Food insecurity is rising even where food is plentiful.
Affordability, housing costs, and wage pressure are changing who experiences food insecurity, including working families.
Research highlights
Short insights, honest context.
Brief takeaways drawn from public research and written for community members, partners, and funders. We describe what the evidence shows without overstating it, and we point to the original sources on our Research & Reports page.
A large share of food produced in Canada is never eaten.
Much of that loss happens before food reaches a household, which is why recovery earlier in the chain matters.
Steady access to food shapes how children learn and grow.
Reliable, varied nutrition in early years is linked to educational participation, health, and resilience.
Food breaking down in landfill releases methane.
Keeping edible food in use is one of the more practical climate actions available at a local scale.