Food Banks Canada

• 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
• Food bank usage across Canada hit all time high, nearly 1.5M visits in March: report

  The number of people using food banks across Canada surged to an all-time high earlier this year, with high inflation and low social assistance rates cited as key factors.

  Canada

  Oct 27, 2022
• More than 117,000 pounds donated to 2022 fall food drive: London Food Bank

  At least 76,652 pounds, 66 per cent, came in the form of physical food donations, while 39,204 pounds came through monetary donations, the food bank says.

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2022
• Donations to 2022 fall food drive defying expectations, London Food Bank says

  'I don't fully understand it. I love it, though. What it means is that Londoners have really stepped up in ways that we weren't expecting,' said the London Food Bank.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2022
• London Food Bank launches 2022 fall food drive amid unprecedented levels of demand

  'We've been around for 36 years. Three of our busiest months ever in our history have happened in the last four months,' said Jane Roy, the food bank's co-executive director.

  Canada

  Sep 29, 2022
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• Child hunger a major concern in Canada amid skyrocketing food prices

  In Toronto, the head of the Daily Bread Food Bank also says requests for aid have spiked as inflation reached a nearly four-decade high.

  Canada

  Jun 23, 2022
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• Canadian food banks feeling pinch as food prices soar amid rising inflation

  Statistics Canada says consumers paid 9.7 per cent more for food at stores in April compared with a year ago, the largest increase since September 1981.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2022