Statistics

— How much has changed in the 8 years between 2001 and 2009? —

Average number of households visiting the Food Bank each month

            2009        3,115 families

            2001        2,368 families 

Percentage of families visiting the Food Bank only one time during the year

            2009        35.18%

            2001        36.8% 

Average number of visits per family during the year

            2009        3.51

            2001        3.27 

Percentage of families with no source of income

            2009        27.48%

            2001        17% 

Percentage of clients helped who are children and youth

            2009        37.42%

            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.

This is the highest average in our short history. For each year from 2000 to 2009, 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).