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Hunger Count Report 2025

The latest Who’s Hungry 2025 report– a profile of food insecurity and poverty in Toronto – has just been released. More than 
4.1 million client visited Toronto food banks last year, including ours – a staggering 340% increase since 2019.  Today, more than one in ten Torontonians continue to rely on food banks. Learn more here.


A Community Conversation on Food Insecurity

Nourish East End is a part of East End United Regional Ministry. Our community is having a conversation about what more we can do to reduce food insecurity and support people in our community. Please join us! November 3 at 7:00 pm at the Food Hub, 1470 Gerrard St.

Support People Living with Disabilities - End Legislated Poverty!

Over 30% of the people who visit Nourish East End turn to us for basic necessities, because they cannot afford food with the funds provided by government disability programs. 
 
The Ontario Disability Support Program was recently indexed to inflation (a good step) but the maximum support for a single individual is still below the poverty line and far less than the average cost of a one-bedroom apartment in Toronto. Our governments are legislating poverty for people, who the system recognizes as disabled.
Poster for disability benefit
Join Nourish East End and other Daily Bread Food Bank agencies in advocating for a Canada-wide Disability Benefit to help address the crisis of poverty for our most vulnerable neighbours.
 
This past summer, long awaited legislation that commits the federal
government to providing income supports for low-income, working-age Canadians with disabilities was passed through Parliament. With Bill C-22: The Canada Disability Benefit Act, there is potential to dramatically reduce poverty and food insecurity in our country, at a time when people living with disabilities need it more than ever.
 
However, to make these impacts a reality, the Government of Canada must act urgently to allocate full funding for the Canada Disability Benefit in the forthcoming 2024 Federal Budget and get it into the pockets of people with disabilities who need it. Use this link to send your MP a letter calling for a fully funded Disability Benefit in the upcoming Federal budget

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