Record-Breaking 1 Million Ontarians Used Food Banks in Past Year

Record-Breaking 1 Million Ontarians Used Food Banks in Past Year
Boxes wait to be filled with provisions at the Daily Bread Food Bank warehouse in Toronto on March 18, 2020. The Canadian Press/Chris Young
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More than one million Ontarians visited a food bank during the last fiscal year, a 25 percent increase compared to the year prior, according to a new report by Feed Ontario.

“When we released record-breaking data last year, we thought that was the high-water mark,” Feed Ontario CEO Carolyn Stewart said in a press release. “But food bank use has only continued to climb as more Ontarians find themselves struggling to make ends meet.”