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Commentary | Research | Resource | Story
Food insecurity in Canada is the worst it’s ever been — here’s how we can solve it
Drawing on data from StatCan’s Canadian Income Survey, our new report has found that the percentage of households with inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints rose to 17.8% in 2022 from 15.9% in 2021.
November 19, 2023
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A more generous Canada Child Benefit for low-income families would reduce their probability of food insecurity
New PROOF research, led by Dr. Fei Men, found that the additional money provided to families with younger children through the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) lowers their risk of household food insecurity.
March 9, 2023
Commentary | Research
Moment of reckoning for household food insecurity monitoring in Canada
In our new commentary, we discuss the future of monitoring household food insecurity in Canada now that it is regularly measured on two Statistics Canada surveys.
October 13, 2022
Commentary | Research | Resource | Story
New report finds persistently high rates of food insecurity, policy action on inadequate income needed
We recently released our latest report on household food insecurity in Canada. In 2021, 15.9% of households in the ten provinces were food-insecure. Learn more about it here.
August 16, 2022
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Research highlights worsened food insecurity in Newfoundland and Labrador
Our new study comparing food insecurity in Newfoundland and Labrador between 2011-2012 and 2017-2018 found that food insecurity had gotten worse.
December 10, 2021
Commentary | Research | Story
When it comes to tackling food insecurity, tackling anti-Black racism is an important part of the puzzle
We’ve known for a while that Black households in Canada are more likely to be food insecure, but little has been done to better understand this disparity.
October 26, 2021
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New Research & Fact Sheet – Provincial Policy Levers to Reduce Household Food Insecurity
This fact sheet and video summarizes the findings from a new study looking at the roles of provincial policy and economic environment on food insecurity.
May 27, 2021
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Food insecurity amid the COVID-19 pandemic: food charity, government assistance and employment
Our new study looks food insecurity in the early days of the pandemic as it relates to employment and the new federal funding for food charity.
May 7, 2021
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Food insecurity is associated with mental health problems among Canadian youth
Our new study demonstrated the association between the severity of food insecurity and mental illnesses in a nationally representative youth sample.
February 24, 2021
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Severe food insecurity associated with mortality among lower-income Canadian adults approaching eligibility for public pensions: a population cohort study
Our new study found that severely food-insecure adults approaching 65 years old were more likely to die before collecting public pensions.
October 5, 2020
