Record numbers of British Columbians turned to food banks this year to feed themselves and their families.

A report from Food Banks BC found that more people with full-time jobs continued to need support from the food bank.

“While it is deplorable that anyone in our province is unable to access the food they need, it is the normalization of this situation that must be among our gravest concerns,” the executive director of Food Banks BC, Dan Huang-Taylor said in the foreword of the report.

“For an increasing number of people, the food bank is no longer a temporary supplement during a difficult period, but a necessary, entrenched lifeline of support.”

The report found that 1.3 million British Columbians, or 24.4 per cent, are experiencing food insecurity.

In March 2025, 113,606 people

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