Food availability, 2014
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Released: 2015-05-28
Red meat available for consumption continued to decline, reaching 37.2 kilograms per person in 2014. This was down 2.1% from 2013 and 20.1% lower compared with 2004 (46.6 kilograms per person).
The availability of poultry for consumption edged up from 37.2 kilograms per person in 2013 to 37.5 kilograms in 2014 and was 3.0% higher than in 2004.
After reaching a record high in 2013, fresh fruit available per capita, including citrus, fell 1.9% to 76.8 kilograms per person in 2014.
Fresh vegetables available for consumption, excluding potatoes, edged down from 76.9 kilograms per person in 2013 to 76.6 kilograms in 2014.
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Data on food availability per person for selected products, as well as on the supply and disposition of these products, are now available for 2014.
Data presented in this program are compiled from a wide variety of sources, both survey and administrative, from within Statistics Canada, as well as other sources, including provincial and federal government departments, growers' associations and marketing boards.
The food availability data series is the result of a partnership between Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Statistics Canada.
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