Report shows food insecurity in Alberta high and rising

Twenty-seven per cent of Albertans are food insecure. In March 2025, nearly 2.2 million Canadians visited food banks. Local food security co-ordinator Alison Van Dyke says only about 20 per cent of people struggling with food insecurity visit food banks, meaning the number of Canadians in need is much higher.--FILE PHOTO

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According to a report released last week by a food analytics lab at Dalhousie University, Alberta ranks troublingly high in a number of metrics about food insecurity.

The Food Sentiment Index, a biannual report released by the Agri-Food Analytics Lab, highlights data based on how Canadians feel about food affordability alongside hard metrics on food insecurity.

In terms of the latter, Albertans appear to be struggling, with 36 per cent need