Bringing a playground, shade structure, splash play area, surfacing project, or community space to life often involves more than selecting products. For many schools, municipalities, and community organizations, procurement requirements are an important part of the process. Canoe Procurement is a cooperative purchasing program that provides access to competitively awarded supplier contracts across Canada. Through Landscape Structures’ participation in Canoe Procurement, eligible organizations may access a wide range of playground and outdoor recreation solutions through an established purchasing pathway.
As the Canadian representative for Landscape Structures, Playgrounds-R-Us helps organizations understand how Canoe Procurement works and explore products available through the Canoe contract.
What Is Canoe Procurement?
Canoe Procurement Group of Canada is one of Canada’s largest cooperative purchasing organizations. It provides eligible public sector and non-profit organizations with access to competitively awarded supplier contracts.
Unlike grants or funding programs, Canoe Procurement does not provide financial assistance. Instead, it offers a purchasing resource that may help simplify procurement while supporting organizational purchasing requirements.
Landscape Structures and Canoe Procurement
Landscape Structures is an approved Canoe supplier. Through this partnership, eligible organizations may access a broad range of outdoor recreation products and solutions through an established purchasing pathway. Canoe Procurement can help simplify purchasing by providing access to competitively awarded contracts for Landscape Structures products.
Products Available Through Canoe Procurement
Through Landscape Structures’ Canoe contract, eligible organizations may access:
Standard and custom playgrounds
Inclusive and accessible play equipment
Freestanding play products
Aquatix® splash play solutions
SkyWays® shade structures
SkyWays®
shade sails
Playground safety surfacing
Site
furnishings
Shelters
These solutions support parks, schoolyards, community gathering spaces, and recreation projects across Canada.
A Valuable Resource for Landscape Architects and Consultants
Canoe Procurement can be considered early in the planning and design process, helping landscape architects, consultants, and project planners align product specifications with available purchasing pathways while exploring Canoe-approved products and procurement options.
Early coordination can support:
Budget planning
Product selection
Technical guidance
Project scheduling
Project specifications
Understanding procurement options early can help support a smoother project experience from concept through completion.
Why Organizations Use Canoe
Purchasing requirements can often be one of the most time-consuming parts of a project. Canoe helps organizations access competitively awarded contracts that can simplify purchasing and reduce administrative effort.
Potential benefits include:
- Access to pre-established supplier contracts
- Streamlined procurement processes
- Reduced administrative workload
- Competitive pricing
- Greater purchasing efficiency
- Flexibility for a variety of project types
Every organization has its own procurement policies and requirements, but Canoe provides an additional purchasing option worth exploring.
How Playgrounds-R-Us Can Help
Every project is different, and understanding procurement options can sometimes feel like one more thing to figure out. As the Canadian representative for Landscape Structures, Playgrounds-R-Us can help you explore available products, navigate Canoe Procurement, and determine whether it may be the right fit for your organization and project goals. Whether you’re in the early planning stages or ready to move forward, our team is here to answer questions, provide guidance, and help you take the next step with confidence.
Explore Canoe Procurement for Your Next Project
If your organization is planning a playground, park, shade structure, splash play area, or community space improvement project, Canoe may provide a procurement option worth exploring. Connect with our team to discuss your project and learn whether Canoe Procurement may be a fit for your organization.
FAQ
Canoe Procurement is a cooperative purchasing program that provides access to competitively awarded supplier contracts for eligible public sector and non-profit organizations across Canada.
No. Canoe Procurement is not a funding program and does not provide grants or financial assistance. Instead, it provides access to competitively awarded contracts that may help simplify purchasing.
Municipalities, school boards, Indigenous communities, healthcare organizations, libraries, non-profits, and many other public sector organizations may be eligible.
Products available through Landscape Structures’ Canoe contract include playground equipment, splash play solutions, shade structures, surfacing, site furnishings, shelters, and related outdoor recreation products.
Contact Playgrounds-R-Us and we’ll help you explore available products, answer questions about Canoe Procurement, and determine whether it may be a fit for your project.
