Statistics
November 2011 was our busiest month ever! We served 3505 families.
How much has changed over the years between 2001 and 2010?
Average number of households visiting the Food Bank each month
2010 3,044 families
2001 2,368 families
Percentage of families visiting the Food Bank only one time during the year
2010 35.37%
2001 36.8%
Average number of visits per family during the year
2010 3.52
2001 3.27
Percentage of families with no source of income
2010 24.98%
2001 17%
Percentage of clients helped who are children and youth
2009 37.18%
2001 40.9%
With a 24% increase in the average number of families helped each month, with basically no change in the average number of visits per family each month, these statistics are disappointing to see. Not much has changed for the working poor and those on fixed incomes such as Pensions, Disability and Ontario Works.
For each year from 2000 to 2010, seven to nine thousand individuals required emergency food assistance every month. Each number represents real people living in our community.
Weight of food collected and distributed in 2008
1.41 million pounds (worth $3.06 million)
