{"article":{"annotation":{"article_id":"canada-food-availability-affordability-october-2026","available_at":"2026-10-15T20:20:05.907541Z","geography_revision":"ef6ee0010dda5fe7b240fd514749b43e214c57da73222d2e40ec83b276dd0977","id":"f193dc8f693bb99564452af49820eaa16d7a1220a6fb002020f388bf6c2bc89e","input_sha256":"b070175be1272f549113c4cbc0012903b78b4cc744f2358608f1f399c015cf08","limitations":["Rule-derived subjects are candidates, not verified editorial labels or calibrated model probabilities.","Coverage is distinct from event location. 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Fresh vegetables excluding potatoes fell 3.3% to 61.8 kilograms, the seventh consecutive annual decline in the series. Poultry availability rose to 26.1 kilograms per person in boneless weight, beef to 14.2 kilograms, and eggs to 22.5 dozen per person.","The agency says availability measures food physically present in Canada for consumption rather than what people eat. Store-purchased food prices rose 13.9% from 2022 to 2025; fresh or frozen beef prices increased 42.9% and eggs 26% over that period. Statistics Canada says Canada’s progress toward ensuring access to sufficient, affordable and nutritious food has deteriorated since 2018 and is not on track to meet that goal."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[],"country":"CA","data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"بيانات هيئة الإحصاء الكندية عن توافر الغذاء للفرد في 2025 وتغير أسعار المتاجر بين 2022 و2025.","de":"Daten von Statistics Canada zur Lebensmittelverfügbarkeit je Person 2025 und zu Preisänderungen im Einzelhandel von 2022 bis 2025.","en":"Statistics Canada’s 2025 per-person food availability and 2022–2025 store-price changes.","es":"Datos de Statistics Canada sobre la disponibilidad de alimentos por persona en 2025 y los cambios de precios en tiendas entre 2022 y 2025.","fr":"Données de Statistique Canada sur la disponibilité alimentaire par personne en 2025 et l’évolution des prix en magasin de 2022 à 2025.","pt":"Dados do Statistics Canada sobre a disponibilidade de alimentos por pessoa em 2025 e as variações dos preços no varejo entre 2022 e 2025.","tr":"Statistics Canada’nın 2025 kişi başına gıda arzı ve 2022–2025 mağaza fiyat değişimleri."},"id":"canada-food-availability-and-prices","items":[{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"أسعار الأغذية المشتراة من المتاجر","de":"Im Einzelhandel gekaufte Lebensmittel","en":"Food purchased from stores","es":"Alimentos comprados en tiendas","fr":"Aliments achetés en magasin","pt":"Alimentos comprados em lojas","tr":"Mağazalardan alınan gıda fiyatları"},"measure":{"aggregation":"change","frequency":"annual","geography":"canada","id":"canada-food-availability-3","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"percent"},"period":"2025","periodStart":"2022","unit":"percent","value":13.9}],"methodology":{"ar":"يقيس التوافر للفرد كمية الغذاء الموجودة فعلياً في كندا للاستهلاك، وليس ما استهلكه الناس. والكميات بالكيلوغرام سنوية لكل فرد؛ أما تغير الأسعار فيشير إلى أسعار الأغذية المشتراة من المتاجر بين 2022 و2025.","de":"Die Verfügbarkeit je Person misst Lebensmittel, die in Kanada physisch zum Verzehr bereitstehen, nicht den tatsächlichen Verbrauch. 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Les kilogrammes sont des quantités annuelles par personne; les variations de prix concernent l’indice des aliments achetés en magasin entre 2022 et 2025.","pt":"A disponibilidade por pessoa mede os alimentos fisicamente presentes no Canadá para consumo, não o que foi consumido. Os valores em quilogramas são quantidades anuais por pessoa; as variações de preços referem-se ao índice de alimentos comprados em lojas entre 2022 e 2025.","tr":"Kişi başına arz, tüketilen miktar değil Kanada’da tüketim için fiziksel olarak bulunan gıdayı gösterir. Kilogram değerleri yıllık kişi başına miktardır; fiyat değişimleri mağazalardan satın alınan gıda fiyat endeksinin 2022–2025 değişimidir."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/9354-food-availability-and-affordability-canada"],"title":{"ar":"توافر الغذاء وأسعاره في كندا","de":"Lebensmittelverfügbarkeit und -preise in Kanada","en":"Food availability and prices in Canada","es":"Disponibilidad y precios de los alimentos en Canadá","fr":"Disponibilité et prix des aliments au Canada","pt":"Disponibilidade e preços dos alimentos no Canadá","tr":"Kanada’da gıda arzı ve fiyatlar"},"type":"metrics","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T20:13:19+00:00"}],"version":1},"data_downloads":[{"formats":{"csv":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/canada-food-availability-affordability-october-2026/data/canada-food-availability-and-prices?lang=en&format=csv","json":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/canada-food-availability-affordability-october-2026/data/canada-food-availability-and-prices?lang=en&format=json"},"id":"canada-food-availability-and-prices"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"editorial_illustration":{"alt":"Conceptual illustration of fields, soil and irrigation data.","asset_id":"newsverum-v1-agriculture","avif_variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-480.avif","width":480},{"height":480,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-720.avif","width":720},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-960.avif","width":960},{"height":800,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-1200.avif","width":1200},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-1536.avif","width":1536}],"credit":"Newsverum","documentary":false,"height":1024,"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","language":"en","scope":"topic","url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-1536.webp","variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-480.webp","width":480},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-960.webp","width":960},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536}],"width":1536},"event_id":"event-c1f1adaf-891a-5d10-b87c-c52a95eb47e7","event_period":"2025","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","id":"canada-food-availability-affordability-october-2026","image":null,"importance":0.6,"language":"en","modified_at":"2026-10-15T20:19:53+00:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","published_at":"2026-10-15T20:19:53+00:00","reading_minutes":1,"region":"world","section_illustration":{"alt":"Conceptual illustration of fields, soil and irrigation data.","asset_id":"newsverum-v1-agriculture","avif_variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-480.avif","width":480},{"height":480,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-720.avif","width":720},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-960.avif","width":960},{"height":800,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-1200.avif","width":1200},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-1536.avif","width":1536}],"credit":"Newsverum","documentary":false,"height":1024,"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","language":"en","scope":"section","url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-1536.webp","variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-480.webp","width":480},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-960.webp","width":960},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536}],"width":1536},"slug":"canada-food-availability-affordability-october-2026","sources":[{"checkedAt":"2026-10-15","name":"Statistics Canada","publishedAt":"2026-10-15","url":"https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/9354-food-availability-and-affordability-canada"}],"summary":"A Statistics Canada food assessment published October 15 says per-person fresh fruit availability rose 3.7% to 77.9 kilograms in 2025, while fresh vegetables excluding potatoes fell 3.3% to 61.8 kilograms. 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