Help TWICE as
many families
this Thanksgiving.
Food Banks Canada works with 5,500+ food
banks and community organizations to relieve
hunger today and prevent hunger tomorrow,
with your generosity.
At a time of year meant for gratitude and abundance, 1 in 4 people in our country are struggling to put food on the table. The cost of living continues to skyrocket, and it’s getting increasingly difficult to make grocery budgets stretch as far as they need to – even for those who have full-time employment.
Our friends at Desjardins Financial Group are MATCHING your gifts until October 12* to help more families this Thanksgiving.
*Up to $125,000
Food bank visits have reached record highs.
A single unforeseen event could mean a crisis for far too many families. Living on the brink of an emergency shouldn’t be our new normal — but the need only continues to grow. Will you help deliver peace of mind today?
OUR NEIGHBOURS ARE STRUGGLING
THIS THANKSGIVING
Close to 2.2M
visits made to food
programs monthly
Nearly 20%
of food bank clients report
employment as their
primary source of income
70%
of food bank clients live
in market rent housing
DO 2X MORE TO SUPPORT FOOD BANKERS ON THE
FRONT LINES OF THE HUNGER CRISIS
4,522,356
meals and snacks
provided
Over 700,000
visits to food banks this
month will be from children
Nearly 23%
of food banks ran out of
food before demand was met
“Thank you for answering the phone and helping me and my family. It’s not just about answering my call… you see me and make me feel like a person. Thank you for all that you do.”
—
Client of Edmonton’s Food Bank
Please help fill more tables for families
in Canada this Thanksgiving.
WHY FOOD BANKS CANADA?
Food Banks Canada is the leader in addressing food insecurity in Canada. Our mission is to provide national leadership to relieve hunger today and prevent hunger tomorrow in collaboration with the food bank network from coast to coast to coast. For over 40 years, food banks have been dedicated to helping people living in Canada living with food insecurity. Over 5,500 food banks and community organizations come together to serve our most vulnerable neighbours, who – this year – made close to 2.2 million visits to these organizations in one month alone, according to our Hunger Count report. Since 2010, Food Banks Canada has shared over $1 billion in food supports and over $275 million in funding to help maximize collective impact and strengthen local capacity – while, backed by leading research, advocating for meaningful actions from governments to counter hunger and its root causes.
* Stats sourced from HungerCount 2025
