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Moderately or severely food insecure: Canadian provinces ranked (2024)

Measure: Moderately or severely food insecure. 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: 18.4 (Canada).

Lowest: 12.1 to 13 %
Group 2: 13 to 19.7 %
Group 3: 19.7 to 20.2 %
Group 4: 20.2 to 22.3 %
Highest: 22.3 to 53.2 %

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	53.2
2	Alberta	22.8
3	Manitoba	22.3
4	New Brunswick	20.9
5	Newfoundland and Labrador	20.4
6	Ontario	20.2
7	Nova Scotia	19.7
7	Saskatchewan	19.7
9	Prince Edward Island	18.9
10	British Columbia	17.4
11	Yukon	13
12	Northwest Territories	12.6
13	Quebec	12.1

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 moderately or severely food insecure (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-moderately-or-severely-food-insecure/

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