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.
Partner Awards
Food Banks Canada’s annual Partner Awards honours the very best in product, services in-kind, and funding partnerships that contribute to our overall mission of relieving hunger today and preventing hunger tomorrow.
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.
Soup’s On!
In the spring and summer of 2025, a tasty and nourishing soup produced specifically for food banks by Food Banks Canada made its way to hundreds of thousands of people experiencing food insecurity across the country. Full of Canadian-grown pulses…
Grocery Stores Are Uniquely Positioned to Relieve Food Insecurity: Here’s How
Each summer, Grocery Heroes Day recognizes employees in grocery stores and other parts of the food supply chain for the work they do feeding families. At Food Banks Canada, we’re pleased to highlight their crucial contributions to food banking. Food…
The 2024 Food Banks Canada Partner Awards: Meet Six of the Organizations That Are Helping Us Reach New Heights
In 2024, thanks to our valued partners and donors, Food Banks Canada was able to distribute millions of pounds of food across the country and invest millions of dollars in food banks and other community organizations serving people experiencing food…
Food Banks Canada Data Challenges Assumptions About Newcomers’ Circumstances
Every year, Food Banks Canada surveys the food bank network to provide a unique and valuable lens on food insecurity in this country. Our research contradicts the persistent false assumption that newcomers, or newly arrived refugees in particular, receive a…
The Emergency Response Program: A Safety Net for Food Banks During Times of Disaster
When a severe ice storm hit parts of southern Ontario late in March 2025, Kawartha Food Share general manager Ashlee Aitken knew she was in for a challenge. Comprised of 37 member agencies in Peterborough and the surrounding region, Kawartha…
The Standards Scoop – Standards of Excellence Spotlight
This month, our spotlight is on Moosomin Food Share (A.K.A. Southeast HealthAbility Society Inc.) in Moosomin, Saskatchewan! 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,…
Through Never Miss Lunch donation week, Subway Canada nourishes childhood summers
Last summer, a family walked into the Root Cellar Food and Wellness Hub in Medicine Hat, Alberta, appearing stressed. “[It was] a mother, father and their two children; they’d recently fallen on hard times due to job loss,” said executive…
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.
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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.
