Table 4
Persons living in a household that experienced food insecurity1 by selected family type, Canada, 2020 to 2024
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | % of population | % of population | % of population | % of population | % of population | |
| All persons | 5,900 | 6,962 | 8,838 | 10,122 | 9,756 | 15.8 | 18.5 | 23.1 | 25.7 | 24.0 |
| Persons in economic families | 4,679 | 5,637 | 7,149 | 8,294 | 7,969 | 15.2 | 18.1 | 22.6 | 25.5 | 23.8 |
| Persons in senior families | 354 | 398 | 561 | 669 | 536 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 11.0 | 12.9 | 9.9 |
| Persons in non-senior families | 4,325 | 5,239 | 6,588 | 7,625 | 7,433 | 16.5 | 19.9 | 24.9 | 27.9 | 26.6 |
| Persons in couples without children or other relatives | 493 | 535 | 795 | 977 | 831 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 17.8 | 21.1 | 17.7 |
| Persons in two-parent families with children | 2,142 | 2,776 | 3,351 | 3,962 | 3,890 | 16.6 | 21.0 | 25.0 | 28.8 | 27.3 |
| Persons in one-parent families | 603 | 733 | 891 | 1,019 | 909 | 33.9 | 39.0 | 43.8 | 48.3 | 44.4 |
| Persons in one-parent families where the parent is a man+2 | 75 | 102 | 150 | 142 | 137 | 21.4 | 25.2 | 35.2 | 31.8 | 32.8 |
| Persons in one-parent families where the parent is a woman+2 | 528 | 631 | 741 | 877 | 772 | 37.0 | 42.8 | 46.1 | 52.7 | 47.4 |
| Persons not in an economic family | 1,221 | 1,326 | 1,689 | 1,827 | 1,787 | 18.9 | 20.2 | 25.2 | 26.3 | 25.0 |
| Seniors | 227 | 260 | 283 | 308 | 289 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 13.5 | 14.3 | 13.0 |
| Non-seniors | 995 | 1,066 | 1,406 | 1,519 | 1,498 | 22.5 | 23.9 | 30.4 | 31.8 | 30.4 |
Source(s):
Table 13-10-0834-01.
Table note 1
Marginal, moderate and severe food insecurity are included.
Table note 2
The term "man+" includes men as well as some non-binary persons, while the term "woman+" includes women as well as some non-binary persons.
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