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Food Banks Canada's Response to COVID-19

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Best Before or Expired? Food Banks’ Questions Answered

Here are answers to some commonly asked questions about date labels

Donating Nutritious Food to the Food Bank

If you are thinking of making a food bank donation this holiday season, please consider these nutritious items in this handy list.

Food Banker Spotlight – Alex Boyd

This month, our spotlight is on Alex Boyd from Greener Village in Fredericton, NB.

Food Banks Need More Than Just Food

Did you know that girls and women represent 49% of the adults who access food banks each month?

Impact Report

With the help of committed partners and donors like you, Food Banks Canada was able to provide more food and funds to the food banking network than ever before.

Impossible Choices

We invite you to follow one of three stories of people experiencing food insecurity, and decide what you would do in each person’s situation. What choices would you make?

Hunger Facts

1.1 million

Canadians visited food banks nearly 1.1 million times in March 2019

34%

of those relying on food banks nationally are children, when they only represent 19% of the population

26% of those relying on food banks receive their

26%

of those relying on food banks receive their main source of income from either provincial disability support or pensions.

48%

of those using food banks are from single-person households

1 in 8 people

assisted by food banks are employed

70%

of food bank clients in Canada live in market rent housing

40%

of food distributed by Canadian food banks is fresh (eg. milk, eggs, fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables, bread)

26% of those relying on food banks receive their m

26%