Amount:
No Fixed Amount
Type of Program:
Subsidy
Description:
Nutrition North Canada is a Government of Canada program that helps make nutritious food and some essential items more affordable and more accessible.
NNC subsidizes a list of nutritious eligible foods, as well as certain non-food items such as diapers and soap, hand-sanitizers and personal hygiene products, sold by registered retailers, suppliers, and country food processors.
Comments on Funding:
Funding will take the form of a subsidy. NNC subsidies apply to all eligible items shipped to eligible communities by air, ice road, sealift or barge. Subsidy rates vary depending on the type of transportation used, the location of the community and the category of eligible food and non-food items.
Retailers and suppliers submit claims each month. The amount of the subsidy is calculated using this formula: subsidy level ($/kg) × weight of eligible item (kg) = $ subsidy payment.
When It Ends:
Accepting applications
Deadline:
Rolling deadline
Eligibility:
Applicants must:
To be eligible, northern retailers must:
To be eligible, Southern suppliers must:
Country food processors/distributors must:
Applications Steps:
contact Nutrition North Canada to get an application form or ask a question. Email: aadnc.nutritionnordcanada-nutritionnorthcanada.aandc@canada.ca Telephone: 1-800-567-9604, Fax: 819-953-9309
submit a complete application which consists of a completed and signed application form and the supporting documentation.
Documentation Needed:
All applicants must submit:
- 1for each eligible community, a verifiable forecast in kilograms of monthly shipments of eligible food by level of subsidy for the upcoming fiscal year (e.g. April 1st to March 31st) (include only shipments by air);
- 2a clear explanation of how the following program requirements will be met:
- through messages on cash register receipts and communication material, in-store signage and displays provided by CIRNAC, if Northern retailers;
- by clearly identifying the total amount of NNC subsidy (reduction) on customers' invoices, and by including communication material provided by CIRNAC with shipments, if Southern suppliers or Country food processors/distributors.
- 3a copy of the applicant's most recent audited financial statements, upon request.
Additionally:
- 1Northern retailers must submit a list of stores (names and addresses) in eligible communities;
- 2Southern suppliers and Country food processors/distributors must submit a list of existing and/or anticipated northern retail, social institution and commercial establishment clients, and the number of existing and/or anticipated individual clients (personal orders) by eligible community.
Other Things to Note:
I. NNC has a subsidy budget of $103,158,558 for fiscal year 2020 to 2021. This budget grows by 5% each year in an attempt to keep pace with population growth, inflation, and the high costs of operating in isolated northern communities.
II. To be eligible for Nutrition North Canada, a community must be considered isolated and meet these requirements:
- 1lack year-round surface transportation (no permanent road, rail or marine access), excluding isolation caused by freeze-up and break-up that normally lasts less than 4 weeks at a time;
- 2for the Harvesters Support Grant, a community must be reliant on air transportation for more than 8 months each year;
- 3meet the territorial or provincial definition of a northern community;
- 4have an airport, post office, or grocery store;
- 5have a year-round population according to the national census.
III. In Ontario, the following 27 communities are eligible for the program:
- 1Ogoki;
- 2Webequie;
- 3Lansdowne House;
- 4Eabamet Lake (Fort Hope);
- 5Summer Beaver;
- 6Wawakapewin;
- 7North Spirit Lake;
- 8Cat Lake;
- 9Poplar Hill;
- 10Deer Lake;
- 11Favourable Lake (Sandy Lake);
- 12Keewaywin;
- 13Sachigo Lake;
- 14Kasabonika;
- 15Angling Lake;
- 16Wunnummin Lake;
- 17Kingfisher Lake;
- 18Weagamow Lake;
- 19Pikangikum;
- 20Kashechewan;
- 21Fort Albany;
- 22Attawapiskat;
- 23Peawanuck;
- 24Fort Severn;
- 25Bearskin Lake;
- 26Muskrat Dam;
- 27Big Trout Lake.