Canadian Community Health Survey - Annual Component (CCHS)

Food insecurity of person, category

Food insecurity refers to whether households both with and without children were able to afford the food they needed in the previous 12 months.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programmes.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Food Security
  Data tables

  • Health indicator profile, by Aboriginal identity, age group and sex, four year estimates, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 105-0512
  • Health indicator profile, by Aboriginal identity and sex, age-standardized rate, four year estimates, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 105-0513 *Terminated*
  • Household food insecurity measures, by living arrangement, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 105-0545
  • Household food insecurity measures, by presence of children in the household, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 105-0546