Table 1
Mean daily intake of selected food subgroups per 1,000 kcal of energy intake, Canadian household population aged 1 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2015


Table 1
Mean daily intake of selected food subgroups per 1,000 kcal of energy intake, Canadian household population aged 1 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Mean daily intake of selected food subgroups per 1. The information is grouped by Age and sex group (age in years) (appearing as row headers), Did not consume food away from home , Consumed food away from home, Mean servings and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age and sex group (age in years) Did not consume food away from homeTable 1 Note †† Consumed food away from home
Mean servings 95% confidence interval Mean servings 95% confidence interval
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Whole fruit
All ages 0.85 0.81 0.89 0.61Table 1 Note ‡ 0.54 0.68
Young children, 1 to 5 1.26 1.17 1.36 1.07 0.82 1.32
Children, 6 to 12 0.86 0.78 0.94 0.62Note * 0.44 0.80
Adolescent females, 13 to 18 0.86 0.72 0.99 0.57Note E: Use with caution Note * 0.36 0.78
Adolescent males, 13 to 18 0.57 0.46 0.68 0.34Note * 0.25 0.44
Females, 19 to 54 0.96 0.86 1.06 0.60Table 1 Note ‡ 0.49 0.71
Males, 19 to 54 0.60 0.53 0.67 0.52Note E: Use with caution 0.35 0.69
Older females, 55 or older 0.97 0.90 1.05 0.74Note * 0.57 0.90
Older males, 55 or older 0.80 0.72 0.87 0.67 0.55 0.80
Dark green and orange vegetables
All ages 0.45 0.42 0.48 0.35Table 1 Note ‡ 0.32 0.39
Young children, 1 to 5 0.30 0.26 0.34 0.23Note E: Use with caution 0.15 0.30
Children, 6 to 12 0.25 0.22 0.28 0.13Note E: Use with caution Table 1 Note ‡ 0.08 0.17
Adolescent females, 13 to 18 0.38 0.30 0.46 0.21Note *** 0.16 0.27
Adolescent males, 13 to 18 0.22 0.18 0.26 0.24 0.17 0.32
Females, 19 to 54 0.59 0.52 0.66 0.39Table 1 Note ‡ 0.32 0.46
Males, 19 to 54 0.40 0.35 0.44 0.30Note * 0.25 0.35
Older females, 55 or older 0.54 0.48 0.61 0.44 0.35 0.53
Older males, 55 or older 0.43 0.37 0.50 0.44 0.32 0.57
Other vegetables (not including potatoes)
All ages 0.77 0.72 0.81 0.60Table 1 Note ‡ 0.56 0.64
Young children, 1 to 5 0.46 0.40 0.51 0.34 0.24 0.45
Children, 6 to 12 0.53 0.48 0.58 0.37Note *** 0.30 0.45
Adolescent females, 13 to 18 0.61 0.52 0.70 0.49 0.39 0.59
Adolescent males, 13 to 18 0.47 0.41 0.53 0.47 0.36 0.57
Females, 19 to 54 0.99 0.85 1.14 0.63Table 1 Note ‡ 0.53 0.72
Males, 19 to 54 0.66 0.60 0.71 0.56Note * 0.49 0.63
Older females, 55 or older 0.96 0.86 1.07 0.78Note * 0.63 0.92
Older males, 55 or older 0.69 0.63 0.76 0.61 0.51 0.72
Whole grains
All ages 0.59 0.56 0.62 0.40Table 1 Note ‡ 0.36 0.44
Young children, 1 to 5 0.57 0.51 0.63 0.36Note E: Use with caution Note * 0.21 0.51
Children, 6 to 12 0.57 0.50 0.63 0.32Note *** 0.20 0.43
Adolescent females, 13 to 18 0.42 0.34 0.49 0.36Note E: Use with caution 0.22 0.50
Adolescent males, 13 to 18 0.56 0.47 0.66 0.31Note E: Use with caution Note * 0.17 0.44
Females, 19 to 54 0.58 0.52 0.64 0.33Table 1 Note ‡ 0.26 0.40
Males, 19 to 54 0.51 0.46 0.56 0.37Note * 0.27 0.47
Older females, 55 or older 0.71 0.63 0.78 0.54Note * 0.42 0.66
Older males, 55 or older 0.69 0.61 0.77 0.49Note * 0.37 0.61
Fluid milk and fortified soy-based beverages
All ages 0.42 0.41 0.44 0.34Table 1 Note ‡ 0.31 0.37
Young children, 1 to 5 1.06 0.99 1.13 0.89 0.72 1.07
Children, 6 to 12 0.63 0.59 0.67 0.52Note * 0.44 0.61
Adolescent females, 13 to 18 0.48 0.42 0.54 0.42 0.33 0.51
Adolescent males, 13 to 18 0.53 0.48 0.57 0.41Note * 0.33 0.50
Females, 19 to 54 0.35 0.32 0.38 0.36 0.29 0.42
Males, 19 to 54 0.31 0.27 0.34 0.29 0.23 0.35
Older females, 55 or older 0.38 0.35 0.41 0.29Note * 0.23 0.36
Older males, 55 or older 0.34 0.30 0.37 0.28 0.22 0.33
Legumes, nuts and seeds
All ages 0.21 0.19 0.23 0.16Note *** 0.14 0.19
Young children, 1 to 5 0.12 0.10 0.15 0.14Note E: Use with caution 0.07 0.21
Children, 6 to 12 0.10 0.09 0.12 0.07Note E: Use with caution 0.03 0.10
Adolescent females, 13 to 18 0.14 0.11 0.17 0.09Note E: Use with caution 0.04 0.14
Adolescent males, 13 to 18 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Females, 19 to 54 0.25 0.21 0.29 0.17Note * 0.13 0.22
Males, 19 to 54 0.25 0.20 0.29 0.17Note * 0.12 0.22
Older females, 55 or older 0.22 0.19 0.25 0.21Note E: Use with caution 0.13 0.29
Older males, 55 or older 0.22 0.19 0.25 0.15Note * 0.11 0.18
Meat and seafood
All ages 0.65 0.63 0.68 0.73Note * 0.69 0.78
Young children, 1 to 5 0.39 0.35 0.44 0.51 0.36 0.66
Children, 6 to 12 0.45 0.41 0.50 0.41 0.33 0.49
Adolescent females, 13 to 18 0.65 0.52 0.77 0.57 0.45 0.68
Adolescent males, 13 to 18 0.61 0.52 0.70 0.63 0.52 0.73
Females, 19 to 54 0.69 0.64 0.74 0.73 0.65 0.82
Males, 19 to 54 0.75 0.69 0.81 0.77 0.68 0.86
Older females, 55 or older 0.66 0.62 0.71 0.75 0.66 0.83
Older males, 55 or older 0.67 0.62 0.71 0.82Note * 0.70 0.94
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note ***

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.001)

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Note ‡

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.0001)

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Note ††

Reference category—consumption of food away from home is defined as having consumed any food in a restaurant during the previous day.

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Note: Mean daily intake is based on the first 24-hour dietary recall.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey – Nutrition, 2015.

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