About 5.8 million people in Canada experienced some form of food insecurity in 2021, according to a new study released on Wednesday by University of Toronto researchers.
That number includes 1.4 million children.
The study, Household Food Insecurity in Canada, 2021, says the total number equates to 15.9 per cent of households across all 10 provinces. The study looked at food insecurity rates in the provinces throughout the pandemic and up until the current period of record inflation.
The researchers found the problem hasn’t gotten any better in the last three years.
“We’ve seen no palpable improvement in food insecurity for low-income households in Canada,” Valerie Tarasuk, a professor
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