Terms of Use

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of schoolfoodcompany.ca (the "Website"), which is operated by Canadian School Food Company ("CSFC," "we," "us," or "our"), a nonprofit corporation registered in Alberta, Canada.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.

1. Purpose of the Website

Our mission is to ensure every child in Canada has access to affordable, nutritious school food. We coordinate food providers, delivery requirements, program standards, and reporting to help school boards operate reliable meal programs with less administrative burden.

The Website provides general information about CSFC, its mission, its proposed or current activities, and opportunities to connect with us. Website content is provided for general informational purposes only.

Nothing on the Website constitutes an offer, procurement process, funding commitment, partnership, service agreement, or guarantee that a particular program or service will be available. Any work between CSFC and a school board, school, food provider, funder, government body, or other partner will be governed by a separate written agreement where applicable.

2. No professional advice

Website content is not legal, financial, medical, nutritional, food-safety, procurement, or other professional advice. You should obtain appropriate professional advice before making decisions based on information found on the Website.

3. Permitted use

You may access and use the Website for lawful, personal, informational, and internal organizational purposes. You may print or download reasonable portions of publicly available content for those purposes, provided you do not remove ownership notices or suggest that CSFC endorses you or your organization.

You must not:

• use the Website in violation of applicable law;
• interfere with the Website’s operation, security, or availability;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, its systems, or related data;
• introduce malicious code, scrape the Website in a manner that disrupts its operation, or use automated tools to overload it;
• impersonate another person or misrepresent your affiliation with an organization;
• submit unlawful, misleading, harmful, or infringing material; or
• use CSFC’s name, branding, or content in a way that falsely implies authorization, affiliation, or endorsement.

4. Intellectual property

Unless otherwise indicated, the Website and its content—including text, graphics, illustrations, logos, designs, photographs, and software—are owned by or licensed to CSFC and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

No rights are granted except the limited permission to use the Website described in these Terms. You may not reproduce, modify, distribute, publish, sell, license, or commercially exploit Website content without prior written permission from CSFC or the applicable rights holder.

Third-party names, logos, and materials remain the property of their respective owners.

5. Information you submit

If you contact us, you are responsible for ensuring that the information you provide is accurate and that you have the right to provide it. Do not submit confidential, proprietary, student, health, dietary, allergy, or other sensitive information through the Website or general email unless CSFC has specifically requested it through an appropriate process.

Feedback or suggestions you voluntarily provide may be used by CSFC to improve its work without compensation or obligation to you, provided that our use remains subject to applicable privacy and intellectual property laws.

6. Third-party links and resources

The Website may contain links to third-party websites or resources for convenience or reference. CSFC does not control and is not responsible for third-party content, availability, security, products, services, or privacy practices. A link does not necessarily mean that CSFC endorses the third party.

7. Accuracy and availability

We try to keep Website information useful and current, but we do not guarantee that all content is complete, accurate, or up to date. Programs, plans, statistics, eligibility criteria, partners, service areas, and other information may change.

We may update, suspend, restrict, or discontinue any part of the Website without notice. We do not guarantee uninterrupted, error-free, or secure access.

8. Disclaimer of warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Website and its content are provided “as is” and “as available,” without representations, warranties, or conditions of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or collateral, including warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, availability, or security.

Nothing in these Terms excludes a warranty, condition, or right that cannot lawfully be excluded.

9. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, CSFC and its directors, officers, employees, volunteers, contractors, and representatives will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive loss or damage arising from or connected with your use of, inability to use, or reliance on the Website or its content.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited or excluded.

10. Privacy

Our collection, use, disclosure, retention, and protection of personal information through the Website are described in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms.

11. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The revised Terms will be posted on this page with an updated date. Your continued use of the Website after changes are posted means that you accept the revised Terms.

12. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Alberta and the applicable federal laws of Canada, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Subject to any rights you may have under applicable law, disputes relating to the Website or these Terms will be brought before the courts of Alberta.

13. General

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of that provision. These Terms and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and CSFC regarding use of the Website.

14. Contact us

Questions about these Terms may be directed to: