HUNGERCOUNT 2007

The number of food bank clients remains high: 720,231 Canadians visited a food bank in March 2007.  This is a number virtually equivalent to the population of the province of New Brunswick.

38.7% of the total food bank clients are children.

NOVA SCOTIA HUNGER FACTS 2007

- Total number of people using food banks in March 2007 – 18,417, which represents an 12.1% overall increase from 1997
*This number rises to more than 40,000 people per month when factoring in those individuals who rely on food from shelters, meal programs, drop-in centres, etc., serviced by FEED NOVA SCOTIA.

Who uses food banks in Nova Scotia (based on 2007 HungerCount) ?

- 9.4% represent the working poor - fourth largest recipient group

- 10.2% represent pensioners - third largest recipient group

- 13.3% represent persons with disabilities - second largest recipient group

- 53.9% represent individuals on social assistance - the largest recipient group

- Approximately 2/3 of food bank households are a combination of single people (38.6%) and single parents (27.5%)

Download "Letter to the Editor" - Home heating clawback Published  October 22, 2005 - Chronicle Herald October 21, 2005 - The Daily News

Download "Letter to the Editor" - Nova Scotia Power rate increase. Published  July 29, 2005 - Chronicle Herald July 29, 2005 - The Daily News

Download "Letter to the Editor" - 2004 National Council of Welfare’s report on welfare income. Published  June 16, 2005 - Chronicle Herald June 14, 2005 The Daily News

Download The Canadian Federal Labour Standards Review Submission by FEED NOVA SCOTIA.

Download HungerCount 2005  - Published by the Canadian Association of  Food Banks Download HungerCount - Nova Scotia Supplement 2005  - Published by FEED NOVA SCOTIA