Figure 2.5.1: Household food insecurity
Percent of households, Middlesex-London, Ontario and Peer Group, 2013/14
Source:
Canadian Community Health Survey 2013/14, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.Note:
The CCHS excludes First Nations Communities, full-time members of the Canadian Forces, children living in foster care and the institutionalized population.
Approximately 13.9% of households (22,848 households) in Middlesex-London reported having some level of food insecurity according to the Canadian Community Health Survey in 2013/14.
Middlesex-London’s rate of household food insecurity is similar to Ontario’s (12.2%) and the Peer Group (13.6%) which is the group of health units most like Middlesex-London in terms of socio-economic characteristics in 2015.