Every day in Canada, one of the wealthiest countries in the world, 4.4 MILLION PEOPLE struggle to put good food on the table for themselves and their families.Even before COVID-19, food insecurity — defined as inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints — affected nearly 4.5 million Canadians. In the first 2 months of the pandemic, that number grew by 39%, affecting 1 in 7 people. Children, Indigenous people, racialized people, single parents, newcomers and people in Northern communities all disproportionately experience food insecurity. This takes a toll on physical and mental health, and can lead to numerous other problems, such as social isolation. This report seeks to paint a more complete picture of the problem, including the dramatic but somewhat less visible ways in which it affects people’s lives and the strategies they use to deal with it.