Category: Canada

On January 22, 2019, Health Canada released the revised Canada’s food guide. The new food guide is based on Health Canada’s review of evidence, scientific reports and studies from world-leading organizations and data gathered through public consultation. When was the Canadian food guide changed? The title of Canada’s food guides has changed over time. Canada’s […]

July 1942. Canada’s first food guide, the Official Food Rules, was introduced to the public in July 1942. This guide acknowledged wartime food rationing, while endeavoring to prevent nutritional deficiencies and to improve the health of Canadians. When was the first food guide created? In 1943, during World War II, the USDA introduced a nutrition […]

There have been a few common themes in criticising the new Food Guide including that it does not provide specific-enough recommendations, it does not take into account the individual needs of all Canadians and it is not culturally and socially inclusive. What is one criticism you have of the Canada Food Guide? It does not […]

THUNDER BAY – The K-9 unit is an important part of the Ontario Provincial Police and the dogs and handlers need to be constantly on top of their training to ensure that both of the dogs and their handlers can do their jobs properly. Does Canada have K9 units? An elite group of 16 police […]

For the past four decades, Health Canada has instructed Canadians that a healthy diet consists of specific servings across “four food groups,” set against a rainbow background. But the new guide, unveiled Tuesday morning, not only does away with the four groups, it eliminates serving numbers and sizes altogether. How many food groups are there […]

By law, nearly all products have a nutrition label in Canada. The nutrition label gives you information about the product including, its serving size, calories, and its percentage of the 13 core nutrients that Canada deems necessary. Is nutrition information required by law? Businesses must also provide, upon request, the following written nutrition information for […]

January 2019. The new food guide was released in January 2019. We will continue to: enhance the content of the web application. add more information to help Canadians use the new food guide where they live, learn, work and play. add more information to support the use of the food guide in specific life stages, […]

Canada produces 85% of the world’s maple syrup. 2020 was a record harvest year, with 14.3 million gallons of syrup produced. Québec is behind 92% of Canadian maple syrup production. Canada exported 7.6 million gallons of maple syrup in 2021. Is syrup popular in Canada? Canada produces about 85 million kilograms of syrup a year […]

Placing an emphasis on plant-based eating and protein sources and making water the drink of choice, Canada’s new Food Guide was informed by research and aims to revamp not only what we eat, but how we eat in an effort to curb cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. Why did Canada change its food guide? We […]

July 17 – Construction of the Lachine Canal in Montreal begins. July – The Hudson’s Bay Company merges with archrivals, the Montreal-based North West Company, creating unemployment for a substantial proportion of their Métis workforce. No foreigners allowed in Russian-American waters, except at regular ports of call. What major events happened in Canada? July, 1904. […]