Canadian Food Banks Starting to Ration as Donations Fall and Demand Increases

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

Canada’s ongoing cost-of-living crisis has left food banks struggling with an increasing demand for their services and fewer donations, with some banks being forced to ration their dwindling supplies.

“We hate to reach a point where we have to give less food or serve fewer people, but that is definitely where we are at right now,” said Food Banks Alberta executive director Shawna Bissell.