Food and Nutrition

Food and Nutrition

National Nutrition Month

Overview

Nutrition Month takes place every March across Canada. It highlights how food supports our health, our communities, and our cultural connections.

For 2025 and 2026, the national theme is Nourish to Flourish. This theme recognizes that food is more than fuel. It supports emotional wellbeing, mental health, resilience, and the social and cultural connections that help communities thrive.

This page helps NWT residents learn about the theme, find activities in their community, and connect with nutrition supports.

Learn about the Nourish to Flourish theme

Dietitians of Canada sets the national theme for Nutrition Month. Nourish to Flourish focuses on:

  • How food supports mental and emotional wellbeing.
  • The role of food in bringing people together.
  • The cultural importance of sharing and preparing foods.
  • The work Registered Dietitians do to support healthy communities.

Find Nutrition Month activities in your community

Join a grocery store scavenger hunt

Dietitians and Community Health Representatives (CHRs) are hosting a Nutrition Month grocery store scavenger hunt in participating NWT communities. You can take part while learning how to read and understand food labels at your local store.

For activity details in your community, contact your CHR or email healthpromotion@gov.nt.ca.

Connect with nutrition support in your community

Learn from traditional knowledge holders

Traditional knowledge holders and community members have expertise in:

  • Hunting and food harvesting.
  • Gathering and preparing traditional foods.
  • Sharing food in culturally meaningful ways.

Talk to a Registered Dietitian

Registered Dietitians can help you with:

  • Healthy eating information.
  • Nutrition questions for your family or yourself.
  • Food planning based on what is available in your community.

Get support from a Community Health Representative

Community Health Representatives can connect you with:

  • A Registered Dietitian.
  • Local and regional nutrition programs.
  • Additional resources for Nutrition Month.

Contact northern nutrition organizations

Call 811 for general health and nutrition advice

You can call 811 to speak with a registered nurse for confidential health advice, including questions about healthy eating. 811 is available 24 hours a day in English and French, with interpretation in Indigenous languages.

Explore food and nutrition resources

These resources can help you learn more about healthy eating and northern foods.

GNWT resources

National resources

  • Unlock Food. Information on healthy eating, nutrition topics, recipes, and meal-planning tools to support everyday food choices.
  • Children’s Nutrition - Unlock Food. Nutrition information for infants, children, and youth, including tips on feeding, recipes, and common concerns such as picky eating.