Ottawa Food Bank urges City Hall to declare a food insecurity crisis [Video]

The Ottawa Food Bank is seeing a record number of people turning to the agency for help, and it expects the numbers to continue to rise heading into the holiday season.

“In October, our network saw the highest number of visits we’ve ever seen in our 40-year history,” Rachael Wlson, CEO of the Ottawa Food Bank, told CTV Morning Live, adding more than 50,000 people used the food bank in October.

CTV Morning Live and the Ottawa Food Bank kicked off the 2024 Holiday Helpers Food Drive on Monday, looking to raise food and money to support the food bank and its agencies through the holidays and into 2025.

“The need in Ottawa right now is incredibly high; it’s at historic levels, unfortunately,” Wilson said. “We’re seeing more and more people needing to access the food bank than we ever have before.”

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