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CARE MIES · MONTRÉAL

Food bank

Bring essential food within reach of families—with dignity and without judgment.

01 · The Montréal reality

Bring essential food within reach of families—with dignity and without judgment.

In Montréal, rising housing and grocery costs leave many households with little room to manoeuvre. Lone-parent families, people living alone, newcomers and people with disabilities face heightened food-insecurity risks.

CARE MIES · MONTRÉAL

02 · The context in numbers

Indicators cover different geographies and years. They provide context without directly measuring people supported by CARE MIES.

22.9%

of people lived in a food-insecure household

Canada, 2023

47.8%

of people in lone-parent families were affected

Canada, 2023

7.0%

of the population lived below the low-income threshold

Québec, 2024

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Our local response

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Dignified welcome

Respectful support adapted to household size.

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Essential food

Food and basic goods for immediate needs.

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Guidance

Connections to social resources that can help stabilize the situation.

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The impact we want to track

✓ People and families reached

✓ Food hampers and goods distributed

✓ Frequency and continuity of support

✓ Referrals to complementary resources

Sources and methodology

Statistics Canada — vulnerability to food insecurity (2023) →Statistics Canada — Canadian Income Survey 2023 →Institut de la statistique du Québec — low income 2024 →Ask for support →