Relieving hunger today and preventing hunger tomorrow starts right here.
Meet the people making a real difference in the fight against food insecurity.
Every impact has the potential to create a tidal wave of change.
There is a whole lot more to food banking in Canada than meets the eye.
More than one third of food bank users in this country are children.
Hunger isn’t an issue reserved just for strangers or the homeless.
1.1 million
Canadians visited food banks nearly 1.1 million times in March 2019.
34%
of those relying on food banks nationally are children, when they only represent 19% of the population.
26%
of those relying on food banks receive their main source of income from either provincial disability support or pensions.
48%
of those using food banks are from single-person households.
1 in 8 people
assisted by food banks are employed.
70%
of food bank clients in Canada live in market rent housing.
40%
of food distributed by Canadian food banks is fresh. (eg. milk, eggs, fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables, bread)
26%
of those relying on food banks receive their main source of income from either provincial disability support or pensions.
Your neighbours still need food.
You can help.
Your support will help local food banks stocked to help those who need it most.