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Nov 30, 2021 · Food bank usage in Ontario rose 10 per cent during the first year of the pandemic to the highest levels since the recession, a new report has found.
By August, food bank visits in Toronto had increased by a staggering 51%. To meet this growing demand, 70% more food was distributed to community agencies between April and August, 2020 compared to the previous year. This trend, however, began long before the pandemic.
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Apr 15, 2020 · The use of food banks increased 28 per cent across the country during the Great Recession, according to Food Banks Canada CEO Chris Hatch — and in just in the last few weeks of the...
Nov 30, 2021 · TORONTO — Food bank usage in Ontario rose 10 per cent during the first year of the pandemic to the highest levels since the recession, a new report has found.
Dec 14, 2020 · Economic conditions are the main causes behind hunger, says Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, an economist and the director of Northwestern University's Institute for Policy Research. Food insecurity...
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Nov 19, 2020 · With the onset of COVID-19, food banks saw a surge in demand: Ontario’s food banks saw a 26% increase in first-time visitors between March and June 2020; In some communities, government intervention helped flatten the curve of food bank use.
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However, challenges have been significant for households that were already experiencing food insecurity and using food banks to try and fill gaps. Food banks emerged in the 1980s in order to provide temporary, short-term relief to unemployed workers during a recession.
