Métis Way of Life
The land, hunting, fishing, and trapping are important to many Métis peoples’ way of life throughout history, and remains important to Métis culture and identity today.
Its first iteration was considered a pilot project for 50 Métis households. The initial application process was such a success that further funding was added to double the capacity to a total of 100 applicants for 2021. Households were provided with a $200 grant to purchase gardening supplies as well as seeds of 12 different vegetables and flowers.
Given the success of the pilot project, a Home Garden Project was also offered to Métis citizens in 2022 with a further expansion in size to 150 Métis households and a total of 14 different vegetable and flower seeds. In 2022, participants were also provided with a $200 grant to purchase gardening supplies. In addition to the seeds and grant, MNBC’s Gardening Manual and a newsletter were created to support participants in their gardening journey.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection, Agriculture and Food Sovereignty is excited to announce that the Home Garden Program is back for a fourth year in 2024 with some changes to the program! We are now launching the seeds and individual grants application and we’ve expanded the program to accept applications for 400 households! The big change from previous years is that we will be offering unique online gift codes of a value up to $75 so that households may choose the seeds of their preference. Following this, we will contact everyone who has applied with the next steps information and details on the applications that have been accepted. We will accept applications in the order they are received.
Those who require help for the application process can contact the Environmental Protection team at environment@mnbc.ca.
Our Goals
To continue providing some level of food security for Métis households in the face of climate change and other emergent crisis, helping participants access nutritious food, and giving them a chance to connect or re-connect with nature.The program has currently reached the maximum capacity of applications. Your application will be put on a waitlist.