2.4.3 Percentage of students who reported that they went to school or to bed hungry because there was not enough food at home, by grade and gender, Canada, 2014

Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10
Boys 34 27 21 24 22
Girls 24 26 22 21 19

Source: CICH graphic created using data adapted from Health Behaviours of School Children (HBSC) Report – 2016.

In 2014, 24% of girls and 34% of boys in Grade 6 reported that they went to school or bed hungry because there was not enough food at home.

That was the case for 26% of girls in Grade 7.