Table 1 Sources of publicly available data used in this study along with variables of interest
Name | Publisher | Variables of Interest | Time Period |
|---|---|---|---|
Census of Population 2011 [18] | Statistics Canada | Population size per census subdivision, median household size | Data collected May 2011, published in 2012 |
National Household Survey 2011 [19] | Statistics Canada | Median after-tax household income | Data collected May 2011, published in 2012 |
Census of Population 2016 [20] | Statistics Canada | Median after-tax household income, median household size, population size per census subdivision | Data collected May 2016, published in 2017 |
Census of Population 2021 [21] | Statistics Canada | Median after-tax household income, median household size, population size per census subdivision | Data collected May 2021, published in 2022 |
Seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index (CPI) [22] | Statistics Canada | CPI for all items, CPI for food (reference year 2002 has an index of 100) | Data collected March 2011 to March 2021, sampled and published monthly |
Survey of Household Spending [23] | Statistics Canada | National average expenditure per household for food purchased from stores (i.e. groceries) | Data collected 2011 to 2019, sampled annually, published biennially |
Cost of the Revised Northern Food Basket (RNFB) [24] | Nutrition North Canada | Price of the RNFB across 121 remote Indigenous communities | March 2011 to March 2021, sampled and published quarterly |