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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

03

Our local response

01

Dignified welcome

Respectful support adapted to household size.

02

Essential food

Food and basic goods for immediate needs.

03

Guidance

Connections to social resources that can help stabilize the situation.

04

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 →