Food Banks Canada

• N.S., N.B. see dramatic jump in food bank usage as part of national trend

  Nova Scotia had a 26.8 per cent increase in food bank visits from 2019 compared to 2023. For New Brunswick, the jump was 34 per cent.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2023
  
• Food bank usage hits all-time high in Canada, prompting calls for government action 

  Food bank usage has hit an all-time high in Canada and will get worse unless governments take action, a new report from Food Banks Canada warns.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2023
  
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• Manitoba scores slightly higher than average on poverty reduction: report

  Food Banks Canada's newly released Poverty Report Cards assign Manitoba a C- grade.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2023
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• Saskatchewan receives a ‘D’ in national poverty report card

  In a release, the national organization, Food Banks Canada, is calling on "much-needed action from all levels of government."

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2023
• Nearly 7M Canadians struggling to put food on the table: report

  A new report by Food Banks Canada paints a bleak national picture, with most provinces receiving a grade in the D-range when it comes to tackling poverty.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2023
• Toronto food bank sees a quarter-million visits in August

  As the number of monthly visits to a Toronto food bank doubled since last year, similar trends nationally suggest pangs of hunger are being felt across the country.

  Health

  Sep 21, 2023
• N.S. mom speaks out about food insecurity and the stigma that comes with it

  A Nova Scotia mother is speaking out about the stigma of experiencing food insecurity after getting support from a program called Food for Thought.

  Nov 17, 2022
• Lethbridge food bank use increasing as provincial food insecurity trends up

  A new report from Food Banks Canada shows food banks across the country were visited 1.46 million times in March, the highest number ever recorded for that month.

  Economy

  Oct 27, 2022
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• ‘This is a crisis’: Albertans experiencing highest rates of food insecurity in Canada

  According to a HungerCount report published on Thursday, approximately 155,722 Albertans visited a food bank in March.

  Economy

  Oct 27, 2022
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• New Brunswick, Nova Scotia see double-digit increase in food bank use: report

  Food Banks Canada says demand for food bank services is up 15 per cent nationally and those locally say it's much higher than that.

  Consumer

  Oct 27, 2022