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New Report Warns: Ontario Is Facing Increased Homelessness, Strain on Health Care, and Community Instability
Food bank visits rose 13% to 8.7 million in 2025, with one-third of users being children or people with disabilities, highlighting growing economic insecurity, Feed Ontario said.
- Feed Ontario released the 2025 Hunger Report, showing over 1 million Ontarians made 8.7 million visits between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025.
- High housing costs, stagnant wages and precarious work have pushed more Ontarians to emergency food programs, and the report links rising food-bank use to homelessness spikes and health-care strain.
- By the numbers, the report shows 76 were renters, 61 on social assistance, 29% children, visits rose from five–six to nine–10 times per year among food bank users.
- Food banks warn they may be unable to sustain operations, saying more than half fear running out and 1 in 10 have reduced services, risking turning people away.
- It recommends a new poverty‑reduction approach and immediate investments, as Feed Ontario warns over 1 million Ontarians relied on food banks last year, with needs expected to continue into 2026.
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More than 1 million people in Ontario needed a food bank in the past year: Hunger Report
The Hunger Report released by Feed Ontario on Monday says more than one million people needed to access a food bank or hunger-relief organization in the last year and they made more than 8.7 million visits. The report marks the ninth year in a row food bank use has increased and it says food insecurity is impacting housing, health care and communities.
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New Report Warns: Ontario Is Facing Increased Homelessness, Strain on Health Care, and Community Instability
TORONTO, Dec. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Feed Ontario’s 2025 Hunger Report, released today, warns that escalating food bank use is an indicator that homelessness, strain on the health care system, and instability within communities are set to rise if…
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