Family of four can expect to pay nearly $1,000 more for food in 2026

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A family of four can expect to pay nearly $1,000 more on food in the coming year than it did in 2025, according to Canada’s Food Price Report 2026. Overall, food prices could rise by as much as six per cent next year, with meat expected to see the largest increases at five to seven per cent.

The 16th edition of the annual report, produced by Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab (AAL) in collaboration with other universities across Canada, looks back at highlights from 2025, forecasts food inflation for 2026 across categories, and explains the factors that could affect food prices in the coming year. The report found that a sample four-person household can expect an annual food cost of up to $17,571.79 — up to $994.63 more than in 2025 — and an overall price increase of four to six per cent.
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If the estimates prove accurate, “That would mean that food prices will have gone up by more than 30 per cent since 2020, which is quite a bit,” says lead author Sylvain Charlebois, director of the AAL.
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My family of four already spends far too much every two weeks. We go to Costco (not every two weeks, maybe every 4-6), travel 30min to go grocery shopping since our local store is twice the price, get discounted meat from a friend's farm where she butchers and still grocery prices are too damn high.

Elbows up seems to be working as intended.
 
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Will we have EBT cards? or I guess Carney Cards....

Sickening how much prices have gone way way up since the China Virus. I wonder if the China Virus was a planned thing just to jack up inflation?

I do not believe for an instant it was a real virus and seems more died from Vax....
 
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Since the inflation-creation of 2021, groceries have been a noticeable ding on my budget. We’re definitely being gouged. Wife and I were laughing at the price of Christmas chocolates. $15.97 for Turtles (was like $7 in 2020). The chicken is not only more money but terrible quality, tough and chewy. Steaks are out now, only get it for a nice dinner at a restaurant. Nothing but losing in Ka-Na-Duh
 
I hear bugs are cheap but not in season this time of year. Is it time for backyard cricket farms?

Give the gift that keeps on giving this Christmas a gourmet cricket farm starter kit. Its the gift that will surprise and delight and everyone will love when starvation comes a knockin
 
Get a BB gun, squirrels are tasty.
 
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I'm constantly trapping those little bastards at my house, but I'm too soft-hearted (and otherwise well-fed) to turn them into Brunswick stew so I just drop them off about a half-mile down the road. The squeal of terror they let forth whenever my dog chases them reminds me that they are sentient beings with real emotions at some level, so I am inclined to give them a break. But obviously in a Depression-type situation I'm sure I'd change my attitude pretty quickly
 
@ChevChelios

I see where you're coming from, I don't want to hurt an animal either. I don't think we'll get to the stage where we have to eat squirrels but if it comes to hunting animals (or you are hunting) remember your first duty as a hunter is to give your prey a quick, merciful kill. There is no honour in hurting an animal for no reason and when you take an animal in a hunt you should be thankful to God for providing for you and you should respect the animals spirit for what it is giving you, show respect and gratitude to your prey. Did I go overboard on that?
 
Absolutely laughable. Second largest country on earth and can’t even feed our own population for a reasonable cost. If anything here should be cheap it’s food, but of course it isn’t.
 
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