Canadian Food Supply and Disposition by Commodity in Tonnes

Annual data on the supply and disposition of food commodities in Canada, measured in tonnes. The dataset is provided by Statistics Canada and was last updated on 2026-05-28. It is available in XML, CSV, and HTML formats under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze national food self-sufficiency based on annual supply and disposition data.
• Model commodity-specific food flows and stock changes based on annual tonnage figures.
• Assess trends in food availability and utilization across different years.

Strengths

• Data is provided by Statistics Canada, a national statistical office.
• Annual data is consistently measured in tonnes, providing a standard unit of analysis.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV and XML.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026).

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Time Range

Annual basis

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 12:49:05.494843; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada