PROOF

HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY IN CANADA, 2012
Characteristic
Housing Tenure:
Dwelling owned by
member of household
Total
households
(000s) 1
Food secure
Number
(000s) %
Food insecure
Number
(000s) %
Marginal food
insecurity
Number
(000s) %
Moderate food
insecurity
Number
(000s) %
Severe food
insecurity
Number
(000s) %
9,038.4 8,455.9 93.6% 582.5 6.4% 252.6 2.8% 257.7 2.9% 72.2 0.8%
Dwelling rented 4,135.2 3,054.8 73.9% 1,080.3 26.1% 290.0 7.0% 527.2 12.7% 263.2 6.4%
Cultural/racial group: 3
White 10,344.4 9,199.8 88.9% 1,144.6 11.1% 390.8 3.8% 519.8 5.0% 234.1 2.3%
Black 331.9 239.7 72.2% 92.2 27.8% 23.7 7.1% 51.5 15.5% 17.0 5.1%
Aboriginal 499.3 358.7 71.8% 140.6 28.2% 25.4 5.1% 73.9 14.8% 41.3 8.3%
East and
South-East Asian
831.8 743.9 89.4% 87.9 10.6% 37.4 4.5% 45.4 5.5% 5.2 0.6%
Arab and West Asian 198.8 155.6 78.3% 43.2 21.7% 15.3 7.7% 14.7 7.4% 13.2 6.6%
South Asian 451.9 394.3 87.3% 57.5 12.7% 20.4 4.5% 32.0 7.1% 5.2 1.1%
Latin American 148.6 121.7 81.9% 26.9 18.1% 6.0 4.1% 16.1 10.8% 4.9 3.3%
Other or multiple
origins
Immigrant/Canadian born:
304.3 249.1 81.9% 55.1 18.1% 19.2 6.3% 25.5 8.4% 10.4 3.4%
Canadian born 10,286.8 9,008.8 87.6% 1,278.0 12.4% 415.7 4.0% 589.0 5.7% 273.3 2.7%
Immigrant < 5 years 445.9 358.7 80.4% 87.2 19.6% 37.2 8.3% 35.8 8.0% 14.2 3.2%
Immigrant 5+ years 2,364.1 2,084.3 88.2% 279.7 11.8% 84.1 3.6% 149.5 6.3% 46.1 1.9%
Urban/rural:
Population centre 10,855.7 9,448.1 87.0% 1,407.5 13.0% 443.8 4.1% 662.2 6.1% 301.5 2.8%
Rural 2,346.3 2,087.3 89.0% 258.9 11.0% 99.9 4.3% 123.9 5.3% 35.2 1.5%
Household income/LIM ratio: 4
< 0.5 786.8 430.6 54.7% 356.3 45.3% 71.6 9.1% 167.1 21.2% 117.6 14.9%
0.5 - < 1.0 2,440.3 1,862.1 76.3% 578.2 23.7% 156.5 6.4% 287.1 11.8% 134.6 5.5%
1.0 - 1.49 2,207.0 1,897.5 86.0% 309.5 14.0% 109.0 4.9% 154.0 7.0% 46.5 2.1%
1.5 - 1.9 2,447.4 2,219.7 90.7% 227.8 9.3% 102.3 4.2% 100.8 4.1% 24.6 1.0%
2.0 - 2.99 2,634.7 2,502.7 95.0% 131.9 5.0% 70.0 2.7% 55.1 2.1% 6.9 0.3%
3.0 + 2,648.3 2,594.5 98.0% 53.9 2.0% 32.4 1.2% 17.5 0.7% 4.0 0.1%
1 ‘Total households’ excludes those households with missing values for food security.
2 Education refers to the highest level of education achieved among household members.
3 This refers to the status of the respondent.
4 The LIM is 50% of median household income, adjusted for household size. It excludes the territories because
the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, the survey from which the LIM is derived, excludes the territories.
Source: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2012.
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