Food Insecurity

Modified on Tue, 25 Jun at 8:48 PM

Food insecurity occurs when individuals do not have access to adequately nutritious and/or culturally appropriate foods, due to a lack of financial means.


As with other dimensions of poverty, food insecurity is not experienced in isolation. Access to adequate affordable, culturally-appropriate, and nutritious foods can be closely linked to physical and mental health outcomes.


Household food insecurity by province/territory (2021)


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