Basic Food Insecurity Facts (Easy)
Food insecurity occurs when households cannot access this basic necessity.
What is food?
Food insecurity affects urban and rural communities equally in Canada.
What is False?
(Rural areas face unique challenges like higher food prices and fewer resources.)
This province has the highest rates of food insecurity in Canada.
What is Nunavut?
Adults in food-insecure households are more likely to experience this mental health condition.
What is depression?
This percentage of Canadian households experience food insecurity.
What is approximately 15%?
The number one reason for food insecurity is a lack of this resource.
What is money?
Food banks are a long-term solution to food insecurity.
What is False?
(They are a temporary response; systemic change is needed for a long-term solution.)
The province with the largest number of food banks.
What is Ontario?
This is the most common coping strategy used by food-insecure families.
What is skipping meals?
The age group most affected by food insecurity in Canada.
What are children under 18?
Food insecurity is linked to the rising cost of this.
What is housing?
Food waste in Canada is equivalent to about $49 billion annually.
What is True?
This province has seen the greatest increase in food bank usage over the past five years.
What is Alberta?
Food insecurity increases the risk of this chronic disease.
What is diabetes?
The year Statistics Canada started monitoring food insecurity.
What is 2005?
This is the name for food programs that provide free meals to those in need.
What are soup kitchens?
Children are the most food-insecure age group in Canada.
What is True?
Food insecurity rates are lower in this province due to agricultural abundance.
What is Prince Edward Island?
Children from food-insecure households face challenges in these two areas of development.
What are academic performance and social skills?
This demographic group experiences the highest rates of food insecurity.
Who are Indigenous peoples?
This is the primary nutrient found in rice and bread.
What are carbohydrates?
Indigenous communities have the lowest rates of food insecurity in Canada.
What is False?
(Indigenous communities face some of the highest rates of food insecurity.)
The province that introduced the "Feed Nova Scotia" initiative.
What is Nova Scotia?
This societal cost is associated with healthcare expenses due to food insecurity.
What is $7.6 billion annually?
The term for when a household reduces the quality or quantity of food due to lack of money.
What is marginal food insecurity?