Food Security and Nutrition Indicators for Canada from FAO

Canada's food security and nutrition indicators sourced from the FAOSTAT bulk data service. The dataset is provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and was last updated on 2026-03 16.

Use Cases

• Monitor national food security trends based on FAO indicators.
• Analyze nutritional outcomes for policy development based on indicator data.
• Benchmark Canada's food security metrics against other countries using FAO data.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative FAO FAOSTAT service.
• License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, permitting reuse with attribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

Collection Method

Sourced from the FAOSTAT bulk data service.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-16 11:11:58.988522; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada