Food Banks Across Canada Experience Overwhelming Demand with Almost Two Million Visits in One Month
With food banks across Canada in crisis mode, as demand reaches new all-time highs, we must ask: when is it enough before we act?"
- With food banks across Canada in crisis mode, as demand reaches new all-time highs, we must ask: when is it enough before we act?"
- The milestone report – the only research study encompassing the country's 4,750+ food banks and community organizations – shows the devastating impact of rapid inflation and inadequate social supports on poverty, food insecurity and hunger in Canada.
- The top reasons people accessed a food bank this year were food costs, housing costs, low wages or not enough hours of work.
- As low-income workers flood food banks, Canada needs new policies that guarantee those who work will always have enough money to put food on the table.