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.
Services and information
How Nutrition North Canada works
How the subsidy works, and lists of registered recipients.
Eligible communities
There are 125 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.
Featured
Historic alliance to address food insecurity in northern Manitoba and Ontario
To help bring access to healthy food in northern and isolated communities, a historic alliance has been formed: Wiiche'iwaymagon.
Supporting local food priorities in the North
The lived experiences of those using the Nutrition North Canada programs.
Nutrition education initiatives promote healthy eating in Nunatsiavut
In 2023, kitchens and other community spaces in isolated Northern communities were abuzz with activity.
Contact us
Nutrition North Canada
25 Eddy Street, 14th floor
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H4
Email: aadnc.nutritionnordcanada-nutritionnorthcanada.aandc@canada.ca
News
- Minister Vandal announces appointment of key Nutrition North Canada Advisory Board members
- External review of Nutrition North Canada seeks to enhance food security in the North
- Partnership between Harvesters Support Grant recipients in Ontario and Manitoba, food banks and charities will bring food bank operations to 43 isolated, northern communities
- Minister Vandal announces five new Indigenous-led projects that study food security in northern communities