Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP)

The Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) provides long-term funding to community groups to develop or enhance programs for vulnerable pregnant women. Through a community development approach, the CPNP aims to reduce the incidence of unhealthy birth weights, improve the health of both infant and mother and encourage breastfeeding. CPNP enhances access to services and strengthens intersectional collaboration to support the needs of at-risk pregnant women, As a comprehensive program, the services provided include food supplementations, nutritional counseling, support, education, referral and counseling on health and lifestyle issues. Announced in 1994 by the Government of Canada, CPNP was one of the programs promised in Creating Opportunity. It is developed and delivered in partnership with the provinces and territories through joint management agreements and with First Nations and Inuit communities.

About the Program outlines how our projects assist our clients and communities.

 Projects Directory On Line is a complete list of CPNP Projects across the country including sponsor name, project title and project description

Regional Contacts For more information about funding or priorities, please contact a CPNP program consultant in your region.

The Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) and The Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) Total Number of Projects by Region (April 2008)

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Tools

• Breastfeeding Workbook
• Pregnancy and H1N1 Flu Virus

Project Profile

Read more about the innovation and accomplishment of a community based CPNP project.

• Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies, Whitehorse, Yukon
• Food for Thought, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• CSSS de la Montagne, Montréal, Québec
• The Cap enfants Family Resource Centre, Prince Edward Island
• Baker Lake Prenatal Nutrition Program, Baker Lake, Nunavut
• Epit Nuji Ilmuet (Woman Advisor) of Native Council of Nova Scotia
• Healthy Baby and Me, New Brunswick
• Buns in the Oven
• BOND - Babies Open New Doors , Powell River, British Columbia
• Anna's House, Steinbach, Manitoba
• Food for Two, Fort McMurray, Alberta

Publications

• The Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program   (24 Pages - 3.26 MB)
• Reaching Canadian Communities
• A Portrait of Participants