Cost of the Revised Northern Food Basket in 2012–2013
The tables below show the cost of the Revised Northern Food Basket (RNFB) in 2012-2013 in communities eligible for the Nutrition North Canada (NNC) program. The amounts are estimates of what it cost to feed a family of four a healthy diet for one week.
For comparison purposes, the tables also show the cost of the RNFB in March 2011 (under the Food Mail Program) and March 2012 (at the end of NNC's first year in operation). The tables will be updated during the year.
Cost in communities eligible for a full subsidy
The cost of the basket was calculated using retail prices provided by:
- Arctic Ventures Ltd.;
- Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec;
- Labrador Investments (Big Land Grocery); and
- North West Company.
| Communities Eligible for a Full Subsidy | Cost of the Revised Northern Food Basket ($) | Difference March 2011 to Sep. 2012 |
Difference March 2012 to Sep. 2012 |
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| March 2011 | March 2012 | June 2012 | Sep. 2012 | Dec. 2012 | March 2013 | $ | % | $ | % | |
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n/a = not available. The cost of the basket may not be available for communities where local stores are not registered with NNC but access the subsidy by purchasing products from registered suppliers in the South, or for communities where the food prices provided could not be used to accurately and consistently calculate the cost of the RNFB. * Pauingassi became eligible for a full subsidy in August 2012. ** As of June 2012, the cost of the basket in Nain was calculated using prices from two stores. The cost in March 2011 and 2012 was calculated using prices from one store. |
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| Manitoba | ||||||||||
| Gods Lake Narrows | 384.72 | 359.62 | 364.77 | 371.38 | -13.34 | -3.5% | 11.76 | 3.3% | ||
| Gods River | 397.29 | 371.37 | 374.61 | 375.93 | -21.36 | -5.4% | 4.56 | 1.2% | ||
| Island Lake (Garden Hill) | 424.67 | 367.84 | 376.10 | 381.47 | -43.20 | -10.2% | 13.63 | 3.7% | ||
| Lac Brochet | 430.95 | 388.53 | 392.46 | 391.01 | -39.94 | -9.3% | 2.48 | 0.6% | ||
| Little Grand Rapids | 420.56 | 382.26 | 385.83 | 385.10 | -35.46 | -8.4% | 2.84 | 0.7% | ||
| Negginan (Poplar River) | 424.82 | 394.98 | 395.24 | 389.18 | -35.64 | -8.4% | -5.80 | -1.5% | ||
| Oxford House | 381.51 | 352.28 | 354.45 | 359.30 | -22.21 | -5.8% | 7.02 | 2.0% | ||
| Pauingassi *Pauingassi became eligible for a full subsidy in August 2012. | 433.08 | 422.51 | 430.44 | 411.02 | -22.06 | -5.1% | -11.49 | -2.7% | ||
| Red Sucker Lake | 448.35 | 408.14 | 411.65 | 413.95 | -34.40 | -7.7% | 5.81 | 1.4% | ||
| St. Theresa Point | 416.64 | 375.20 | 381.73 | 385.82 | -30.82 | -7.4% | 10.62 | 2.8% | ||
| Waasagomach | 429.82 | 377.01 | 391.83 | 404.76 | -25.06 | -5.8% | 27.75 | 7.4% | ||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | ||||||||||
| Black Tickle | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Hopedale | 362.95 | 342.44 | 343.96 | 346.64 | -16.31 | -4.5% | 4.20 | 1.2% | ||
| Makkovik | 318.85 | 304.72 | 304.04 | 295.28 | -23.57 | -7.4% | -9.44 | -3.1% | ||
| Nain **As of June 2012, the cost of the basket in Nain was calculated using prices from two stores. The cost in March 2011 and 2012 was calculated using prices from one store. | 321.82 | 314.80 | 357.06 | 353.59 | 31.77 | 9.9% | 38.79 | 12.3% | ||
| Natuashish | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Postville | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Rigolet | n/a | 337.30 | 341.33 | 336.72 | n/a | n/a | -0.58 | -0.2% | ||
| Northwest Territories | ||||||||||
| Beaufort-Delta | ||||||||||
| Aklavik | 461.36 | 427.56 | 425.49 | 425.07 | -36.29 | -7.9% | -2.49 | -0.6% | ||
| Paulatuk | 500.33 | 446.32 | 450.75 | 435.10 | -65.23 | -13.0% | -11.22 | -2.5% | ||
| Sachs Harbour | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Tuktoyaktuk | 454.31 | 414.28 | 408.04 | 415.42 | -38.89 | -8.6% | 1.14 | 0.3% | ||
| Ulukhaktok (Holman) | 480.00 | 432.68 | 452.21 | 444.91 | -35.09 | -7.3% | 12.23 | 2.8% | ||
| Deh Cho | ||||||||||
| Trout Lake | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Sahtu | ||||||||||
| Colville Lake | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Deline | 460.57 | 406.69 | 389.62 | 389.06 | -71.51 | -15.5% | -17.63 | -4.3% | ||
| Fort Good Hope | 474.76 | 436.40 | 438.81 | 437.55 | -37.21 | -7.8% | 1.15 | 0.3% | ||
| Norman Wells | 405.32 | 394.75 | 400.72 | 405.42 | 0.10 | 0.0% | 10.67 | 2.7% | ||
| Tulita | 447.93 | 412.55 | 416.55 | 412.13 | -35.80 | -8.0% | -0.42 | -0.1% | ||
| Nunavut | ||||||||||
| Baffin | ||||||||||
| Arctic Bay | 510.36 | 460.20 | 466.34 | 451.46 | -58.90 | -11.5% | -8.74 | -1.9% | ||
| Cape Dorset | 482.75 | 436.97 | 455.86 | 434.43 | -48.32 | -10.0% | -2.54 | -0.6% | ||
| Clyde River | 483.12 | 440.67 | 435.59 | 434.26 | -48.86 | -10.1% | -6.41 | -1.5% | ||
| Grise Fiord | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Hall Beach | 460.93 | 408.49 | 401.80 | 398.69 | -62.24 | -13.5% | -9.80 | -2.4% | ||
| Igloolik | 472.35 | 419.34 | 422.61 | 408.22 | -64.13 | -13.6% | -11.12 | -2.7% | ||
| Iqaluit | 439.53 | 400.21 | 399.50 | 395.32 | -44.21 | -10.1% | -4.89 | -1.2% | ||
| Kimmirut | 480.33 | 422.38 | 426.42 | 421.52 | -58.81 | -12.2% | -0.86 | -0.2% | ||
| Pangnirtung | 520.04 | 471.58 | 486.00 | 463.32 | -56.72 | -10.9% | -8.26 | -1.8% | ||
| Pond Inlet | 466.47 | 445.62 | 444.58 | 430.25 | -36.22 | -7.8% | -15.37 | -3.4% | ||
| Qikiqtarjuaq | 464.79 | 451.62 | 449.66 | 442.91 | -21.88 | -4.7% | -8.71 | -1.9% | ||
| Resolute | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Sanikiluaq | 450.98 | 433.87 | 445.12 | 441.12 | -9.86 | -2.2% | 7.25 | 1.7% | ||
| Kitikmeot | ||||||||||
| Cambridge Bay | 450.41 | 419.52 | 423.00 | 405.98 | -44.43 | -9.9% | -13.54 | -3.2% | ||
| Gjoa Haven | 474.61 | 446.27 | 454.19 | 430.12 | -44.49 | -9.4% | -16.15 | -3.6% | ||
| Kugaaruk | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Kugluktuk | 503.53 | 443.42 | 451.30 | 440.59 | -62.94 | -12.5% | -2.83 | -0.6% | ||
| Taloyoak | 495.36 | 464.97 | 485.55 | 460.89 | -34.47 | -7.0% | -4.08 | -0.9% | ||
| Kivalliq | ||||||||||
| Arviat | 467.14 | 429.57 | 422.22 | 423.94 | -43.20 | -9.2% | -5.63 | -1.3% | ||
| Baker Lake | 454.33 | 451.62 | 431.31 | 426.90 | -27.43 | -6.0% | -24.72 | -5.5% | ||
| Chesterfield Inlet | 459.36 | 446.77 | 447.92 | 445.65 | -13.71 | -3.0% | -1.12 | -0.3% | ||
| Coral Harbour | 477.85 | 441.12 | 441.64 | 436.35 | -41.50 | -8.7% | -4.77 | -1.1% | ||
| Rankin Inlet | 431.93 | 410.47 | 406.07 | 405.55 | -26.38 | -6.1% | -4.92 | -1.2% | ||
| Repulse Bay | 459.94 | 429.11 | 425.50 | 422.73 | -37.21 | -8.1% | -6.38 | -1.5% | ||
| Whale Cove | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Ontario | ||||||||||
| Attawapiskat | 472.46 | 430.74 | 421.29 | 422.01 | -50.45 | -10.7% | -8.73 | -2.0% | ||
| Bearskin Lake | 463.86 | 432.91 | 438.99 | 436.43 | -27.43 | -5.9% | 3.52 | 0.8% | ||
| Big Trout Lake | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Fort Albany | 465.21 | 432.29 | 430.69 | 428.18 | -37.03 | -8.0% | -4.11 | -1.0% | ||
| Fort Severn | 437.65 | 405.31 | 415.07 | 412.69 | -24.96 | -5.7% | 7.38 | 1.8% | ||
| Kashechewan | 464.20 | 420.70 | 420.95 | 419.06 | -45.14 | -9.7% | -1.64 | -0.4% | ||
| Muskrat Dam | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Peawanuck | 447.66 | 414.71 | 427.77 | 425.72 | -21.94 | -4.9% | 11.01 | 2.7% | ||
| Quebec | ||||||||||
| Akulivik | 401.89 | 370.84 | 376.07 | 372.87 | -29.02 | -7.2% | 2.02 | 0.5% | ||
| Aupaluk | 378.88 | 341.46 | 342.58 | 347.19 | -31.69 | -8.4% | 5.73 | 1.7% | ||
| Inukjuak | 409.53 | 365.13 | 371.28 | 371.24 | -38.29 | -9.3% | 6.12 | 1.7% | ||
| Ivujivik | 378.88 | 340.94 | 344.58 | 346.01 | -32.87 | -8.7% | 5.07 | 1.5% | ||
| Kangiqsualujjuaq | 399.12 | 385.56 | 386.40 | 385.98 | -13.14 | -3.3% | 0.42 | 0.1% | ||
| Kangiqsujuaq | 392.76 | 380.47 | 377.48 | 379.86 | -12.90 | -3.3% | -0.62 | -0.2% | ||
| Kangirsuk | 411.62 | 390.46 | 387.85 | 378.06 | -33.56 | -8.2% | -12.40 | -3.2% | ||
| Kuujjuaq | 415.72 | 381.86 | 385.82 | 366.26 | -49.47 | -11.9% | -15.61 | -4.1% | ||
| Kuujjuarapik | 402.14 | 350.63 | 353.96 | 355.72 | -46.42 | -11.5% | 5.10 | 1.5% | ||
| Puvirnituq | 398.81 | 378.96 | 378.62 | 383.20 | -15.61 | -3.9% | 4.24 | 1.1% | ||
| Quaqtaq | 378.88 | 334.73 | 341.73 | 344.29 | -34.59 | -9.1% | 9.56 | 2.9% | ||
| Salluit | 400.43 | 380.34 | 376.16 | 375.08 | -25.35 | -6.3% | -5.26 | -1.4% | ||
| Tasiujaq | 378.88 | 347.86 | 344.26 | 347.61 | -31.27 | -8.3% | -0.25 | -0.1% | ||
| Umiujaq | 406.22 | 370.41 | 372.41 | 374.21 | -32.01 | -7.9% | 3.80 | 1.0% | ||
| Yukon | ||||||||||
| Old Crow | 516.02 | 489.99 | 488.70 | 488.48 | -27.54 | -5.3% | -1.51 | -0.3% | ||
| Average | 437.62 | 402.93 | 406.04 | 402.25 | -34.35 | -7.7% | -0.68 | 0.0% | ||
Notes: Price data from Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. for co-ops in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories (NT), Rampart Rentals for Norman Well, NT, and Stanton Group for Aklavik and Tuktoyaktuk, NT, was either not available for all periods, or could not be used to accurately calculate the cost of the RNFB and/or draw comparisons. Quebec North Shore communities are not listed in the table because they are eligible for NNC only during the few weeks of the year when there is no marine service available.
Date last modified: 2021-12-20
Cost in communities eligible for a partial subsidy
The cost of the basket was calculated using retail prices provided by the North West Company.
| Communities Eligible for a Partial Subsidy | Cost of the Revised Northern Food Basket ($) | Difference March 2011 to Sep 2012 |
Difference March 2011 to Sep 2012 |
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| March 2011 | March 2012 | June 2012 | Sep. 2012 | Dec. 2012 | March 2013 | $ | % | $ | % | |
| Manitoba | ||||||||||
| Berens River | 379.68 | 379.82 | 388.47 | 388.34 | 8.66 | 2.3% | 8.52 | 2.2% | ||
| Bloodvein | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Shamattawa | 439.53 | 438.04 | 437.97 | 442.40 | 2.87 | 0.7% | 4.36 | 1.0% | ||
| Northwest Territories | ||||||||||
| Great Slave Lake | ||||||||||
| Gametì (Rae Lakes) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Lutsel k'e | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Wha Ti | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Ontario | ||||||||||
| Angling Lake | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Kasabonika | 459.05 | 449.33 | 453.32 | 451.59 | -7.46 | -1.6% | 2.26 | 0.5% | ||
| Kingfisher Lake | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Pikangikum | 382.87 | 374.43 | 383.66 | 388.98 | 6.11 | 1.6% | 14.55 | 3.9% | ||
| Sachigo Lake | 470.17 | 463.46 | 474.56 | 478.81 | 8.64 | 1.8% | 15.35 | 3.3% | ||
| Weagamow Lake | 425.75 | 423.33 | 435.73 | 438.96 | 13.21 | 3.1% | 15.63 | 3.7% | ||
| Wunnummin Lake | 447.48 | 429.49 | 430.89 | 442.13 | -5.35 | -1.2% | 12.64 | 2.9% | ||
| Saskatchewan | ||||||||||
| Black Lake | n/a | 408.78 | 408.78 | 408.78 | n/a | n/a | 0.00 | 0.0% | ||
| Fond-du-Lac | n/a | 468.30 | 442.89 | 451.54 | n/a | n/a | -16.76 | -3.6% | ||
| Stony Rapids | 409.87 | 404.81 | 404.81 | 404.81 | -5.06 | -1.2% | 0.00 | 0.0% | ||
| Average | 426.80 | 423.98 | 426.11 | 429.63 | 2.70 | 0.7% | 5.66 | 1.4% | ||
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n/a = not available. The cost of the basket may not be available for communities where local stores are not registered with NNC but access the subsidy by purchasing products from registered suppliers in the South, or for communities where the food prices provided could not be used to accurately and consistently calculate the cost of the RNFB. The program is developing strategies to address these issues in the future. |
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Notes: Price data provided by Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. for the co-op in Lutsel k'e in the Northwest Territories could not be used to accurately calculate the cost of the RNFB. Quebec North Shore communities are not listed in the table because they are eligible for NNC only during the few weeks of the year when there is no marine service available.
Date last modified: 2021-12-20
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