Household Food Insecurity in Canada - Tim Li | Andrée-Anne Fafard St-Germain | Valerie Tarasuk

Building on the extensive work of Health Canada and Statistics Canada, PROOF started this series in 2013 to improve the accessibility of food insecurity statistics and to provide a tool for describing the problem, monitoring trends, and identifying priorities for interventions. [...] The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Statistics Canada, CRDCN, or the Government of Canada. [...] This increase follows three years of relatively stable levels of Almost 1 in 5 household food insecurity from 2019 to 2021 and brings the households prevalence to the highest recorded in Canada’s 17-year history of were food- monitoring. [...] The high prevalence of household food insecurity across Canada and the patterns of vulnerability documented in this report continue to highlight the need for more effective, evidence-based policy responses by federal and provincial governments. [...] In addition to addressing the vulnerability associated with relying on social assistance and Employment Insurance, there is also a need to improve the quality and stability of employment and the efficacy of income supports for vulnerable workers because most food- insecure households rely on employment incomes.