About Us

Food Banks Canada is the only national charitable organization representing and supporting the food bank community across Canada. Learn more about us — how we’re organized, our membership, and our programs.

Learn About Hunger

Close to 900,000 Canadians each month are assisted by food banks. By understanding the nature of the problem, and the possible solutions, we can all do our part to make a difference.

Get Involved

Together, we can make a difference to help reduce hunger and improve the lives of the nearly 900,000 Canadians who turn to food banks each month. Learn how you or your company can contribute.

Media

The latest news about Food Banks Canada, our partners, and our programs, as well as helpful resources for our communications partners and members of the media.

Hunger Fact

Half of food banks in Canada saw an increase in demand in 2011.

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Community Spotlight

House of Lazarus

Mountain, ON

The House of Lazarus in Mountain, Ontario is an essential community outreach centre for the rural communities south of Ottawa.  Pauline Pratt (Executive Director) and her dedicated team have managed to expand the House of Lazarus to include a wide variety of essential services for the sprawling network of organizations that span across Stormont, Dundas & Grenville Townships.  The services offered at the House of Lazarus include a food bank, clothing items, school items for children, special needs items, a general household item store and Pastoral, financial and crisis counselling for members of the community.  As of 2012, the centre now also offers health services for local residents.

Learn About Hunger > Hunger Solutions

Hunger Solutions

No discussion of hunger is complete without acknowledging the root cause: low income. The simple truth is that the number of people in Canada living in low income has not dropped below 2.7 million in any year in the current era. One of the ways that Food Banks Canada works toward the goal of reducing hunger is through social research and policy assessment as it pertains to people living in poverty.

Our regular HungerCount survey and the resulting annual report is the most comprehensive, in-depth research in the area of food bank use in Canada. This work is crucial in helping Food Banks Canada, policy makers, and opinion leaders to better understand the nature of hunger and low income, and develop appropriate and effective strategies in response.

We also engage in policy research, and make ongoing recommendations with regards to federal policy affecting, for example, disadvantaged workers, low income seniors, tax incentives to encourage donations to food banks, and other key areas.

For more information, please contact our Director, Policy and Research at 1-877-535-0958 x231.