The Assembly of First Nations, the University of Ottawa and the University of Montreal released the draft results of the First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study.
The study found that roughly 24 to 60 per cent of First Nations experience food insecurity. That is roughly three to five times higher than the general Canadian population.
The price of healthy foods in First Nations are higher than in urban centres making it difficult for many families.
Over half of all adults reported that the harvesting of traditional food is impacted by industry-related activities, as well as climate change.
The core partners of this study are launching another multi-year project called the Food, Environment, Health and Nutrition of First Nations Children and Youth study.
