Hunger exists in every corner of Ontario. This is what it looks like in:
Food Bank Use
People used a food bank a total of times
In Ontario, 967,978 people used a food bank 7.4 million times in 2023. In many communities, food bank use is higher than what is represented.
%
Of those visitors were children.
In Ontario, 29% of food bank visitors are children, even though they only represent 19% of the general population.
Food banks are here to serve people in need, but we can't do it alone.
Housing
% of households in are renters, and % of those renters are in core housing need. Unfortunately, the wait list for social housing in is households long.
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Average rent for a 1-bedroom apartment in
Rent is considered affordable when it’s less than 30% of gross income. In most places in Ontario, rent consumes far more than that, leaving little for essentials like food.
% of Ontario Works
% of Ontario Disability Support Program
% of Minimum wage, full-time
% of Minimum wage, part-time
Hunger and Poverty
In 2021, poverty in :
%
Poverty Rate
In Ontario, 10% of people live in poverty
%
Child Poverty
In Ontario, 11.5% of children live in poverty
Invest in a strong social safety net
Align social assistance rates with the cost of living, modernize rules to ensure resilience and dignity, improve access to supports, extend social assistance benefit coverage
Invest in affordable housing
Strengthen laws to protect tenants and create more affordable housing, invest in social and supportive housing, expand the housing benefit
Invest in a strong workforce
Develop and protect labour laws that benefit workers, allow low-income workers to keep more of their income, enhance worker support programs like WSIB
Learn more at feedontario.ca/policy-recommendations/
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