Healthy Living

Public Health Canada's food guide

Food guide snapshot, healthy eating recommendations, recipes, tips and resources.

For more information, follow the links below:

Food and safety standards
How to meet safety standards, imports, exports, production, packaging, distribution, catering, restaurants, retail.

Food safety
Safety tips for all food types, information to protect those who are vulnerable to food poisoning, facts on food allergies and recalls.

Healthy eating strategy
Learn how we're working to make the healthier choice the easier choice for Canadians.

Teach your kids safe cooking habits
See safe, be safe. Model safe food handling habits for your kids by following these tips.

Infant nutrition
Learn about the nutrition your baby needs to grow up strong and healthy.

Make it a Habit to Eat Vegetables, Fruits, Whole Grains, and Protein Foods

Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide - First Nations, Inuit and Métis

As part of Canada's Food Guide revision, we are currently working with First Nations, Inuit and Métis partners to support the development of healthy eating tools.
Along with the new 2019 Canada's food guide, you can still use the current Canada's Food Guide - First Nations, Inuit and Métis as a trusted source of information on healthy eating.

How to use Canada's Food Guide

To download the the PDF:

Healthy Eating Starts Here

As a health organization, AHS leaders, staff, physicians and visitors told us leading by example is the right thing to do.
AHS is working towards making healthy eating the easy choice:

More healthy foods and drinks available at AHS sites
Encourage and enable healthy eating for all
Leaders, staff and food vendors working together

All AHS leaders, staff and physicians are encouraged to champion changes toward a healthier eating environment within their role and scope of influence. Together we can make healthy eating environment a reality.

Food Literacy Resources For Health Professionals

Food literacy is a set of interconnected attributes organized into the categories of food and nutrition knowledge, skills, self-efficacy/confidence, food decisions, and other ecologic (external) factors such as income security, and the food system.

Food Literacy Framework

Eat Well Campaign - Easier Healthier School Lunches

Health Canada’s national Eat Well campaign was launched on March 4th. Below are several resources that you can use to promote healthy eating, which is important to maintain good health. Click on the link to download each resource.

Eat Well Packing Lunches Factsheet_EN.pdf
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Eat Well Colouring Sheet and Map_EN.pdf
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Eat Well 5 Ways Ad_EN.pdf
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Eat Well Get The Kids Involved Poster_EN.pdf
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Posters/graphics

Mr. Zucchini is sure to get a kid’s attention! Posting him at a little one’s eye level (think, on the front of a reception desk) might start a conversation about healthy eating!

Healthy Eating Habits Poster EN
Healthy Eating Habits Poster FR

What is Mr. Zucchini Made Of? Poster EN
What is Mr. Zucchini Made Of? Poster FR

Mr. Zucchini Colouring Page EN
Mr. Zucchini Colouring Page FR

Graphic

Graphic: This image makes an eye-catching Facebook post. You can link the image to the Healthy Canadians’ Eat Well Central, which has information, tips and additional healthy eating resources.

Mr. Zucchini Graphic EN
Mr. Zucchini Graphic FR

Fact Sheets

If you like to provide handy takeaways at meetings, classes or along with a guide or newsletter try offering these Fact Sheets:

Planning Meals at Home EN
Planning Meals at Home FR

Planning Meals at the Grocery Store EN
Planning Meals at the Grocery Store FR

Using the Nutrition Facts Table EN
Using the Nutrition Facts Table FR

Dietitians of Canada

On UnlockFood.ca, you will find information on nutrition, food and healthy eating, as well as recipes, videos and online tools. There is information on hundreds of topics from A-Z.

The content on UnlockFood.ca focuses on healthy eating throughout the lifecycle (from infants to seniors), nutrition topics of interest, and preventing and managing health conditions.

Popular content includes:

There are also useful resources on eating on a budget, cooking, shopping, menu planning, and more.

Active For Life - Early Years Educator Physical Literacy Toolkit

Physical literacy is when kids have developed the skills, confidence, and love of movement to be physically active for life. The early years are the right time to begin developing physical literacy. Through active exploratory play, children begin to develop the essential motor skills for lifelong physical activity and health. Early years educators can follow the links below to find resources for developing physical literacy.

Free Downloads:

The confidence project - Mcmaster University/Health Nexus

Supporting Canadians' vaccine confidence and uptake, as well as addressing barriers to accessing vaccination, requires diverse strategies and targeted interventions. There is no "one size fits all" solution, and a multifaceted approach is crucial for reaching all Canadians, and particularly Canadians who historically have been underserved and whose health has been negatively impacted by a range of social determinants of health.

Healthy Living Resources