Food Banks Canada
$35,840,000.00 CAD
≈ $0.87 for every person in Canada
≈ 463 Canadians' average pay for a year
- Department
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Program
- Emergency Food Security Fund
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2021-2022
- Agreement period
- April 1, 2021 – January 31, 2023
- Reference
- aafc-aac:235-2021-2022-Q2-00104
Published purpose
The objective of this project is to address the increased visits during the pandemic, the closure of usual revenues streams like thrift stores and disruption in in-kind donations to some food banks, the supply shortages and lack of transportation, funds and personnel to purchase food.
Community tags
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Good value
Local impact
Needs context
Questionable
Success story
Wasteful
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