No One In Canada should Go Hungry

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…