Nearly nine million Canadians lived in food insecure households in 2022, with 22.9 per cent of the population reporting some form of food insecurity, according to a Statistics Canada report released Friday.
The data agency wrote in its annual Canadian Income Survey that 8.7 million people lived in households that reported some kind of food insecurity.
That was an increase of almost 1.8 million people from the previous year, when the rate was 18.4 per cent. It marked the second consecutive year of increases since the pandemic began.
Statistics Canada measures food insecurity across three categories:
- Marginal: Those who worry about running out of food or having a limited selection of food because they can’t afford it.
- Moderate: Those who had to compromise on the quality and/or quantity of their food because they can’t afford otherwise.
- Severe: Those who reported skipping meals,…
