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In 2019, 10.6% of Canadians resided in households that had experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, compared with 11.5% in 2018. Household food insecurity rates varied considerably across income groups, economic family types, and other selected demographic characteristics. Persons in female lone-parent families reported experiencing much higher than average moderate or severe food insecurity rates (33.0% in 2019), while those living in other family types, such as senior couples, reported significantly lower rates (3.0% in 2019). Similarly, those in the lowest income quintile reported much higher rates of moderate or severe food insecurity (22.4%) than those in the highest income quintile (3.0%). Moderate or severe food insecurity was also found to disproportionately impact Indigenous peoples living off-reserve (22.1% in 2019), persons with a disability (17.5%) and recent immigrants (15.4%).