2021 Canadian Income Survey finds people with disabilities twice as likely to experience food insecurity than those without.

A recent Statistics Canada report based on the 2021 Canadian Income Survey reveals that people with disabilities are twice as likely to experience food insecurity compared to those without disabilities, with 26.4% of respondents with a disability facing food insecurity compared to 12.5% of those without. Even after accounting for factors such as income and employment, the report found that the odds of food insecurity remained higher for disabled individuals. People with disabilities affecting their sight, learning, memory, or cognition were most likely to experience food insecurity, while those with developmental disabilities had the highest level of severe household food insecurity. The report, however, did not include data from the territories as their income survey data was not yet available.

August 21, 2024
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