Food Bank Usage on the Rise

The food bank usage in all of Canada is increasing alot. The main factor of why people are using the food banks more is that people don't have enough substantial income for a job due to the recession, many people that use the food banks have part time low paying jobs, they use that money to buy necessities for their families and they use the food bank to cover food costs. A survey done shows that there are over 867, 948 people that use food banks as of March 2010, of this population 9.2 percent used a food bank for the very first time, there are many children under the age of 18 that use food banks, half of the families that use the food banks have children, and 17 percent have employment income. Food banks are becoming increasingly popular for many families to keep them afloat in the economy today it is due to the lack of economic stability that Canada has been witnessing over the past couple of years.





I believe that when the economy gets strong again and people are getting re-employed the usage and demand for the food bank will decrease. The usage of the food bank is highly dependent on peoples income if they have a lower income they will use the food bank to support their families for food so they can spend money on other necessities like their house or mortgage. I believe that having the food bank available for easy access is important, it is important for people to be fed and it is amazing how we have the power to keep people fed as a community. As stated in my earlier blogs the amount of mortgages taken are drastically showing due to the economy, it shows how people are paying off mortgages and are not having enough money for food therefore they are using the supplied food banks to supply. For the reasons stated I feel that food banks and the rise of their usage is a good thing.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/11/16/food-bank-survey016.html