Canada's food guide
Canada's food guide is the government of Canada's guidance on healthy eating for people in Canada aged 2 years and older.
Explore the food guide
The food guide includes a suite of resources and tools designed to communicate healthy eating guidance in different ways.
Food guide snapshot
Available in many languages, a visual summary of Canada's Dietary Guidelines and healthy eating recommendations.
Healthy eating recommendations
Follow Canada’s food guide’s simple, relevant advice to support your nutritional health and well being.
Canada's dietary guidelines
Consult the dietary guidelines for health professionals and policy makers, and additional information on how to apply them.
Food guide kitchen
Find recipes and cooking skill tips to help you follow Canada’s food guide.
About the food guide
Learn about Canada’s food guide and its resources for the public and professionals.
Development of the food guide
Learn about the process to develop Canada’s food guide.
Newsletter
Access past issues of the Canada's food guide newsletter.
Tips for supporting healthy eating
Use our online suite of resources to help you apply food guide’s healthy eating recommendations in your daily life.
Cooking skills
Find tips on planning, choosing, buying preparing and storing food.
Recipes
Browse and search recipes that follow the food guide.
Meal planning and groceries
Learn about how to use the Canada’s food guide plate, including how to prepare and shop for foods that support health.
Choosing food and drinks
Learn how to choose nutritious foods and beverages, including how to use food labels to make healthier choices. Use practical advice to build healthy eating habits.
Healthy eating everywhere
Learn about making healthy choices at home and outside the home, including at school and at work.
Life stages
Explore healthy eating guidance for different ages and stages of life.
Physical activity and lifestyle
Find information about diet and food trends, lifestyle habits, and how healthy eating and physical activity work together to support overall health and wellbeing.
For educators and professionals
Toolkit for educators, food guide friendly resources to support healthier food environments, information to support health professionals and policy makers, and evidence to support Canada's food guide.
Toolkit for educators
Find activities and advice to support educators in teaching the food guide to children.
Food guide friendly
Learn about how to create healthier food environments.
Evidence Review Cycle for dietary guidance
Consult Health Canada’s systematic approach to ensure that Canada's dietary guidance remains up to date and credible.
Applying Canada’s dietary guidelines
Access additional information to support health professionals and policy makers in applying Canada’s dietary guidelines.
Nutrition for healthy term infants
Consult infant feeding guidelines designed for use by health professionals.
Research tools
Use the research tools to assess how closely groups are following the food guide. Using these tools helps produce standardized research findings.
