The Food Consumption Table (FCT) provides estimates of daily intakes of foods (means and percentiles) obtained using data from the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) Nutrition. Estimates were generated at three different food grouping levels based on the food group list from the Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Food Directorate, Health Canada. These estimates are presented for two consumption populations: “all persons” and “eaters only”. Each estimate is further broken down by various age-sex categories. For both consumption populations, estimates are available in two different units: 1) grams per person per day and 2) grams per kilogram of body weight per day. The User Guide, Read Me file, Food Group List and Body Weights table provide detailed information to facilitate use of the FCT.

The Food Source Contribution Table (FSCT) provides estimates of how much various food groups and subgroups contribute to Canadians’ intakes of energy and selected nutrients using data collected in the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) - Nutrition. Two different datasets are available. The first file provides data for recipes as a whole along with food consumed on its own. The second file provides data for recipes broken down into their ingredients along with food consumed on its own. Please note that the following estimates have been updated December 2024: Data for folate were revised based on updated calculation of Dietary Folate Equivalents (DFE) content of recipes in the nutrient database. The User Guide and Food Group Lists provide detailed information to facilitate use of the FSCT.