High baby formula costs for this Sudbury, Ont., family mean other bills go unpaid – CBC

Statistics Canada says cost of baby formula has risen by 30% in the last 2 years

Apr 29, 2024

A mother in Sudbury, Ont., says her family has had months where they didn’t pay their phone bills so they could afford formula for her infant.

“So we’re at this point now where sometimes we do have to sacrifice and, you know, we will do that happily to feed our kids,” said Kaitlyn Tann, mother of a five-month-old son and an eight-year-old daughter.

“But ultimately, the fact that formula is so expensive is just so incredibly crippling that sometimes those bills are the things that get pushed aside.”

The Tanns are among Canadian families impacted by the spiralling cost of formula. According to Statistics Canada, the average price increased 30 per cent between February 2022 and February 2024.

Tann said feeding her daughter when she was a baby was manageable, but now, a $35 container of powdered formula lasts her under a week.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/baby-formula-high-cost-1.7186067