Canadians made a record 2.35 million food bank visits in March 2026
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Food Banks Canada reported Canadians made a record 2.35 million visits to food banks in March 2026, nearly nine percent more than a year earlier and 117 percent above the 2019 level, with working people now about 18 percent of those seeking help. Policy analysts writing for The Hub argue the surge exposes gaps in social assistance, disability benefits and housing policy that have left charities to fill the void.
Only Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador bucked the trend in the charity’s HungerCount report, which draws on a February survey of its network to capture March use; demand rose everywhere else. British Columbia posted the sharpest increase, with 250,505 visits, 14 percent more than a year earlier. Ontario, the busiest province, logged 846,724 visits, close to 11 percent higher, and Quebec’s tally reached 785,889, a five percent rise. Nearly a third of visitors—32.5 percent, or roughly 776,000 visits a month—were children, and single-person households were again the most common type of client.
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