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Description - Figure 3: Household food insecurity in Canada by household income distribution decile1, 2007-2008

This bar graph shows the prevalence of household food insecurity in Canada in 2007-2008 by income distribution decile.

• In 2007-2008, in Canada, all households, 7.7 per cent were food insecure: 5.1 per cent were moderately food insecure and 2.7 per cent were severely food insecure.
• 0.3E per cent of the households in the tenth household income distribution decile were food insecure.
• 0.7 per cent of the households in the ninth household income distribution decile were food insecure.
• 1.4 per cent of the households in the eighth household income distribution decile were food insecure.
• 1.9 per cent of the households in the seventh household income distribution decile were food insecure: 1.3 per cent were moderately food insecure and 0.7E per cent were severely food insecure.
• 3.1 per cent of the households in the sixth household income distribution decile were food insecure: 2.4 per cent were moderately food insecure and 0.8E per cent were severely food insecure.
• 4.0 per cent of the households in the fifth household income distribution decile were food insecure: 3.1 per cent were moderately food insecure and 0.9 per cent were severely food insecure.
• 7.1 per cent of the households in the fourth household income distribution decile were food insecure: 5.2 per cent were moderately food insecure and 1.9 per cent were severely food insecure.
• 9.4 per cent of the households in the third household income distribution decile were food insecure: 6.8 per cent were moderately food insecure and 2.6 per cent were severely food insecure.
• 14.1 per cent of the households in the second household income distribution decile were food insecure: 9.6 per cent were moderately food insecure and 4.5 per cent were severely food insecure.
• 32.5 per cent of the households in the first household income distribution decile were food insecure: 18. 6 per cent were moderately food insecure and 13.9 per cent were severely food insecure.
• 4.8 per cent of households for which household income data was not available were food insecure: 3.4 per cent were moderately food insecure and 1.4 per cent were severely food insecure.

Source: Health Canada

Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), 2007-2008 – Share File, Household Weights

The superscript E denotes data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6 per cent to 33.3 per cent; interpret with caution