“Even though Canada is a country of considerable wealth and abundant farmland, more than 4.4 million Canadians struggle to access the food they need.,” says Stern. One in eight households and one in six children are affected by food insecurity, and this number rises 2.5-3.5 times among Indigenous and Black households. “Over the past decade there has been no decrease in food insecurity, and in some provinces the numbers are rising.”
