Calgary Food Bank workers sorting through a delivery of food from Calgary Co-Op on Nov. 2, 2022.
The Calgary Food Bank said a new report which shows national food bank use has risen to the highest levels on record highlights an affordability issue in Calgary — and across the country.The head of the Calgary Food Bank says a new report showing national food bank use has risen to the highest levels on record highlights an affordability issue in Calgary and across the country.
In September 2019, she said, there were about 300 households a day coming to the Calgary Food Bank for emergency food hampers.While the report said the most common income source for food bank clients is provincial social assistance, From noted many of the people they see are employed. The annual HungerCount report compiles surveys from food security organizations across the country as well as food bank usage.
"This drop substantially affected not only those in the lowest-income households, but also those in higher income brackets. People who were just managing to make ends meet before — including an increasing proportion of people who are employed — now found themselves struggling," the report said. "These are obviously adults and caregivers who are coming to the food bank and subscribing to emergency food hampers on behalf of their family. That includes minor children. And for us at the Calgary Food Bank right now, almost 30 per cent of our emergency food hamper clients are children," she said.food banks and services at Alberta post-secondary institutions saw approximately double the demand for food from students this academic year, compared to the previous year.
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