April 26, 2024
CANADIAN INCOME SURVEY: FOOD SECURITY, 2022
Statistics Canada studies on meals safety and insecurity as a part of the Canadian Earnings Survey. Meals insecurity refers to households which have insufficient or insecure entry to meals resulting from monetary constraints.
In Nova Scotia, 71.1% of the inhabitants was labeled as ‘meals safe’ in 2022. This was beneath the nationwide common. Meals safety was highest in Québec and lowest in Nova Scotia.
Meals insecurity in Nova Scotia was 28.9%. Meals insecurity is categorized as: marginal, reasonable or extreme. Nova Scotia’s marginal meals insecurity was near the nationwide common (6.0% nationally vs 6.1% in Nova Scotia) whereas reasonable and extreme meals insecurity in Nova Scotia had been above the nationwide common.
Meals safety was strongest for aged individuals (whether or not in financial households or not) in addition to for non-elderly {couples} with out kids.
Meals insecurity was highest for Nova Scotia’s lone guardian households (57.1%) in addition to for couple households with kids (34.8%) and non-elderly individuals not in an financial household (32.5%).
Though the portion of couple households with kids that have meals insecurity was decrease than for lone-parent households, this can be a a lot bigger cohort of the inhabitants and accounts for the most important cohort of individuals residing with meals insecurity.
Meals insecurity in Nova Scotia was highest for these underneath 18 years previous in addition to for these aged 18-24. Meals insecurity diminished with age.
The hole in meals insecurity between seen minority populations (37.5%) and those that determine neither as Indigenous nor a visual minority (26.8%) is bigger than the nationwide hole. Quebec reported the most important hole in meals insecurity between seen minority populations and those that recognized neither as Indigenous nor a visual minority. Alberta reported the smallest hole in meals insecurity.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Earnings Survey. Desk 13-10-0835-01 Meals insecurity by chosen demographic traits; Desk 13-10-0834-01 Meals insecurity by financial household kind
