A healthy grocery basket costs a Montreal family about $293 a week

Per person, per day

10.47 $

A basic balanced diet costs about $293 a week for two adults and two children in Montreal, or about $10.47 per person a day, according to the Montreal nutrition organization Alima.

Biggest price increases in a year

1. 1 Meat: 13%
2. 2 Fresh fruit: 12%
3. 3 Rice, flour and pasta: 7%

The basket rose about 1 per cent between July 2025 and July 2026, about $125 more a year for a family of four. Some foods climbed much faster.

"For a family of four, $293 a week, or a little over $15,000 a year, is still out of reach for some families' budgets."

— Julie Paquette, executive director of Alima

Quebec households facing food insecurity, 2023

19 %

Nearly one Quebec household in five, 19 per cent, faced food insecurity in 2023, according to the latest Canadian Income Survey data. Close to 70 per cent of Alima's clients face moderate or severe food insecurity.