History of Canada's Food Guide

  • Canada's Official Food Rules

    Canada's Official Food Rules
    Released during the war as a way to improve the health of Canadians by maximizing nutrition. This was a time of a lot of poverty and food scarcity (Government of Canada, 2019).
  • Canada's Food Rules

    Canada's Food Rules
    The term "official" has been removed from the title because there has been a major shift in dietary standards in comparison to 1942 (Government of Canada, 2019).
  • Canada's Food Rules

    Canada's Food Rules
    Slight changes were made based on provincial standards. Furthermore, scientific knowledge was incorporated into the rules (Government of Canada, 2019).
  • Canada's Food Guide

    Canada's Food Guide
    The term "guide" replaced "rules" since there has been recognition that there are different variations of eating habits in order to meet optimal nutrition (Government of Canada, 2019).
  • Canada's Food Guide

    Canada's Food Guide
    For the first time, colourful pictures are used, which gains a lot of public interest. There are now four food groups instead of five (fruits and vegetables were combined) (Government of Canada, 2019).
  • Canada's Food Guide

    Canada's Food Guide
    Slight changes have been made in order to include more food options (e.g. meat, fish, and poultry instead of just meat). There was also a focus on energy requirements due to growing focus on cardiovascular health (Government of Canada, 2019).
  • Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating

    Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
    The guide focused on healthy eating for the first time. This guide focused on meeting energy and nutritional requirements (Government of Canada, 2019).
  • Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide

    Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide
    Designed as an "all-in-one" tool. This guide addressed flexibility, simplicity, awareness, and science (Government of Canada, 2019).
  • Canada's Food Guide

    Canada's Food Guide
    A completely different look to the guide. Dairy products have been removed as a separate food group and were combined with meats to create the protein food group (Government of Canada, 2019).