Country food, in Canada, refers to the traditional diets of Aboriginal people (the First Nations, Metis, and Inuit), especially in remote northern regions where Western food is an expensive import, and traditional foods are still relied upon.[1][2]
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For the traditional diets of each nation, see list of First Nations peoples.
Inuit consume a diet of foods that are fished, hunted, and gathered locally. This may include caribou, walrus, ringed seal, bearded seal, beluga whale, polar bear, berries, and fireweed.