Nutrition North Canada
Program expansion
New expansions to Nutrition North Canada (NNC) have been co-developed with Indigenous and northern partners to further support food security priorities in NNC communities.
How Nutrition North Canada works
How the subsidy works, and lists of registered recipients.
Eligible communities
There are 122 isolated northern communities eligible for the Nutrition North Canada subsidy and Nutrition Education Initiatives. 112 of these communities are eligible for the Harvesters Support Grant.
Eligible food and non-food items
What is subsidized.
Support for traditional hunting and harvesting
Learn more about the Harvesters Support Grant and Community Food Programs Fund
Nutrition education initiatives
Culturally appropriate retail and community-based nutrition education activities.
Accessing the retail subsidy
Who can participate in the retail subsidy program, and how to apply.
Food Security Research Grant
Support for Indigenous-led research on food access inequality and cost of living in the North.
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Supporting local food priorities in the North
The lived experiences of those using the Nutrition North Canada programs.
Contact us
Nutrition North Canada
25 Eddy Street, 14th floor
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H4
Email: aadnc.nutritionnordcanada-nutritionnorthcanada.aandc@canada.ca
News
- New partnership will bring food banking operations to five northern and isolated Indigenous communities in Ontario
- Traditional hunting, harvesting and community food programs in over 100 northern and isolated communities receive funding
- Nutrition North supports Harvest Manitoba and the Island Lake Tribal Council partnership that will bring food banking operations to approximately 15,000 residents in the Island Lake Region