Pages 276-281 in G. Pétursdóttir et al., eds. Circumpolar Health 93. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Reykjavík, Iceland, June 20-25, 1993. Arctic Medical Research. 1994;53(Suppl.2)
Strategic Analysis Division, Northern Affairs program, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Dialogos Educational Consultants, Quebec, Canada
Food Industry Development Division, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Pages 276-281 in G. Pétursdóttir et al., eds. Circumpolar Health 93. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Reykjavík, Iceland, June 20-25, 1993. Arctic Medical Research. 1994;53(Suppl.2)
The Government of Canada subsidizes food transportation to isolated northern communities through an annual payment of $15 million to Canada Post Corporation. Recent changes have focused the funding more on nutritious perishable food and extended the "food mail" service to additional regions. A Nutritious Northern Food Basket was developed to monitor the impact of the program on food prices. The results confirm that the program changes have made nutritious perishable food more affordable in isolated Native communities in the Northwest Territories.