The Department of Healthy and Inclusive Communities is a part of the provincial government of New Brunswick, Canada.

It is charged with the promotion of "wellness" through healthy living and physical activity and with administration of government programs for sport and recreation.

The department was briefly abolished on March 15, 2012 when Premier David Alward restructured government.

[1] However, it was re-established in October 2012 as the Department of Healthy and Inclusive Communities, ceding its community arts development and heritage functions to a new Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture while assuming liaison with the non-profit sector from the Department of Social Development.

* Mockler had previously held responsibility for the Culture & Sport Secretariat which made up the majority of this new department.