before they close. Set up a scheduled daily run with closingWithinDays: 3 for a closing-soon alert feed.
• Equipment buyers — contractors, farmers, and tradespeople looking for government-spec heavy equipment, trailers, power tools, or generators at auction prices.
• Deal-alert agents — feed lot data into an AI agent or n8n workflow to alert on specific categories, locations, or bid thresholds.
• Market research — track what the federal government disposes of, at what prices, and in what volumes. Useful for surplus dealers, appraisers, and asset-management consultants.
• Competitive intelligence — monitor what agencies are shedding inventory from (IT refresh cycles, fleet renewals, lab equipment decommissioning).

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
categories	array	all	GCSurplus commodity codes to filter (e.g. ["2300"] for cars and trucks). Leave empty for all categories.
regions	array	all	Province/territory codes (e.g. ["'ON '", "'BC '"]). Leave empty for all regions.
closingWithinDays	integer	30	Only return lots closing within this many days. Set to 0 to disable.
saleType	string	"A"	A=All, OB=Open Bid, BN=Buy Now Only, CB=Closed Bid.
maxRecords	integer	300	Maximum lots to return.

Category codes (common ones):

Code	Category
2300	Cars and Light Trucks
2400	Heavy Equipment and Vehicles
2700	Construction Equipment
7000	Computer Equipment, Parts and Accessories
3700	Agricultural Machinery and Equipment
1900	Boats and Ships
1501	Aircraft Components, Parts and Instruments
5000	Furniture
5500	Building Materials, Hardware and Paint

Province codes (wrap in single quotes as shown): 'AB ', 'BC ', 'MB ', 'NB ', 'NL ', 'NT ', 'NS ', 'NU ', 'ON ', 'PE ', 'QC ', 'SK ', 'YT '

{
    "categories": ["2300", "2400"],
    "regions": ["'ON '", "'BC '"],
    "closingWithinDays": 7,
    "saleType": "OB",
    "maxRecords": 100
}

Output

One dataset item per auction lot:

{
    "source": "gcsurplus.ca",
    "lotId": "756380",
    "saleNumber": "595724",
    "saleAccount": "R6TO0017778-6TO015941-5P315-JF",
    "title": "2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 2WD",
    "saleType": "Open Bidding",
    "categoryCode": "2300",
    "category": "Cars and light trucks",
    "description": null,
    "location": "North York, ON",
    "currentBid": 2125.00,
    "currentBidCurrency": "CAD",
    "closingDate": "2026-07-20T13:45:00.000Z",
    "postedDate": "2026-07-13T15:35:00.000Z",
    "imageUrls": ["https://gcsurplus.ca/lotImages/2976304.jpeg"],
    "url": "https://gcsurplus.ca/mn-eng.cfm?snc=wfsav&sc=enc-bid&scn=595724&lcn=756380&lct=L",
    "fetchedAt": "2026-07-19T20:00:00.000Z",
    "raw": {
        "title": "2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 2WD",
        "commodity": "2300 - Cars and light trucks",
        "closingRaw": "20-July-2026 @ 9:45 a.m.",
        "postedRaw": "13-July-2026 @ 11:35 a.m.",
        "currentBidRaw": "$2,125.00",
        "locationRaw": "North York, ON",
        "saleTypeRaw": "Open Bidding"
    }
}

Field notes:

• lotId — GCSurplus internal lot number (stable for the life of the lot).
• saleNumber — GCSurplus sale/auction number (parent of the lot).
• saleAccount — government internal disposal reference code.
• currentBid — current high bid in CAD, or null for Buy Now lots with fixed prices.
• closingDate — auction close time in UTC (GCSurplus shows Eastern Time — converted on fetch).
• description — GCSurplus does not show description text on the listing page; visit url for full details.
• imageUrls — thumbnail image from the listing page.
• raw — original page values before normalization.
• A RUN_SUMMARY object (total count, input params) is saved in the run's key-value store.

Legality

GCSurplus is operated by Public Works and Government Services Canada. All auction listings are publicly accessible without registration. No login is used. No personal data is collected. Rate limiting is applied (≥1.5 s between requests).