86% of Canadians Eat Fish or Seafood for Nutrition, Despite High Prices: Survey

A fishmonger places a Canadian lobster into a display tank at St. Lawrence Market South in Toronto on Sept. 27, 2018. Chris Helgren/Reuters

More than 85 percent of Canadians are still regularly eating “blue foods,” referring to fish and seafood, for nutritional reasons despite the high prices, according to new research.

The Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhouse University conducted a survey on the purchasing motivations of Canadians who buy fish and seafood and released the results on Oct. 24.