Helping a generous community share its food resources
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Hunger Count Report 2026: Impossible Trade-Offs
Millions of people in Canada are running out of options.
Until recently, most people in Canada could absorb a setback.
A surprise car repair. A temporary layoff. A family illness. A modest increase in rent.
What allowed households to get through these moments was not income alone. It was the financial margin that existed around that income: savings, access to credit, support from family, or assets that could be relied on, when needed. These buffers provided confidence that a difficult month would not become a prolonged crisis.
Today, that margin is disappearing.
Years of rising housing costs, insufficient housing supply, food inflation driven by global economic shocks, broader economic uncertainty, and inadequate investment in income-support systems have steadily eroded the financial buffers many households once relied on. As a result, setbacks that were once manageable now force people into impossible trade-offs.
This year’s HungerCount tells the story of what happens when millions of people begin running out of options.
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Poverty Report Card
The Poverty Report Cards represent how well the federal, provincial and territorial government’s poverty reduction efforts are going. As poverty stems from multiple factors, including the cost of housing, everyday expenses, and the quality of the social safety net, the Report Cards examine how poverty is experienced across Canada and where federal and provincial/territorial policy improvements are needed.
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Hunger happens in every community
Description goes hereHunger is growing in every community across Ontario. Understanding what’s driving the increased need for food banks, how different levels of government can take action, and why engaging municipal leaders matters is the first step to creating meaningful change.
As incomes continue to fall further behind the cost of living, more and more people need to turn to food banks just to get by. Even though food banks are working hard to provide support to people and families struggling to make ends meet, they’re not a long-term solution to hunger.
Working together, we can support strong, coordinated solutions – so everyone in our communities has what they need to live, contribute, and succeed.
Food Waste Matters
Food connects us. It nourishes our bodies, shapes our cultures, and brings people together around tables, celebrations, and traditions. Yet across Canada—and right here in London—an astonishing amount of food never fulfills its purpose. Perfectly good food is tossed into the garbage, lost in refrigerators, or discarded before it ever reaches a plate. This avoidable waste has real consequences: economic, environmental, and social. It strains household budgets, contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, and diverts resources that could otherwise support families in need.
