25 Percent of Canadians Are Stockpiling Food to Cope with Inflation, According to Poll

A new poll says 25 percent of Canadians have begun stockpiling food to cope with inflation prices.

According to a Nanos Research poll for CTV News that surveyed over 1,000 Canadians, many individuals are resorting to cost-saving options when it comes to their grocery shopping behaviours.

While the most common answer among 61 percent of those surveyed was that they were purchasing less expensive food than usual, a quarter of respondents said that they had resorted to stockpiling food in the past month. 

Younger Canadians aged 18-34 have been especially hit by rising food prices, as they were more likely than older Canadians to have switched to buying less expensive food.

One of the more troublesome responses that arose was 17 percent of Canadians reporting that they were eating less food as a coping mechanism to higher prices. Accused of “greedflation,” Canadian grocery items have seen some of the biggest rises in price over the year.

The survey also found that women were more likely to change their grocery purchasing habits over men, with 64 percent of women saying they were buying less expensive food compared to 57 percent of men.