Hunger is both a local and global issue. Here are some quick facts about hunger in Toronto, Canada and Worldwide.

About Hunger in the GTA

• 31%of GTA food bank clients are children
• 16%of children go hungry at least once a week
• 41%of adults go hungry at least once a week
• 34%have a college diploma, bachelor’s degree or higher
• $750is the median monthly income for a food bank client
• 71%of income is spent on housing (rent/mortgage including utilities)
• There were700,700 to Daily Bread Food Bank Member Agencies Visits between April 2013 and March 2014

Source: ‘Hunger Snapshot, Fighting Hunger’; Daily Bread Food Bank 2014 Snapshot of Hunger In The GTA. Read the full report here.

About Hunger in Canada

• Each month, close over 800,000Canadians are assisted by food banks
• Nearly 90,000 people each month access a food bank for the first time
• 9%of those helped are children and youth
• 4%of adults helped are over 65

Source: ‘HungerCount 2014’; Food Banks Canada. Read the full report here.

About World Hunger

• Hunger is the world’s #1 health risk. It kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined
• 1 in 7 people in the world will go to bed hungry tonight
• 1 out of 6 children in developing countries are underweight
• There are more hungry people in the world than the combined populations of USA, Canada and the European Union

Source: World Food Programme hunger stats. Read more here.