Here is the Canadian food guide.
https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/
Everything on that dish is expensive, so unless you are eating just celery and spinach the cost of food is high.
Budgeting sounds great, but not a lot of people know how to do it, and its not as easy as it seems. A lot of randomness can throw a budget off and things people don't plan for. It's probably ideal to have in your budget some repairs and maintenance if you own your home, replacing a phone because they can break, replacing a car because they can die.
People also don't budget for oil companies gouging us at the pumps, or getting gouged by "fees" by these energy companies on our bills.