HELP FAMILIES
START THE
NEW YEAR WITH
HOPE, NOT HUNGER.
RENEW YOUR SUPPORT TODAY.
Food banks across Canada are facing DOUBLE the demand, compared to just six years ago. As food banks across the country prepare themselves for another challenging year, they need you by their side more than ever. Help food banks be there for those in need this year.
Help hold the line against hunger in 2026.
RENEW YOUR SUPPORT TODAY.
THANKS TO FOOD BANKS CANADA SUPPORTERS:
27M lbs
of food was
put on food
bank shelves.*
215,000
After the Bell packs
were delivered
to children during
the summer.*
+$22.3M
in funding support
was provided
to food banks
in Canada.*
“Thank you so much for your
support with the much-needed
food for myself and my kids.”
~ Client of Harvest Share Community
Food Pantry, Perry Sound, ON
FOOD BANKS ARE A LIFELINE
But they can’t hold the line without you
~ 2.2M
visits to Canada’s
food banks in one
month — DOUBLE
the demand since
2019.**
Last year,
23%
of food banks ran
out of food last year
before demand was
met.**
TWICE
as many people
are living with
severe food
insecurity compared
to 2019.**
“I am a single dad who was
recently laid off from a job
at the local mill. I never
thought I’d need a food
bank, but there I was. I was
embarrassed, but the staff
helped make it easier. They
helped me and my family
get through a difficult time.”
~ Client of Nicola Valley Food Bank,
Merritt, BC
FOOD BANKS AND FAMILIES NEED YOUR HELP
Rally to their side. Renew your support today.
WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER NOW.
Your renewed support will be put right to work, providing critical relief to food banks and families today — and building a tomorrow where everyone has the food they need to thrive.
HELP INCREASE FOOD SUPPLY
Your support helps keep Canada’s food banks well-stocked by acquiring, transforming, and distributing food. You make it possible to strengthen the national food supply, lower costs for local food banks, support communities during emergencies, and ensure children get nutritious food when school programs aren’t available.
HELP STRENGTHEN CANADA’S FOOD BANKS
Your support strengthens and connects food banks across Canada—reducing barriers, improving capacity, expanding community-led solutions, and helping more food banks deliver the highest standard of care.
HELP OVERCOME THE ROOT CAUSES OF HUNGER
Your support helps us drive for real, lasting change, advocating for long-term policy solutions to build a stronger social safety net and overcome the root causes of hunger in Canada.
Help families start the new year with hope, not hunger.
RENEW YOUR SUPPORT TODAY.
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.
* Source: HungerCount 2025 p.40, HungerCount 2025 “Facts and statistics” summary sheet
** Source: HungerCount 2025 p.40, p.5, p.9
