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HUMA Committee Report

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APPENDIX B: ESTIMATED COST OF A WEEKLY FOOD BASKET FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR: SELECTED COMMUNITY COMPARISONS FOR 2015

Communities Receiving Nutrition North Subsidy

Cost of Food Basket w/subsidy

Hopedale, NL

$333.83

St. Theresa Point, MB

$422.33

Iqaluit, NU

$405.90

Fort Severn, ON

$423.60

Kuujjuaq, QC

$374.82

Old Crow, YK

$503.54

Nutritious Food Basket

Market Price

Ottawa, ON

$192.84

Source: Statistics Canada, Revised Northern Food Basket, Ottawa Public Health, The Price of Eating Well.