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    • Introduction
    • Why Keep a Community Food System Report Card?
    • What is a Food System?
    • What is Food Sovereignty?
    • How Do We Measure Food Sovereignty?
    • How This Report Card is Organized
    • Acknowledgements

    References

    Food Access

    • Context
    • Measures of Income, Poverty, and Homelessness
    • Measures of Consumption and Nutrition
    • Measures of Food Accessibility
    • Measures of Emergency Food Programs and Usage
    • Measures of Participatory Initiatives Engaging People in their own Food Security
    • Observations
    • Highlights

    Forest and Freshwater Foods

    • Context
    • Measures of our region’s knowledge of forest and freshwater foods
    • Measures of protecting and conserving forest and freshwater foods ecosystems​
    • Measures of a diverse and sustainable forest and freshwater foods economy
    • Observations
    • Highlights

    Food Infrastructure

    • Context
    • Measures of access to local food
    • Measure of distribution infrastructure
    • Measures of local food processing
    • Measures of employment
    • Measures of farm input infrastructure
    • Measures of food waste diversion
    • Observations
    • Highlights
    • References

    Food Procurement

    • Context
    • Measures of local food purchasing
    • Observations
    • Highlights

    Food Production

    • Context
    • Farm operator characteristics 
    • Farm characteristics
    • Observations
    • Highlights

    School Food Environments

    • Context
    • Measures of improving school food cultures and access to food
    • Observations
    • Highlights

    Urban Agriculture

    • Context
    • Measures of urban agriculture
    • Measures of urban agriculture education
    • Observations
    • Highlights
Thunder Bay's Food System Report Card

Percentage of children age 12-17 who are overweight or obese in the Thunder Bay District health region (2015)

by weaver | May 3, 2022 | 2015 Report, Indicator Data

25.3% Measured: 2013 – 2014 Source: Statistics Canada. 17

Percentage of citizens who consume 5 or more fruit and vegetable servings per day in the Thunder Bay District health region (2015)

by weaver | May 3, 2022 | 2015 Report, Indicator Data

34.4% Measured: 2013 – 2014 Source: Statistics Canada. 16

Percentage of citizens over 12 years old living with moderate to severe food insecurity in the Thunder Bay District health region (2015)

by weaver | May 3, 2022 | 2015 Report, Indicator Data

10.2% Measured: 2013 – 2014 Source: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2013-2014 15

Average number of people using emergency shelters in Thunder Bay (2015)

by weaver | May 3, 2022 | 2015 Report, Indicator Data

1,267 Measured: 2011 Source: Lakehead Social Planning Council. (2013). 13

Number of social housing units in Thunder Bay (2015)

by weaver | May 3, 2022 | 2015 Report, Indicator Data

4,201 Measured: 2015 Source: Lovato-Day, K. (2016). 12

Active households on waitlist for social housing in Thunder Bay (2015)

by weaver | May 3, 2022 | 2015 Report, Indicator Data

939 Measured: 2015 Source: The District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board. (2015). 11

Social housing vacancy rate in Thunder Bay (2015)

by weaver | May 3, 2022 | 2015 Report, Indicator Data

2.5% Measured: 2015 Source: The District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board. (2015). 10

Households in the Thunder Bay District who receive social assistance benefits (Ontario Works or Ontario Disability) (2015)

by weaver | May 3, 2022 | 2015 Report, Indicator Data

8,466 Measured: 2015 Source: Social Planning Council of Sudbury. (2015). 9

Unemployment rate in Thunder Bay CMA (2015)

by weaver | May 3, 2022 | 2015 Report, Indicator Data

5.3% Measured: November 2015 Source: Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission. (2015). 8

Median total annual family income (after tax) of all low income family types in Thunder Bay (2015)

by weaver | May 3, 2022 | 2015 Report, Indicator Data

$12,970 Measured: 2011 Source: Thunder Bay District Social Services Administration Board. (2014). 7

Percentage of people living below the poverty line, using the Low Income Measure (after tax) in the Thunder Bay Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) (2015)

by weaver | May 3, 2022 | 2015 Report, Indicator Data

12.8% Measured: 2011 Source: Lakehead Social Planning Council. (2013). 5

Approximate number of people living under the poverty line (using the Low Income Measure) in the Thunder Bay CMA (2015)

by weaver | Apr 25, 2022 | 2015 Report, Indicator Data

15,100 Measured: November 2011 Reference: Lakehead Social Planning Council. (2013). 6
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