Press Release Department: Non-Governmental - Food Banks Canada

Food Banks Canada released its Poverty Report Cards 2026. The report is available online.

Food Banks Canada released its Hunger Count 2025 online. Food Banks Canada’s policy recommendations: Tackling the root causes of poverty:  Modernizing the EI system, by expanding support for precarious, gig and self-employed workers Repair Canada’s outdated social safety net, including enhancing the Canada Disability Benefit  Making life more affordable: Invest in housing supply and demand, that includes … Read more

Poverty and food insecurity in Canada has risen almost 40 per cent over the past two years, placing Canada at a historic crossroad, according to Food Banks Canada’s national 2025 Poverty Report Card. Despite the bleak findings of the newly-released report, which grades the Government of Canada’s 2025 poverty reduction efforts as a D, Food Banks Canada CEO Kirstin Beardsley says the data also … Read more

Food Banks Canada and its 11 provincial and territorial partners are urging all federal parties to commit to reducing food insecurity by 50 per cent by 2030, calling it a non-partisan national emergency. In an open letter, the coalition highlights that nearly one in four people in Canada are now food insecure, and food banks … Read more

Food Banks Canada launched their 2024 Poverty Report Cards. The report includes a comprehensive overview of the state of poverty and poverty-reduction efforts happening across Canada at provincial, federal, and territorial levels. The report includes a unique report card for each government and a set of policy recommendations to help them improve the quality of … Read more

The number of people accessing Canadian food banks increased for the third consecutive year in 2016, and is now 28% higher than before the 2008-2009 recession, according to a national study released today by Food Banks Canada. “No one should need to access a food bank in a country as prosperous as Canada,” said Shawn Pegg, … Read more

Food bank use has increased for the second consecutive year, and continues to hover at record levels, according to a national study released today by Food Banks Canada. The HungerCount 2015 report shows that 852,137 people – 305,366 of them children – accessed a food bank in March this year. Food bank use is 1.3% … Read more

Far too many Canadians are being left behind and counting on food banks to get by, according to HungerCount 2014, a national study released by Food Banks Canada. Food bank use increased slightly in 2014. The report shows that in a typical month, food banks in Canada now provide food and other supports to more … Read more

Food Banks Canada issued a statement to welcome federal government support for northern agriculture. “We are pleased to see that the government has heard our call to action and announced that it will invest in northern food security by supporting the establishment of a permanent, year-round campus of the Northern Farm Training Institute (NFTI) as … Read more

Too many Canadians are struggling just to put food on the table, and food bank use continues to hover at record levels according to HungerCount 2013, a national study released by Food Banks Canada. The report highlights that in a typical month, food banks in Canada now provide food to more than three quarters of … Read more