Resource Source: PROOF

Relationship Between Food Banks and Food Insecurity in Canada

• Year Published: 2019
• Source: PROOF
• Category: Household food insecurity
• Format: Document
• Type: Fact sheet

Factsheet showing that that the most severely food-insecure households in Canada did not report accessing a foodbank. Research suggests that increasing the economic resources of low-income households reduces food insecurity, providing a foundation for effective, evidence-based policy responses to this problem.

Spending Patterns of Food Insecure Households

• Year Published: 2018
• Source: PROOF
• Category: Childcare, Household food insecurity, Income, Policy, Poverty
• Format: Document
• Type: Fact sheet

Overview of spending patterns of food insecure households across Canada.

Food Insecurity and Mental Health

• Year Published: 2018
• Source: PROOF
• Category: Household food insecurity, Income, Mental Health, Poverty
• Format: Website/page
• Type: Fact sheet

Factsheet demonstrating that Canadians living in food insecure households at greater risk of poor mental health and put a large burden on mental health services.

Household Food Insecurity in Canada

• Year Published: 2017
• Source: PROOF
• Category: Community, Health, Household food insecurity, Income, Policy, Poverty
• Format: Website/page
• Type: Summary

Summary of research on household food insecurity in Canada.

Food Insecurity and Social Assistance

• Year Published: 2017
• Source: PROOF
• Category: Household food insecurity, Income, Policy
• Format: Website/page
• Type: Fact sheet

Factsheet demonstrating how being on social assistance in Canada poses an extremely high risk to food insecurity.

Food Procurement, Food Skills and Food Insecurity

• Year Published: 2017
• Source: PROOF
• Category: Household food insecurity, Income
• Format: Website/page
• Type: Fact sheet

Factsheet demonstrating that adults in food insecure household do not have poorer food skills than those in food secure households.