LENTIL
A Regina Community Research Project
For Service Providers

Data to power your food security work

LENTIL provides address-level food desert data for Regina, free for qualifying food security organizations. Use our analysis to target outreach, plan service locations, and strengthen funding applications.

How Organizations Use LENTIL

Practical applications for your work

Target Outreach

Identify which neighbourhoods have the greatest need so your mobile markets, food hampers, and community programs reach the people who need them most.

Plan Service Locations

Choose optimal sites for new food banks, community freezers, or mobile market routes based on where food access gaps are most acute.

Support Funding Applications

Back your grant proposals with concrete, address-level data that demonstrates community need and justifies program expansion.

Comprehensive Report

Community food access report

Community Food Access Report

A comprehensive multi-page PDF combining area profiles, demographic disparities, ward comparisons, service gap analysis, and citation-ready methodology. Choose city-wide for a complete overview, or focus on a specific ward or neighbourhood.

9-page report with methodology, executive summary, ward comparison, composite analysis, demographic disparities, priority areas, ward summary, food access, and references.

Address-Level Data

Download address-level CSV export

Address-Level Data Export

Download a CSV of all food-affected addresses in Regina — those in a food desert (by any indicator), geographic food desert, or food mirage. Includes DA quintiles, priority score, nearest grocery store distance, neighbourhood, and ward.

Columns: full_address, postal_code, latitude, longitude, ward, neighbourhood, dauid, income_quintile, msdi_quintile, cimd_quintile, median_income, food desert status (by each indicator), food mirage status, nearest store name, distance, walking time, and priority score.

Visual Assets

Printable maps

Printable Maps

Download high-resolution SVG maps with food desert overlays or food resource locations. Maps include legends, titles, and attribution — ready for print materials, reports, and presentations.

What's Included

Comprehensive data exports

For each address, we provide:

  • Full street address and postal code
  • Neighbourhood and ward assignment
  • Food desert status (yes/no) for each indicator
  • Distance to nearest grocery store (walking time)
  • Underlying socioeconomic quintile scores

Indicator definitions

We use three socioeconomic indicators from Statistics Canada: Median Household Income, the Material and Social Deprivation Index (MSDI), and the Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (CIMD). An address is classified as a food desert if it is both beyond a 15-minute walk from a grocery store AND in the most deprived quintile (Q5) for at least one indicator. Read our full methodology

Explore the Analysis
See who is affected

Our equity dashboard shows which demographic groups are disproportionately represented in food desert areas — with disparity ratios, population breakdowns, and key findings across multiple indicators.

Open equity dashboard

Ready to get started?

LENTIL data is available free of charge for qualifying food security organizations, non-profits, and academic researchers. Contact us to discuss your needs and how we can support your work.

Contact Us

Please include your organization name, intended use case, and any specific data requirements in your request.