Canada: rising food prices compared to income 2021

According to a survey carried out in Canada in November 2021, some 65.4 percent of respondents felt that food prices were increasing much faster than their household income. Comparatively, only seven percent of respondents thought that food costs were rising at the same rate as their income.

How do you think prices are increasing compared to your household income?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Food prices are increasing much faster than my income	65.4%
Food prices are a little faster than my income	24.4%
They're increasing at the same rate	7%
Food prices are a little slower than my income	1%
Food prices are increasing much slower than my income	2.3%

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Release date

December 2021

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

November 2021

Number of respondents

9,999 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The question was originally stated as "How do you think prices are increasing compared to your household income?"
Percentages do not add up to 100 due to rounding.

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