Inuvialuit Regional Corporation wants to start selling meat from Canada's only reindeer herd

Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
Date: 2026-09-07 11:00:00.0
Tags: [National, Agriculture, Indigenous, Economy, Industry]

The federal government has announced up to $885,225 in funding through the Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program to the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation to develop a self-sustaining agribusiness. The funding will support the construction of a new packaging and processing facility in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, scheduled to operate by fall 2027, to sell meat from the Mackenzie Delta reindeer herd—Canada's only reindeer herd—to grocery stores across Inuit Nunangat and Canada. The herd, purchased by the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation in 2021, has grown from approximately 1,500 animals to over 7,000, while continuing to provide free meat to local Inuvialuit families in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.