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  1. This year’s food bank usage represents a 32 per cent increase compared to March 2022, and a 78.5 per cent increase compared to March 2019. Overall, food bank visits have increased at greater and greater rates since 2019, with the highest year-over-year increase in usage ever reported this year.

  2. Oct 25, 2023 · A new report from Food Banks Canada released Wednesday found that this year, with the cost of living skyrocketing, food bank usage rose to its highest level since the survey started in...

  3. The annual HungerCount is Food Banks Canadas signature report documenting food bank use in Canada. It is a cross-sectional census survey of most food bank agencies, organizations, and programs, within and outside of the Food Banks Canada network.

  4. Oct 25, 2023 · The 2023 report shows 1,935,911 Canadians accessed food banks during that time, an increase of 32 per cent compared with the same period in 2022 and 78.5 per cent compared with March 2019.

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  5. Oct 28, 2022 · High inflation drove a record number of Canadians to use food banks in 2022, according to a new study by Food Banks Canada. The HungerCount 2022 report found there were nearly 1.5 million visits to Canadian food banks in March 2022. That’s the highest March usage in history — up 15 per cent from 2021 and 35 per cent from 2020.

  6. Oct 27, 2022 · The number of people using food banks across the country surged to an all-time high earlier this year, with high inflation and low social assistance rates cited as key factors in the rise, a...

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  8. Drawing on survey and interview data, as well as data from Daily Bread and North York Harvest’s member agencies, the 2022 Who’s Hungry report examines trends in food bank use and food insecurity over the past year in relation to three core areas: income and employment, housing, and the cost of living. Income.