two-thirds of food-insecure households in Canada were reliant on income from employment

3.0% 5.7% 4.0% Prevalence Households Households Households in Canada are in Canada are in Canada are of Food Insecurity severely moderately marginally food food insecure food insecure insecure In 2017-18, 12.7% of households in the country Data Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey experienced some level of food insecurity during (CCHS), 2017-18. [...] Although food insecurity has been measured The prevalence of food insecurity for households consistently in Canada since 2005, major changes with children differs dramatically depending on to the design of the CCHS in 2015 mean that the the province or territory of residence. [...] In confidence intervals for the provincial/territorial Ontario, the prevalence of food insecurity ranged prevalence estimates in 2015-16 and 2017-18.) from a low of 10.9% in Kingston to a high of 16.8% in nearby Belleville. [...] The high rate households in Canada in 2017-18 highlights the of food insecurity among families with children ways in which food insecurity tracks with other indicates the need to reassess the benefit amounts markers of social and economic disadvantage in for low-income families (i.e., those most vulnerable Canada. [...] The marked variation in food insecurity prevalence across the provinces and territories and the significant drop in food insecurity in Quebec highlight the importance of actions at this level of government.