Health Canada

A healthy diet, nutritional well-being, and a safe nutritious food supply are essential contributors to a healthy productive population. The result is lower health care and social costs, and better quality of life for all Canadians.

This report will provide you with an overview of our work in 2021 to support healthy eating, food safety, and innovation.

Learn about what Health Canada is doing to improve the food environment in Canada, and make it easier for Canadians to make healthier choices, as well as our other accomplishments in 2020.

Learn about what Health Canada is doing to make healthy eating the easier choice for Canadians, and to make food safe.

Series of topical and brief publications produced by Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada for the public, media and special interest groups.

Safe food and good nutrition are important to Canadians. Maintaining the safety of Canada's food supply is a shared responsibility among government, industry and consumers. Eating a nutritious and balanced diet is one of the best ways to protect and promote good health.

Breastfeeding is the normal and unequalled method of feeding infants. Health Canada promotes breastfeeding - exclusively for the first six months, and sustained for up to two years or longer with appropriate complementary feeding - for the nutrition, immunologic protection, growth, and...

To inform consumers and interested stakeholders of Health Canada's intent to create a new Nutrition Labelling - Table of Permitted Nutrient Content Statements and Claims.

Lead page to Health Canada reports, discussion papers and articles related to research on nutritional health

Recommended amounts of nutrients for specific age groups.

Listing of nutrition facts table formats and their acceptable versions for use on prepackaged products.

Reference amounts for different food categories.

Food nourishes the body and gives us energy to get through each day. Healthy eating is fundamental to good health and is a key element in healthy human development, from the prenatal and early childhood years to later life stages.

Breastfeeding - exclusively for the first six months, and sustained for up to two years or longer with appropriate complementary feeding - is important for the nutrition, immunologic protection, growth, and development of infants and toddlers.

Principles and recommendations for the nutrition of older infants (six to 12 months) and young children (12 to 24 months)

Learn to make healthier food choices by using nutrition labelling information.

Nutrition Labelling - Directory of Nutrition Symbol Formats: Draft for Canada Gazette Part I Consultation.

Table of nutrient-content claims and what they mean

There are two types of nutrition claims on foods: nutrient content claims and health claims. These claims must also follow certain rules from Health Canada to make sure that they are consistent and not misleading.

Today's food environment can make it challenging for Canadians to make healthier food choices, but using labels can help. To improve understanding of food labels, Health Canada's Food Directorate has launched the Nutrition Labelling Online Course.