Canadians are increasingly anxious about food affordability with many predicting prices will continue to rise in the year ahead as trade tensions with the United States persist, a new report suggests.
Nearly 85 percent of Canadians who participated in the Canadian Food Sentiment Index published this week by Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab say food prices have risen over the last 12 months.
The index is a bi-annual research project conducted by Dalhousie University’s agri-food analytics lab to capture public perceptions on food pricing and grocery shopping habits.
The spring 2025 survey discovered a notable shift in how food inflation is anticipated to evolve in the next year, as Canada navigates uncertain territory amid trade disputes with the United States….