Ontarians continue to be using food banks at a record-breaking rate, with a new report warning the number of users grew for the ninth straight year as some families are “barely holding on.”

“What we’re seeing is really a greater depth of need in with the affordability crisis,” said Carolyn Stewart, CEO of Feed Ontario which released the report. “It’s really pushing more families from really that just getting-by area to barely holding on.”

The Hunger Report, released Monday, showed more than a million Ontarians needed a food bank in the last year and made an estimated 8.7 million visits during that time, a one per cent and 13 per cent increase from the previous year respectively.

The report notes it reflects visitors to food banks between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025.

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