In March 2022 alone, food banks across Canada had 1.5 million visits, a 15 per cent increase from the year prior and the highest recorded usage on record.
, shows more Canadians than ever need access to food.
"According to the survey respondents, the top three reasons people accessed a food bank this year were food costs, low provincial social assistance rates, and housing costs," the report reads., the same reported for September. Inflation has been declining for several months, even as the prices of gas and groceries continue to soar.
"In last year’s report, we referred to this as a 'perfect storm,' with the rare combination of largescale unemployment occurring simultaneously with food and housing inflation," theThose hit the hardest are already people with lower incomes struggling to keep food on the table. "Food insecurity in Nunavut was already called the longest-lasting public health emergency in Canadian history," Rachel Blais, executive director of Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre, previously told CTVNews.ca. "And this is before the drastic increases in food prices and the resulting demand on food charities in the territory."
The increase in food bank usage during the pandemic was a stark increase from years prior, but organizations continue to see increases in usage despite unemployment dropping.
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