Table of Contents

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    About

    • 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

Comparative Data for Indicator:  % food insecurity

Percentage of citizens over 12 years old living with moderate to severe food insecurity in the Thunder Bay District health region (2022)

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

10.2%

Measured: 2013 – 2014

Source: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2013-2014 15

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