FOOD BANKS IN CANADA REGISTERED RECORD 1.9MLN VISITS IN MARCH

Fri 27 October 2023:

Nearly two million Canadians visited food banks across the country in March, setting another record and marking a 32% increase over a year, Food Banks Canada (FBC) stated on Wednesday.

“In March 2023, there were almost 2 million visits to food banks across Canada, representing a 32 percent increase compared to March 2022, and a 78.5 percent increase compared to March 2019, which is the highest year-over-year increase in usage ever reported,” FBC said in a report, according to Sputnik.

Children made up one-third of food bank clients.

The report also showed that 43.8% of those relying on food banks are from single adult households, although those only represent around one-third, or 29.3%, of the Canadian population.

Data also showed that 42.4% of food bank clients rely on provincial social assistance as their main source of income.

Another 16.7% of food bank clients have a job income and 9.9% have a pension as their main source of income.

Some 13% of food bank attendees say they have no income, according to FBC.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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