Food insecurity

Food insecurity is inadequate or insecure access to food because of financial constraints1. Based on a set of 18 questions, a household’s food security status is categorized here as follows:

We present rates of individuals aged 12 years and over living in households classified as moderately or severely food insecure within the past 12 months.

1Tarasuk, V, Mitchell, A, Dachner, N. (2016).Household food insecurity in Canada, 2014.Toronto: Research to identify policy options to reduce food insecurity (PROOF). Retrieved from http://proof.utoronto.ca

Food insecurity by geographic area

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Figure: Age-standardized prevalence rate, food insecurity, by year and geographic area, ages 12+, 2007/08 to 2013/14

Graph depicting Age-standardized prevalence rate, food insecurity, by year and geographic area. Data found in tables below.

Table: Age-standardized prevalence rate, food insecurity, by year and geographic area, ages 12+, 2007/08 to 2013/14

Note: Numbers followed by the letter “E” are to be interpreted with caution due to high sampling variability.

Geographic RegionPrevalence Rate, 2007 to 2008Prevalence Rate, 2009 to 2010Prelavence Rate, 2011 to 2012Prevalence Rate, 2013 to 2014
Sudbury and districts5.1% (CI: 3.7% to 7.0%)6.5% E (CI: 4.4% to 9.6%)5.6% E (CI: 3.6% to 8.5%)6.4% (CI: 4.7% to 8.9%)
Northeastern Ontario6.9% (CI: 5.9% to 8.0%)8.1% (CI: 6.6% to 9.8%)7.5% (CI: 6.1% to 9.3%)9.0% (CI: 7.3% to 10.9%)
Ontario7.5% (CI: 7.0% to 8.1%)7.4% (CI: 7.0% to 7.9%)7.5% (CI: 7.0% to 8.1%)8.2% (CI: 7.7% to 8.8%)

Food insecurity by sex

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Figure: Age-standardized prevalence rate, food insecurity, by year and sex, ages 12+, 2007 to 2010 and 2011 to 2014

Graph depicting Age-standardized prevalence rate, food insecurity, by year and sex, ages 12+, 2007 to 2010 and 2011 to 2014. Data found in tables below.

Table: Age-standardized prevalence rate, food insecurity, by year and sex, ages 12+, 2007 to 2010 and 2011 to 2014

Note: Numbers followed by the letter “E” are to be interpreted with caution due to high sampling variability.

SexPrevalence Rate, 2007 to 2010Prevalence Rate, 2011 to 2014
Males4.6% E (CI: 2.8% to 7.5%)5.2% E (CI: 3.6% to 7.6%)
Females7.4% (CI: 5.6% to 9.7%)6.8% (CI: 5.0% to 9.2%)

Food insecurity by age group

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Figure: Prevalence rate, food insecurity, by year and age group, ages 12+, 2007 to 2010 and 2011 to 2014

Graph depicting Prevalence rate, food insecurity, by year and age group, ages 12+, 2007 to 2010 and 2011 to 2014. Data found in tables below.

Table: Prevalence rate, food insecurity, by year and age group, ages 12+, 2007 to 2010 and 2011 to 2014

Note: Numbers followed by the letter “E” are to be interpreted with caution due to high sampling variability.

The letter “F” is to be interpreted as an estimate which has been suppressed due to high sampling variability.

Age (Years)Prevalence Rate, 2007 to 2010Prevalence Rate, 2011 to 2014
12 to 19F11.0% E (CI: 6.4% to 18.2%)
20 to 448.7% (CI: 6.3% to 11.9%)7.2% E (CI: 4.7% to 10.9%)
45 to 645.1% E (CI: 3.3% to 7.7%)5.0% E (CI: 3.3% to 7.4%)
65+F2.8% E (CI: 1.6% to 5.0%)

Food insecurity by household income

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Food insecurity by education

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This item was last modified on October 15, 2018