Generous Hearts Food Drive

FACTS OF HUNGER
Your Contribution makes Dollars and Sense

Of the 851,014 individual assisted by food baniks in March 2011:
38% were under age 18
47% were women
4.4% were senior citizens aged 65 and over
10% self-identified as First Nations, Metis, or Inuit in the four western promises
11.4% were recent immigrants or refugees in Canada overall;
18.5% were immigrants or refugees in cities with population of at least 300,000
90,193 Individuals (11% of National figures) were so assisted in British Columbia alone, making our province the third highest, with Ontario 395,106 (46%) and Quebec 155,539 (18%) in the lead.