The Lost Code

The Habitant's Diet

Sugar Shack

Musée de la civilisation, collection du Séminaire de Québec. Sugar Making in Canada. Sarony & Major from Cornelius Krieghoff. Circa 1860. N° 1993.16545

In Canada, people ate bread, bacon, vegetables, pork and game meat, and a bit of fish. In vegetable gardens they grew cabbage, lettuce, watercress, leeks, beets, carrots, turnips, radishes, shallots, onions, garlic, peas, cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, melons, herbs, and various types of beans. Their diet was supplemented by seasonal foods such as game, fish, wild berries, and maple sugar. Meals most often consisted of soups and broths. Despite vitamin C and D deficiencies, habitants ate fairly well.