Nearly 40 Percent of Ontario Food Banks Rationing Supplies Amid ‘Unprecedented’ Demand: Report

Food and goods are sorted to be sent to a food bank at a Metro grocery store In Toronto on Feb. 2, 2024. The Canadian Press/Cole Burston

Nearly 40 percent of Ontario food banks say they have been “forced to reduce the amount of food they provide” for users following a second year of “unprecedented” surge in demand, according to a new report.

“Many food banks have reached their capacity for growth, while the need in their communities continues to increase,” said Feed Ontario CEO Carolyn Stewart in the food bank network’s 2024 report titled, “Unravelling at the Seams.”