The aim of this study is to investigate the cadmium (Cd) exposure level from traditional food in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories. The used 24-h dietary recalls and traditional food use frequency to obtain information on traditional food consumption, and analysed cadmium concentrations in traditional food. We also estimated total cadmium intake via market and traditional food, and cigarette smoking. Traditional food accounted for only 10% of the dietary energy. About 30 species of wildlife and plants were used. The most important foods in the community were moose, caribou, and whitefish. The range of cadmium concentrations measured was 0 to 1869 mu g/g wet weight, with the lowest found in cranberry, and the highest in moose kidney. [...]