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CHARLEBOIS: 81% of Canadians say food costs hurt most

"Our data shows that 34 per cent of households have drawn from savings or taken on debt just to put food on the table over the past year."

Mar 23, 2026
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By: Sylvain Charlebois

Sylvain Charlebois is director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, co-host of The Food Professor Podcast and visiting scholar at McGill University.

Surveys after surveys tell the same story: Canadians are struggling at the grocery store. And yet, despite the mounting evidence, the situation is not improvi…

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