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Learn how Food Banks Canada and the network of food banks and community organizations is helping reduce food insecurity.
Canada’s EI wasn’t built for today’s workforce — and it shows
When Emersyn* lost her full-time job at a nonprofit and applied for Employment Insurance (EI), she expected the social safety net to catch her. It didn’t. “It was not enough to live on,” says the Nova Scotia resident. “I would receive $800 every two weeks…
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Food for Learning: How Food Banks Enable School Nutrition Programs Across Canada
As summer comes to a close, children across Canada are getting ready to head back to school. While many will carry backpacks stuffed with pens, paper, books, and tablets, it’s what’s in their bellies and lunchboxes that could have a greater influence on their success. Unfortunately, many students show up to class hungry. It’s a problem…
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Volunteering at a Food Bank Takes Many Forms — But It’s Always Meaningful
It’s 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning, and Mariana Franey is already at work. Her fellow volunteers at the Berwick Food Bank in Berwick, Nova Scotia sort potatoes, carrots, onions and apples, restock shelves, and put together orders that will go out for delivery. As…
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Standards of Excellence Ambassadors: How Volunteers Helped to Champion the Standards at Pictou County Food Bank East
In early 2024, Food Banks Canada launched a set of national standards covering all areas of food bank operations. These benchmarks strengthen accountability and trust, ensure good practices, and equip food banks to serve their communities as effectively as possible. So far, over 360 food banks have achieved accreditation in the Standards…
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From Compassion to Action: Meet one of Food Banks Canada’s Donors
Food Banks Canada’s generous supporters include nonprofits, companies and private individuals such as “Susan.” Their donations provide food, funds, and other crucial forms of support to a network of over 5,500 affiliated food banks and community agencies across Canada. At 83 years old, Susan* finds herself becoming more and more concerned about the prevalence of food insecurity in Canada. She recalls…
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Pedaling with a Purpose
After retiring from his demanding career as a partner for a national accounting firm, Eric Paton knew he still had lots to give — and to discover. Determined to keep learning new skills, he purchased a bike and began training for long-distance rides in his basement….
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Fresh Food for Kids: The Impact of Subway Canada’s Never Miss Lunch Program
Each week throughout the summer, Community Food Share, an organization that runs food banks in Morrisburg and Winchester, Ontario, distrtibutes green canvas bags full of healthy food — fruit pouches, granola bars, cheese and crackers, and more — to school-aged children. “For many families, these packs fill a critical gap when school meal programs are…
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Presenting the 2025 Food Banks Canada Partner Awards
From a steady stream of food to transportation services to investments in innovative programs, there are many ways that associations, corporations and foundations provide crucial support to food banking and food security in Canada. Food Banks Canada’s Partner Awards shine a spotlight on some of the most remarkable contributions from organizations. We selected the honorees based on their total contributions in…
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Food Banks Canada In the News
- Building Canada strong must include protecting people from food insecurity – August 26, 2026
- Food Banks Canada Announces New Board Members – June 26, 2026
- Food Banks Canada welcomes National Food Security Strategy and calls for continued action on income security measures – June 12, 2026
- Food Banks Canada Proudly Recognizes the Recipients of the 2025 Partner Awards – June 8, 2026
- Canada Has a Generational Opportunity to Reduce Poverty – June 1, 2026
- Marking a Decade Food Banks Canada Kicks Off 10th year of Fight Hunger. Spark Change. with Walmart Canada – February 5, 2026
- Food Banks Canada welcomes the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit – January 26, 2026
- The Globe and Mail – A quarter of Canadians are food insecure. Addressing this must be a national priority – December 22, 2025
- Food Bank Canada Responds to Budget 2025 – November 5, 2025
- Food Banks Canada Announces New Board Members – November 5, 2025
- Canada’s 2025 HungerCount shows the cost of inaction – October 27, 2025
- Food Banks Canada and the Daily Bread Food Bank Release Sweeping New Reports on Canada’s Spiralling Food Insecurity – October 23, 2025
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- Food Banks Canada Responds to the Launch of Build Canada Homes
- Food Banks Canada’s 2025 Poverty Report Card offers Canada a glimmer of hope and a pathway to reduce poverty and food insecurity
- Food Banks Canada Proudly Welcomes the Food Bank Society of the Yukon as the First Territorial Food Bank Association – August 6, 2025
- The Honourable Percy P. Mockler Joins Food Banks Canada Board – July 29, 2025
- Celebrating the 2025 Food Banks Canada Partner Awards – July 21, 2025
- Food Banks Canada and Saputo join forces to tackle hunger from coast to coast to coast with a $450,000 commitment – June 23, 2025
- New Food Banks Canada Election Report Finds 86% of People in Canada Support the Goal of Cutting Food Insecurity in Canada in half by 2030– April 15, 2025
- Food Banks Canada and Egg Farmers of Canada Celebrate 25 Years of Giving– April 10, 2025
- Joint Open Letter: Cut Food Insecurity in Canada in half by 2030 – April 8, 2025
- Food Banks Canada named to Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures of 2024 by Waterstone Human Capital” – Nov 21, 2024
- HungerCount 2024: The Need for Food Banks in Canada “Spiralling out of Control” – Oct 28, 2024
- Food Banks Canada Urges Canadians to Join the Call for Change – Aug 22, 2024
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