Food Experience Survey

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    The Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario Food Experience Survey assesses the affordability, accessibility, and availability of food to post-secondary students on Ontario campuses. Along with measuring student food security, the survey investigates the student response to campus food services. The goal of this survey is to locate the precise food-related problems that are affecting students, and explore the needs and wants of students in solving these problems. 


    The information collected from this survey will be used to create a Federation report and toolkit on student food security and access. No information will be shared with outside sources until the publication of this report. All submissions will remain confidential and anonymous. 


    The Federation recognizes that discussions around food often carry with them notions of health that are rooted in white supremacist, ableist, fatphobic ideals. Because of this, we avoid asking questions about whether students have access to healthy food, and instead focus on enjoyability, diversity, and well-being.

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  • Personal Information

  • What is your gender identity? Feel free to pick more than one.
  • What is your sexual orientation? Feel free to pick more than one.
  • What race do you identify with? Feel free to pick more than one.
  • Do you identify as disabled?
  • How old are you?
  • Do you live independently from your family? (i.e., in separate housing)
  • Please indicate the number of hours you work each week?
  • What kind of student are you?
  • Are you a domestic or International student?

  • Household Food Security Questions

  • Which of the following statements best describes the food eaten in your household in the past 12 months?
  • Consider this statement: you and other household members worried that food would run out before you got money to buy more. Was that often true, sometimes true, or never true in the past 12 months?
  • The food that you and other household members bought just didn't last, and there wasn't any money to get more. Was that often true, sometimes true, or never true in the past 12 months?
  • You and other household members couldn't afford to eat balanced meals. In the past 12 months was that often true, sometimes true, or never true?
  • In the past 12 months, since last [current month] did you or other adults in your household ever cut down the size of your meals or skip meals because there wasn't enough money for food?
  • If so, how often did this happen?
  • In the past 12 months, did you ever eat less than you felt you should because there wasn't enough money to buy food?
  • In the past 12 months, were you ever hungry but didn't eat because you couldn't afford enough food?
  • In the past 12 months, did you experience negative/adverse health effects because you didn't have enough money for food?

  • Meal Plans

  • Do you have a meal plan?

  • Meal Plans

  • Are you required to purchase a meal plan?
  • Is your meal plan worth the cost?
  • Did you use the entirety or close to the entirety of your meal plan in the last academic year?
  • Why did you not use the entirety of your meal plan in the last academic year?

  • Food Services

  • How often do you purchase food from on-campus food options?
  • Please list any dietary restrictions you have.
  • Please rate how well campus food services accommodate your dietary restrictions. Feel free to expand.
  • Are fresh produce and whole foods accessible on your campus?
  • Please describe how the food on campus makes you feel.
  • Please describe the reasons why you purchase food from on-campus food services.

  • Other

  • Do you have easy access to off-campus grocery stores?
  • Does your institution have off-campus commercial food options nearby? (i.e. shopping mall food courts, restaurant chains, and/or franchises)
  • Do you use food service alternatives on campus such as food banks or student-run markets?
  • If you answered yes, do you believe food service alternatives serve students better than mainstream food services?
  • Please describe your experience finding important traditional/cultural foods. Feel free to expand.
  • What would help you feel better about food on campus?  Feel free to expand.
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