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Food insecure, all persons: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Food insecure, all persons. All 13 provinces and territories with data in Food insecurity by province, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0835-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 24 (Canada).

Lowest: 15.5 to 18 %
Group 2: 18 to 25.4 %
Group 3: 25.4 to 26.2 %
Group 4: 26.2 to 28.2 %
Highest: 28.2 to 56.4 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Nunavut	56.4
2	Alberta	28.4
3	New Brunswick	28.2
4	Manitoba	27.9
5	Saskatchewan	26.7
6	Nova Scotia	26.2
7	Newfoundland and Labrador	25.5
8	Ontario	25.4
9	Prince Edward Island	23.3
10	British Columbia	23.2
11	Quebec	18
12	Northwest Territories	16.4
13	Yukon	15.5

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0835-01: Food insecurity by selected demographic characteristics. Reference period: 2024.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by food insecure, all persons (2024). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0835-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-food-insecure-all-persons/

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