Food bank use is at crisis levels.
There are gaps in our social safety nets and we need to take action now.
WE URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP FOOD BANKS STOCKED AND READY SO FAMILIES HAVE SOMEWHERE TO TURN DURING THIS CRISIS.
Food bank use is at the highest it has ever been. There were over 1.5 million visits to food banks in one month alone last year by children, families, seniors, and students. And that number keeps rising as hundreds of thousands more are relying on Canada’s food banks this year. Our national food bank network can’t sustain the pressure any longer.
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FOOD BANK USE IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH
Over 18% of people in Canada are struggling to put food on the table.
Increase in food insecurity in 2021 mainly affected families with children.
Almost 500,000 children are relying on food banks every month.
Seniors, students, children, and working families are at rising risk of hunger.
Source: HungerCount 2022 and Statistics Canada
THE POVERTY REPORT CARD:
With numbers on the rise, Canada needs a collective effort from all levels of government to help reduce poverty and stop people from falling through the gaps in our social safety nets.
We recently launched our new Poverty Report Card, which will act as a roadmap to steer the country towards a future where poverty and food insecurity are a thing of the past. This tool has been developed to help all levels of government grasp the impact that poverty and food insecurity are having on a significantly increasing number of people in Canada. This information must be met head on and with a vigor for change. You can be a part of that change by downloading the report today.