# How did the share of people in food-insecure households change in Nova Scotia? > Share of people in food-insecure households increased in Nova Scotia. Share of people in food-insecure households rose from 20.9% to 26.2% between 2018 and 2024—an increase of 5.3 percentage points. It reached an observed high of 29.8% in 2023 before ending at 26.2% in 2024. ## Answer scope - Geography: Nova Scotia (NS) - Period: 2018 to 2024 - Frequency: Annual - Source updated: 2026-04-29 - Economic family type: All persons - Household food security status: Food insecure - Measure: Percentage of persons - Food insecurity coverage: Marginal, moderate and severe - Population basis: Percentage of persons, not households - Data status: 7 observations: C · data quality: good. ## Key figures - Start · 2018: 20.9% - Latest · 2024: 26.2% - Overall change: +5.3 percentage points (Increase) ## Exact observations | Period | Series | Source display value | Value as charted | Chart unit | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- | | 2018 | Share of people in food-insecure households | 20.9% | 20.9 | % | | 2019 | Share of people in food-insecure households | 18% | 18 | % | | 2020 | Share of people in food-insecure households | 17.8% | 17.8 | % | | 2021 | Share of people in food-insecure households | 22.2% | 22.2 | % | | 2022 | Share of people in food-insecure households | 28.8% | 28.8 | % | | 2023 | Share of people in food-insecure households | 29.8% | 29.8 | % | | 2024 | Share of people in food-insecure households | 26.2% | 26.2 | % | ## How to read this measure Includes people experiencing marginal, moderate or severe household food insecurity. The 2024 release revised 2018–2023 estimates using 2021 Census counts. ## How this answer was calculated The headline compares the first and last observations shown. Overall change is the last percentage minus the first and is reported in percentage points. Intermediate observations remain visible in the chart and exact values. This is descriptive and does not identify causes. ## Source and provenance - Official source: [Statistics Canada table 13-10-0834-01]() - Table title: Food insecurity by economic family type - Dataset identifier: 13100834 - Canonical human-readable answer: - Province and territory comparison: - Interpretation policy: this answer describes the selected observations; it does not infer causation. - Source acknowledgement: Adapted from Statistics Canada, Food insecurity by economic family type, 2026-04-29. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. ## Evidence version - Snapshot generated: 2026-09-05 - Snapshot SHA-256: `c9882d908d7b8a0374fe7c7c93106506b8d47520df5814c21d767e74984d45cb` - Evidence changelog: - This answer URL represents the latest deployed evidence. Record the digest when reproducibility matters. ## Suggested citation Canada in Data. “How did the share of people in food-insecure households change in Nova Scotia?” Nova Scotia. Source updated 2026-04-29. Canada in Data is an independent public-interest project and is not Statistics Canada. Verify consequential uses against the linked official table.