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Food Banks Canada's Response to COVID-19

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After the Bell

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2020 Annual Report

Download our Annual Report to view the year’s financial highlights demonstrating our fiscal responsibility.

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 – Joan Clarkson

This month, our spotlight is on Joan Clarkson from Helping Hand Food Bank in Tillsonburg, ON.

Food Banks Need More Than Just Food

They may not be first on your list of items to donate, but the need for feminine hygiene products is great among those who use food banks.

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?

Notice of Blackbaud Data Breach

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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%