Food Insecurities
- 63% of households relying on social assistance were food-insecure.
- In March 2021, one third of those who accessed Canada’s food banks were children.
- In 2017/2018, 49.4% of Nunavut households faced moderate or severe food insecurity.
- COVID-related job losses accounted for 87% of food banks’ increases in demand since 2020.
28.9% of Black households and 28.2% of Indigenous households live with food insecurity, compared to just 11% of white households.
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