Hunger Report 2017: The Rising Cost of Housing and its Impact on Hunger in Ontario

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Who Uses Banks? Food NUMBER OF UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS VISITING ONTARIO’S FOOD BANKS, 2016-<strong>2017</strong>: 499,415 THAT’S BIGGER THAN THE POPULATION OF LONDON AND MIDDLESEX COUNTY: 455,526 NUMBER OF VISITS TO ONTARIO’S FOOD BANKS 2016-<strong>2017</strong>: 2,861,872 THAT WOULD FILL THE ROGERS CENTER MORE THAN 56 times 33% OF FOOD BANK CLIENTS WERE CHILDREN
here are a number <strong>of</strong> misconceptions related to who it is that vis<strong>its</strong> food banks, how <strong>of</strong>ten they access these services, <strong>and</strong> what brought them there initially. However, the reality is that these individuals are hardworking families, Tadults living with a disability, children, <strong>and</strong> senior citizens – people who simply do not have the means to afford their most basic necessities. More <strong>of</strong>ten than not, food banks are visited on a temporary basis by individuals requiring emergency food support. Over the last year, 29 per cent <strong>of</strong> all food bank clients accessed food bank services only once, <strong>and</strong> over 50 per cent <strong>of</strong> clients visited three times or less. <strong>The</strong> total number <strong>of</strong> vis<strong>its</strong> to food banks each month, however, remained relatively consistent with an average <strong>of</strong> 238,497 vis<strong>its</strong> per month, network-wide. What this means is that, every month, there are hundreds <strong>of</strong> thous<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> adults, seniors <strong>and</strong> families that are walking a very fine line between just barely surviving <strong>and</strong> falling into the deepest levels <strong>of</strong> poverty. FIGURE 1.1: NUMBER OF TIMES FOOD BANK CLIENTS VISIT PER YEAR 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% FIGURE 1.2: VISITS TO FOOD BANKS, PER MONTH 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 April May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 5
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