Statistics Canada provides data on the number and percentage of persons by household food security status and economic family type. The dataset covers Canada and its provinces. It was last updated on April 29, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze disparities in food insecurity based on economic family type.
- Map provincial variations in household food security status.
- Model the relationship between family structure and food security outcomes.
Strengths
- Data is provided at both the national and provincial levels.
- Published by Statistics Canada, a national statistical office.
- Available in multiple formats including CSV and XML.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Statistics Canada
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-29 12:46:38.694260; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Canada and its provinces