Student Nutrition Program
Learn how we are helping schools and communities provide free nutritious breakfasts, lunches and snacks to children and youth. Find a program in your area.
Healthy Students Brighter Ontario campaign
Ontario has launched the second province-wide partnership with community organizations to support the Student Nutrition Program and the First Nations Student Nutrition Program.
Ontarians are encouraged to take part and help the province’s next generation get the healthy start they need to learn, grow and succeed.
You can make a donation through the following organizations:
About the Student Nutrition Program
The Student Nutrition Program (SNP) provides free and nutritious breakfast, lunch and snack programs to school-age children and youth to support their learning and healthy development.
The program is open to all children and youth at each program site across Ontario.
How the program works
Schools and community partners develop and deliver the programs to meet the needs of local communities. Program delivery is supported by volunteers such as:
- parents
- teachers
- school staff
- other community members
Program providers are encouraged to select foods that are grown or produced locally.
Thirteen local lead agencies deliver the program across Ontario. These agencies:
- distribute funding and oversee program delivery
- support fundraising efforts
- build partnerships with sponsors
- work with community partners to strengthen local programs
Contact your local lead agency to find a program in your area.
Donate or volunteer
Local fundraising and community volunteers are essential to the success of the SNP.
Contact the lead agency in your area for information about making a donation or volunteering with a program in your community.
Nutrition guidelines
The SNP Nutrition Guidelines help program providers:
- create an environment where all children and youth feel welcome
- encourage children and youth to pay attention to their hunger and fullness cues
- offer foods with the most nutritional value
- handle, store and prepare foods and beverages safely
- create simple menus for nutritious breakfasts, morning meals, lunches and snacks
The guidelines reflect current research and best practices in healthy eating.
Download a PDF copy of the SNP Nutrition Guidelines.
Find a program in your area
Western Ontario
Hamilton, Brantford, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, and the Counties of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk
Haldimand Norfolk R.E.A.C.H.
101 Nanticoke Creek Parkway
P.O. Box 5054
Townsend, Ontario
N0A 1S0
E-mail: info@hnreach.on.ca
Huron/Perth, Grey/Bruce, London/Middlesex, Elgin, Oxford, Chatham/Kent, Windsor/Essex, Sarnia/Lambton
Victorian Order of Nurses
4520 Rhodes Drive Unit 400
Windsor, Ontario
N8W 5C2
E-mail: osnp@von.ca
Eastern Ontario
Dundas County, Glengarry County, Prescott County, Russell County, Stormont County, Renfrew County, the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville
Upper Canada Leger Centre for Education and Training
133 King Street West, Suite 203
P.O. Box 337
Brockville, Ontario
K6V 6Z1
E-mail: info@uclc.ca
Hastings and Prince Edward Counties, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Counties, Lanark County
Hastings and Prince Edward Learning Foundation
156 Ann Street
Belleville, Ontario
K8N 3L3
Email: kbrace@hpelf.ca
Ottawa
Ottawa Network for Education (Formerly Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation)
900 Morrison Drive, Suite 205
Ottawa, Ontario
K2H 8K7
Email: info@onfe-rope.ca
Northern Ontario
North Bay, Nipissing, Parry Sound and Muskoka Districts
Community Living North Bay
161 Main Street East
North Bay, Ontario
P1B 1A9
Algoma District, Sault Ste. Marie
Algoma Family Services
205 McNabb Street
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
P6B 1Y3
Kenora and Rainy River
Northwestern Health Unit
75-D Van Horne Avenue
Dryden, Ontario
P8N 2B2
Sudbury and Greater Sudbury
Sudbury Better Beginnings Better Future Association
450 Morin Avenue
Sudbury, Ontario
P3C 5H6
E-mail: betterb@isys.ca
Thunder Bay and surrounding areas
Canadian Red Cross Society
1145 Barton Street
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7B 5N3
E-mail: Thunderbay@redcross.ca
Timmins, Cochrane and Timiskaming Districts
Canadian Red Cross Society
Timmins & District Branch
60 Wilson Avenue, Suite 201
Timmins, Ontario
P4N 2S7
Email: Timmins@redcross.ca
Central Ontario
City of Kawartha Lakes, Durham, Haliburton, Northumberland, Peterborough, Simcoe, York Region
Peterborough Child & Family Centres
201 Antrim Street
Peterborough, Ontario
K9H 3G5
Email: administrator@pfrc.ca
Halton, Peel, Waterloo, Wellington, Dufferin, Guelph
YMCA of Three Rivers
161 Roger Street
Waterloo, Ontario
N2J 1B1
Email: studentnutrition@ckwymca.ca
Toronto
Toronto Foundation for Student Success
2 Trethewey Drive, 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M6M 4A8
Email: tfss@tdsb.on.ca