Program directory · Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Nutrition North

Department

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Program code

BWR10 (INAC)

Core responsibility

Northern and Arctic Affairs

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan

What it does

This Program contributes to food security and food sovereignty in eligible isolated northern communities by strengthening local food systems, including market, country and locally produced food. Eligible communities are located in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

As part of the Nutrition North Canada (NNC) horizontal initiative with Indigenous Services Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Program also funds culturally appropriate retail and community-based nutrition education. These initiatives aim to increase knowledge of healthy eating and build skills for preparing both store-bought and traditional foods.

The NNC retail subsidy helps make nutritious food and other essential items more accessible and more affordable through the purchases of eligible items from northern retailers, southern suppliers, and country food processors or distributors. The Harvesters Support Grant increases access to country foods by providing funding to support traditional hunting, harvesting and food sharing activities. The Community Food Program Fund builds on the Harvesters Support Grant to support the entirety of traditional food systems, including subsistence food production, and food sharing networks. Together, these initiatives help ensure that northern and Arctic communities are prosperous, sustainable, and supported by strong, self-determined food systems.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

Employees (FTEs)

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.