Canadian Rural Information Service (CRIS)

Rural businesses and practitioners can use the Canadian Rural Information Service (CRIS) to get information on rural subjects such as community development, funding sources and opportunities for rural youth.

Eligibility Criteria

Rural businesses and practitioners.

Summary

The Canadian Rural Information Service (CRIS) provides the following services:

• reference services;
• pathfinders on various rural topics such as entrepreneurship and opportunities for rural youth, farm stress, microcredit, rural tourism, writing funding proposals, etc.;
• customized information on specific subjects;
• referrals to expert sources of information; and
• news releases from the federal government relating to rural issues.

CRIS delivers these services through the Internet, telephone, fax, or mail depending on your need.

Guide to Programs and Services*

The Rural Canadians' Guide to Programs and Services offers a short description of each program and service; there is also a point of contact where Canadians can go for information by telephone, Internet or both. The Guide may be viewed online or ordered from the Departmental Publications Services, please quote:

AAFC No: 10237B
Catalogue No: A114-12/2007
ISBN: 978-0-662-49839-1

* Viewing Publications in Adobe Acrobat Format:
To download publications in PDF format, Adobe Reader is required (available free of charge).

New Brunswick Contact(s):
See National Contact.

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National Contact(s):
Canadian Rural Information Service (CRIS)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
6th Floor, Tower 7
1341 Baseline Road
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0C5
Fax: 1-800-884-9899
Toll-free (information): 1-888-757-8725
E-mail: cris@agr.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.agr.gc.ca/index_e.phtml

Departmental Publications Service
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Room B118
Sir John Carling Building
930 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0C5
Telephone: 613-759-6610
Fax: 613-759-6783
E-mail: publications@agr.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.agr.gc.ca/index_e.phtml