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- A new report shows demand for Canadian food banks hit an all-time high in 2022, with more people struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living. Beyond those on fixed incomes, the report also highlights a growing need among people with jobs.
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1 day ago · Household food insecurity prevalence was slightly lower and stable during the COVID-19 pandemic years (8.5% in fall 2020 and 9.1% in 2021) and increased to 15.6% in 2022. Levels of household food insecurity generally tracked with changes in consumer price inflation.
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.
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The 2022 Hunger Report provides analysis of the data gathered by the Ontario food bank network through the Link2Feed client intake system between April 1st, 2021, and March 31st, 2022. This year’s report also includes a feature that explores why it is harder to escape poverty today than it was 30 years ago and how public policy decisions and insuff...
Food bank use data
Food bank use remains at an all time high with this year marking the sixth consecutive year of food bank use increases. 1. 587,103 adults and children accessed a food bank in Ontario between April 1st, 2021, to March 31st, 2022 – an increase of 15 percent over the last three years. 2. Ontario’s food banks were visited more than 4,353,000 times throughout the year, an increase of 42% over the last three years. 3. There has been a 47% increase in people with employment accessing food banks sinc...
Longstanding drivers of food bank use
In addition to unprecedented inflation rates, and the rise in cost of living, there are several longstanding income insecurity issues and poor public policies that have contributed to the rise in food bank use. 1. Precarious employment – In the two years leading up to the pandemic, the number of people with employment turning to food banks for assistance increased by 27% and an additional 16% between 2020 – 2022. In fact, almost 1 in 10 of those employed in Ontario are gig workers. 2. Inacces...
General statistics
1. When asked the reason for visiting a food bank, 45.8% cited cost of food, 13.2% cited cost of housing, and 9.9% cited low wages or not enough work hours. 2. Food banks are working to meet the growing demand, however, there is a concern that the need in the province may outpace the capacity of the provincial food bank network. A recent survey of 140 food banks revealed that: 2.1. 2 out of 3 food banks have experienced a noticeable decrease in food donations. 2.2. 1 in 5 food banks have not...
In many ways, food banks are like the paramedics of social support. They are there to respond to emergencies and provide immediate help during times of crisis, but are not designed or intended to cure ongoing needs. It is only through strong public policies that we can ensure every Ontarian has sufficient income to afford a basic standard of living...
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If you are interested in learning more about hunger and poverty in Ontario, please see below: 1. Hunger in my Riding Tool 2. Hunger Map 3. Cost of Poverty 4. Previous editions of Hunger Report 5. Our Recommendations for Change Back to top
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 1989.
Oct 27, 2022 · A report released Thursday said there were nearly 1.5 million visits to food banks in March 2022, 15 per cent more than the same month a year earlier.
Network food banks distributed more food per person in 2022. Each person who visited a food bank received about 20 kilograms of food on average—representing nearly 60 meals—a jump of 18 percent compared to the previous year.
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.
