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Canada’s Food Report Card 2016: Provincial Performance The Conference Board of Canada, 157 pages, May 18, 2017 Report by Jean-Charles Le Vallée , Cameron MacLaine , Melissa Lalonde , Michael Grant

Canada’s Food Report Card 2016: Provincial Performance

The Conference Board of Canada, 157 pages, May 18, 2017
Report by Jean-Charles Le Vallée , Cameron MacLaine , Melissa Lalonde , Michael Grant

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This inaugural provincial food report card compares 63 food performance metrics across Canada’s 10 provinces. It organizes these metrics around the Canadian Food Strategy’s five elements: industry prosperity, healthy food and diets, food safety, household food security, and environmental sustainability. Document Highlights This inaugural provincial food report card was launched at The Conference Board of Canada’s 5th Canadian Food and Drink Summit, held in Toronto, Ontario, November 28–29, 2016. It compares 63 food performance metrics across Canada’s 10 provinces. The report card organizes these metrics around the Canadian Food Strategy’s five elements: industry prosperity, healthy food and diets, food safety, household food security, and environmental sustainability. It strives to offer clear comprehensive evidence of provincial food system and food sector performance toward enhancing public and private awareness and commitment to action. This provincial food report card is the second in a series of annual Canadian food report cards that explore and monitor Canada’s food performance. Canada’s Food Report Card 2015 compared Canada’s international food performance to 16 OECD countries. This 2016 food report card is the first to compare Canada’s domestic food performance across all 10 provinces (and territories where data permit). The comparison shows Saskatchewan leading Canada’s provincial food performances, followed by British Columbia and Quebec. In contrast, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador lag their provincial peers in food performance, on average, across the Canadian Food Strategy’s five elements. Table of Contents Executive Summary Chapter 1—Introduction Inaugural Launch of the 2016 Provincial Food Report Card Engaging Canadians The Canadian Food Strategy Monitoring Canada’s Food Performance Strategically Metric Rating System Chapter 2—Element: Industry Prosperity Sub-Element: Endowments Sub-Element: Capitalization Sub-Element: Farming Revenue Structure Sub-Element: The Food Manufacturing Sector Sub-Element: Food and Beverage Retailing Chapter 3—Element: Healthy Food and Diets Sub-Element: Daily Dietary Energy Intake Sub-Element: Food Consumption Sub-Element: Sodium, Carbohydrate, Saturated Fat, and Added Sugar Intake Sub-Element: Micronutrients: Vitamins A and D, Iron, Calcium Intake Sub-Element: Chronic Diet-Related Health Conditions Sub-Element: Alcohol Consumption Sub-Element: Food Literacy Chapter 4—Element: Food Safety Sub-Element: Microbial Risk Sub-Element: Food Recalls Sub-Element: Animal Welfare Chapter 5—Element: Household Food Security Sub-Element: Household Food Insecurity Sub-Element: Food Insecurity Among Canadians Sub-Element: Economic Measures of Food Security Sub-Element: Mental and Physical Effects Sub-Element: Food Relief Sub-Element: Food Emergency Preparedness Chapter 6—Element: Environmental Sustainability Sub-Element: Household Food Waste Sub-Element: Air Quality Sub-Element: Water Contamination Sub-Element: Soil Health Sub-Element: Farm Environmental Sustainability Appendix A—Detailed Food Report Card Metrics Appendix B—Bibliography

This inaugural provincial food report card compares 63 food performance metrics across Canada’s 10 provinces. It organizes these metrics around the Canadian Food Strategy’s five elements: industry prosperity, healthy food and diets, food safety, household food security, and environmental sustainability.

Document Highlights

This inaugural provincial food report card was launched at The Conference Board of Canada’s 5th Canadian Food and Drink Summit, held in Toronto, Ontario, November 28–29, 2016. It compares 63 food performance metrics across Canada’s 10 provinces. The report card organizes these metrics around the Canadian Food Strategy’s five elements: industry prosperity, healthy food and diets, food safety, household food security, and environmental sustainability. It strives to offer clear comprehensive evidence of provincial food system and food sector performance toward enhancing public and private awareness and commitment to action.

This provincial food report card is the second in a series of annual Canadian food report cards that explore and monitor Canada’s food performance. Canada’s Food Report Card 2015 compared Canada’s international food performance to 16 OECD countries. This 2016 food report card is the first to compare Canada’s domestic food performance across all 10 provinces (and territories where data permit). The comparison shows Saskatchewan leading Canada’s provincial food performances, followed by British Columbia and Quebec. In contrast, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador lag their provincial peers in food performance, on average, across the Canadian Food Strategy’s five elements.

Executive Summary

Chapter 1—Introduction