Canada · 14 d ago
Food bank use in Canada has more than doubled since 2019
Food bank visits in March
2.35 million
Food banks recorded 2.35 million visits in March, up nearly 9 per cent in a year and 117 per cent since 2019, according to Food Banks Canada's HungerCount report.
2019
12% employed
2026
About 18% employed
About 18 per cent of food bank users now rely mainly on a job for income, up from 12 per cent in 2019.
People are progressively losing their financial cushion.
— Richard Matern, Food Banks Canada
Montreal
Quebec
In Quebec, about 600,000 people get food help every month, and Montreal, home to about 24 per cent of the province's people, accounts for 45 per cent of them.
And us?
What's next
Diesel prices are up more than 70 per cent in a year, which could make imported winter produce dearer and raise food banks' own costs.
