This holiday season, too many people are facing impossible choices — like turning on the heat or buying groceries for the week. Please, help Canada’s food banks take these worries and uncertainties off people’s plates.
2M+
visits to Canada’s food banks in
one month — 90% more than 2019.
23%
of people in Canada now live in
food-insecure households.
300,000
more food bank visits in a month by
children than just 5 years ago.
Source: HungerCount 2024
~Kimothy Stewart, Greener Village Board Member & former food bank client
Food Banks Canada is the leader in addressing food insecurity in Canada. Our mission is to provide national leadership to relieve hunger today and prevent hunger tomorrow in collaboration with the food bank network from coast to coast. For over 40 years, food banks have been dedicated to helping Canadians living with food insecurity. Over 5,500 food banks and community organizations come together to serve our most vulnerable neighbours, who – this year – made over 2 million visits to these organizations in one month alone, according to our Hunger Count report. Since 2010, Food Banks Canada has shared over $829 million in food supports and over $245 million in funding to help maximize collective impact and strengthen local capacity – while, backed by leading research, advocating for meaningful actions from governments to counter hunger and its root causes. Our vision is clear: create a Canada where no one goes hungry.
Learn more about Food Banks Canada in our 2024 Annual Report.