Lonely and hungry: the vital role of food banks

Lonely and hungry: the vital role of food banks

We’re reminded every year how many Canadians are left behind in our society, without enough food. Hunger Count 2019 has just been released.

The report says that despite a strong economy and living in one of the richest countries in the world, many Canadians still don’t have enough food.

The report says food banks have been visited 1.084 million times in the last year and 34.1 per cent of those visits were by children. These figures are roughly the same as last year but much lower than 2010, which was a record year. And single-parent household visits are down significantly.Not having […]

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