2021-22 Sustainable development goals

Food Policy for Canada
Nutrition North Canada

The Food Policy, which will help Canada meet its commitments under the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, including to end hunger, promote good health, cut food waste and encourage a sustainable food system, includes the following programs:

• The Local Food Infrastructure Fund ($50 million over 5 years), is designed to improve access to safe, healthy, and culturally diverse food
• Additional funding through the Northern Isolated Community Initiatives Fund ($15 million over 5 years), which focuses on increasing food security in Canada's northern and remote communities
• The Food Waste Reduction Challenge ($20M investment) to fund the most innovative food waste reduction proposals

This Strategy contributes to Goal 2 of the Canadian Indicator Framework: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

Global (GIF) target 2.1: By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round

Global (GIF) target 2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality

Canada's Healthy Eating Strategy

Healthy Eating

Canada's Healthy Eating Strategy aims to improve the food environment in Canada to make it easier for Canadians to make healthier choices. The strategy is made up of complementary initiatives to improve healthy eating information, improve the nutritional quality of foods, protect vulnerable populations and support increased access to and availability of nutritious foods.

As part of this, since 2011, the Nutrition North Canada (NNC) program has been supporting isolated and remote communities in Canada's North by making perishable, nutritious food more accessible and more affordable. In addition to providing a food subsidy, in 2019–20, NNC introduced a new Harvesters Support Grant, developed in direct collaboration with Indigenous partners to increase their access to traditional foods by reducing the high costs associated with traditional hunting and harvesting. The grant supports the complete range of harvesting activities and traditions, from community decision making to ceremony and celebration of the harvest. It respects the inherent hunting and harvesting rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Food Security in the North

In fiscal year 2020–21, the Government of Canada invested an additional $25 million in NNC to further reduce the cost of food in eligible isolated communities. In addition, NNC expanded the list of subsidized items to include cleaning and personal hygiene products, representing a further investment of $8.4 million. These steps were taken in consultation with Indigenous and northern leaders to address the urgent health and safety needs of communities and to ensure reliable access to food and other essential items during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Moving forward, NNC endeavors to further integrate its policy and program direction with the goals set out in the Arctic and Northern Policy Framework (launched in September 2019).The Arctic and Northern Policy Framework sets out a long-term, strategic vision that will guide the Government of Canada's activities and investments in the Arctic to 2030 and beyond and will better align Canada's national and international policy objectives with the priorities of Indigenous peoples and Arctic and northern residents.

This Strategy contributes to: Goal 3 of the Canadian Indicator Framework - Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Ambition: Canadians adopt healthy behaviours

Indicator: Consumption of sugars, sodium, saturated fat, sugar-sweetened beverages, and fruits and vegetables by Dietary Reference Intakes, per category

National Action Plan to address violence against Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit and LGBTQQIA
It's Time: Canada's Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence

Since 2015, the Government of Canada has worked across departments towards a Canada free of violence against Indigenous women, girls, 2-spirit and LGBTQQIA.

Together with provincial, territorial and Indigenous partners, we are responding to the issues identified in the Calls for Justice, as part of the whole-of-Canada response to the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

This Strategy contributes to: Goal 5 of the Canadian Indicator Framework: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Global (GIF) target 5.1 End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere

Global (GIF) target 5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation

Global (GIF) target 5.c Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels.

Domestic: A governance structure, primarily made up of Indigenous women, is in place to oversee the development of the National Action Plan. This interconnected structure features the Core Working Group and the National Family and Survivors Circle at the center that serves as a liaison with the broader federal, provincial and territorial governments and Indigenous organizations and communities through a series of sub-working groups which represent various distinctions and other components.

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action

National Action Plan on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in response to the National Inquiry's Calls for Justice

This work contributes to Goal 10 of the Canadian Indicator Framework: Reduce inequality within and among countries

Global (GIF) target: 10.2 By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action
National Action Plan on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in response to the National Inquiry's Calls for Justice

Many of the Calls to Action and the Calls for Justice propose specific measures for increased access to justice, culturally-relevant supports and an increase in the use of restorative justice practices for Indigenous peoples within the Canadian justice system, as well as support for Indigenous justice.

This Strategy contributes to:

Global (GIF) target 16.1 Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere

Global (GIF) target 16.2 End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children

Global (GIF) target 16.3 Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all

Global (GIF) target 16.6 Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels

Global (GIF) target 16.10 Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements

Global (GIF) target 16.a Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime

Global (GIF) target 16.b Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development