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The Food Access Guide is a complete list of places in the City of Hamilton where you can get food either for free or for a low cost. The listings include non-profit, community-based food assistance providers as of November 2009. It is updated on a yearly basis.
Check out the 2016 Food Access Guide for more information on programs and resources offered in Hamilton.
Did you know?
- Nearly 20,000 people every month access a food bank in Hamilton. That includes 6,000 children.
- Nearly 12% of Hamilton households report food insecurity due to income, meaning they're not sure if they can put food on the table.
- Neighbour to Neighbour food bank on the mountain serves 5,000 people a month, and about half of them are children.
- Between 1,200 to 2,000 children in Hamilton go without food every weekend.
- Canadians waste 40% of all food produced in the country every year, worth $27 billion. Much of this waste comes in the service industry (restaurants, hotels, and convention centres). Half of it happens in households.
Sources: City of Hamilton data; Hamilton Roundtable on Poverty; Neighbour to Neighbour Centre; Food4Kids; UN Food and Agriculture Organization Statistical Yearbook 2012; University of Guelph