2011–2012: 3rd Quarter

• Nutrition North Canada provided almost $15.5 million in subsidy during October, November and December 2011. This represents about 29% of the program's $53.9 million annual subsidy budget.
• The largest amount of subsidy went to frozen meat, fresh 2% milk, bread, fresh meat, frozen poultry, frozen potato products, eggs, fresh potatoes, yogurt and oranges. Together they accounted for 50% of the total subsidy amount. These foods receive the program's higher subsidy level.
• Among the items eligible for the lower subsidy level, frozen pizza, frozen combination foods, ice cream, unsweetened juice (in containers of more than 250 ml) and fresh unsweetened juice, received the most subsidy (accounting for 5% of the total).
• Country food shipped fresh from the North, disposable underwear, medical devices, country food shipped frozen from the North, canned condensed milk, vitamin and mineral supplements, country food shipped fresh from the South, frozen pasta and nursing pads received the smallest amount of subsidy. Together, they accounted for less than one percent of total subsidy payments. Two factors help explain these results: these products had the smallest shipment volumes of all eligible items and most are eligible for the lower subsidy level.
• Ninety-one (91%) of the volume of subsidized products was shipped to retailers with a store in the community. The remaining 9% of subsidized volumes was shipped via direct or "personal" order to individuals (about 4%), commercial establishments like hotels or restaurants (about 3%) and social institutions such as schools and day cares (about 2%).
• Iqaluit, Pond Inlet and Igloolik, Nunavut, and Kuujjuaq and Salluit, Quebec, received the largest amount of subsidy during the quarter. These communities received large volumes of subsidized items and have relatively high subsidy rates.

Data by product category

This table shows the amount of subsidy that was distributed by product category between October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011, and the weight of the products that were subsidized during this period. Product categories are listed in descending order based on the amount of subsidy; the category that received the highest amount of subsidy is listed first, followed by the category that received the second highest amount of subsidy, and so on.

Product category	$ subsidy	% total $	kg	% total kg
Fruit and vegetables (fresh and frozen)	4,507,284	29%	1,604,216	24%
Meat, poultry and fish (fresh and frozen)	3,064,530	20%	1,133,322	17%
Milk (fresh, UHT, and canned evaporated)	2,260,742	15%	884,933	13%
Bread and bread products, cereals, crackers, flour and plain fresh and frozen pasta	1,608,863	10%	671,204	10%
Cheese, yogurt and other dairy products	1,044,558	7%	433,413	6%
Unsweetened juice	716,626	5%	300,920	4%
Eggs and egg substitutes	606,148	4%	256,994	4%
Products eligible until October 1, 2012	591,996	4%	931,788	14%
Combination foods (fresh and frozen)	480,272	3%	296,422	4%
Infant formula and foods prepared specifically for infants	255,799	2%	97,464	1%
Cooking oils, margarine, lard, shortening, butter, mayonnaise and salad dressing	226,688	1%	154,317	2%
Nuts, seeds, peanut butter and other nut butters, tofu and other meat alternatives	82,163	1%	27,434	0%
Non-prescription drugs	5,476	0%	5,008	0%
Country food (shipped from the North)	341	0%	215	0%
Total	15,451,485	100%	6,797,649	100%
Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding. Last modified: 2012-08-09.

This chart shows what percentage of the total subsidy transfer between October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011 was applied to specific product categories. Because non-prescription drugs and country food shipped from the North received less than 1% of the subsidy transfer these categories are not shown in the chart. The chart is based on data in the table above.

Description of this chart: Data by Product Category

The pie graph breaks down the total amount of subsidy spending between October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011, by categories of eligible products as follows:

• Perishable fruits and vegetables including juice: 34%
• Perishable meat and alternatives: 24%
• Milk and other perishable dairy products: 21%
• Bread, cereal and other perishable grain products: 10%
• Perishable combination foods: 3%
• Infant formula and infant foods: 2%
• Margarine, oil and other fats: 1%
• Eligible until October 1, 2012: 4%

Last modified: 2012-08-09.