The Canadian Federation of Agriculture has declared today as Food Freedom Day. It is the day they have calculated that the average Canadian household will have earned enough money to pay for their entire yearly grocery bill.
They said Canadians spent 10.7% of their disposable income on food last year. This down slightly from 11% the year before.
Due to the decrease in spending food freedom day arrived one day earlier than last year.
The CFA adds that while Canada’s food system continues to provide access to affordable food by global standards, the pandemic has affected Canadian households in drastically different ways depending on their field of work, location and a wide variety of other factors.
