Nutrition North Canada

**Nutrition North Canada** Nutrition North Canada programs include: the NNC subsidy, the Harvesters Support Grant and the Community Food Programs Fund, Nutrition Education Initiatives and the Food Security Research Grant. **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. - [Enhancements to food security programs in isolated northern communities](https://www.canada.ca/en/crown-indigenous-relations-northern-affairs/news/2022/08/minister-vandal-announces-enhancements-to-food-security-programs-in-isolated-northern-communities-promoting-local-food-sovereignty.html) **Services and information** **[How Nutrition North Canada works](https://www.nutritionnorthcanada.gc.ca/eng/1415538638170/1415538670874)** How the subsidy works, and lists of registered recipients. **[Eligible communities](https://www.nutritionnorthcanada.gc.ca/eng/1415540731169/1415540791407)** 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](https://www.nutritionnorthcanada.gc.ca/eng/1415548276694/1415548329309)** What is subsidized. **[Support for traditional hunting and harvesting](https://www.nutritionnorthcanada.gc.ca/eng/1586274027728/1586274048849)** Learn more about the Harvesters Support Grant and Community Food Programs Fund **[Nutrition education initiatives](https://www.nutritionnorthcanada.gc.ca/eng/1593459095716/1593459154774)** Culturally appropriate retail and community-based nutrition education activities. **[Accessing the retail subsidy](https://www.nutritionnorthcanada.gc.ca/eng/1415626422397/1415626591979)** Who can participate in the retail subsidy program, and how to apply. **[Food Security Research Grant](https://www.nutritionnorthcanada.gc.ca/eng/1659529347875/1659529387998)** Support for Indigenous-led research on food access inequality and cost of living in the North.