The majority of food-insecure households relying on employment incomes have a main income earner in a permanent, full-time job

Distribution of the Main Earner's Work Status among All Food-Insecure Households Reliant on Employment Incomes with an Employed Main Earner

Full-time work refers to 30 or more hours per week. Temporary work consists of any work with a predetermined end date or that will end as soon as a specified project is completed, including seasonal, term, contract, and casual jobs. The involuntary part-time category consists of those working part-time because they could not find work with 30 or more hours or due to business conditions.

Households may have income earners that are unemployed or employed in other kinds of employment.

Adapted from: Wei, M. F., St-Germain, A. A. F., Li, T., & Tarasuk, V. (2025). What Predicts Permanent Full-Time Job Holders Being Food Insecure?. Canadian Public Policy, 51(4), 443-459. https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.2024-059
Source: Wei et al, 2025Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper