Making an Impact on Hunger
Achieving our potential together
Ways you can support.
Find out all the ways you can help relieve hunger today and prevent hunger tomorrow.
Food Insecurity Summit
We hosted our inaugural Food Insecurity Summit on June 18th – a one-day event that brought together leaders, experts, and change makers in the Canadian food insecurity sector.
Corporate support
Create a corporate campaign, make a donation, or engage your employees in a great cause – discover all the ways to engage with Food Banks Canada.
Vision & Mission
Our vision and mission guide us in our work to end food insecurity in Canada by addressing immediate needs and understanding the root causes of hunger.
Careers
Our efforts and impact are expanding, and we’re opening doors for passionate, teamwork-driven professionals in search of a career that’s both meaningful and captivating.
The Network
Food Banks Canada supports a network of 5,500 food banks and community organizations across Canada. We all do our part to contribute to the collective impact.
Hunger in Canada
Hunger isn’t reserved for strangers or the unhoused.
Food insecurity can affect your neighbours, colleagues or family. Our research is helping to look past the stigma to uncover the root causes of hunger.
HungerCount 2024
Year over year, food bank use in Canada continues to rise. View the stats, read our policy recommendations and help us drive change.
Poverty Vulnerability Map
Poverty can be hard to see, which makes it harder to address. Our interactive map gives insight into the geography of poverty and the factors behind it.
Researching
the Root Causes
Read our research reports for snapshots of food bank use and insights into what’s happening on hunger’s front line.
STORIES THAT FEED US
Real people making a real difference.
Learn how Food Banks Canada and the network of food banks and community organizations is helping reduce food insecurity.
The Standards Scoop – Standards of Excellence Spotlight
If you’ve seen one food bank, you’ve seen … one food bank. Food Banks Canada collaborates with a network of over 5,500 organizations, each of which serves a community with distinct needs and operates in its own way. A shared…
Get out to vote!
How to vote in the Canadian election with food insecurity as your priority Voting is a powerful tool that can help address food insecurity in our communities. This election comes at a critical moment when we need immediate action to…
The Standards Scoop – Standards of Excellence Spotlight
If you’ve seen one food bank, you’ve seen … one food bank. Food Banks Canada collaborates with a network of over 5,500 organizations, each of which serves a community with distinct needs and operates in its own way. A shared…
Free tax clinics at food banks achieve massive “returns” on investment
In the spring of 2024, when “Marlice,” a single mother of one, walked into the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre, she simply expected to get some help filing her taxes. What she didn’t yet know was that this free…
This spring, help us feed more families than ever before
It’s time for the Loblaw Companies Ltd. annual Spring Food Drive to Feed More Families across Canada. From March 13th to April 2nd, 2025, you can support by donating non-perishable food items in-store or by making a monetary donation at…
Partner milestones: A celebration of contributions and collaboration
Collectively, Canada’s network of over 5,500 food banks and related community organizations will receive over two million visits this month. That’s a historic high, but thankfully, food banks are not facing this challenge alone. The support of Food Banks Canada’s…
Walmart’s Fight Hunger Spark Change campaign is “a bedrock of vital support” for Canadian communities
A lot has changed since Walmart Canada and Food Banks Canada joined forces on their first Fight Hunger Spark Change campaign in 2017. For one thing, the need for food banks in Canada has soared from around 1.1 million monthly…
The Standards Scoop – Standards of Excellence Spotlight
If you’ve seen one food bank, you’ve seen … one food bank. Food Banks Canada collaborates with a network of over 5,500 organizations, each of which serves a community with distinct needs and operates in its own way. A shared…Help End Hunger.
Make a Donation Now.
Your generous support will ensure that families, seniors and children struggling with food insecurity get the nutritious food they need to reach their full potential.
