Tariffs will trigger a hunger crisis

An additional 2 million people will rely on Second Harvest for food this year, creating a funding gap of $10,500,000.
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Tariffs will make life more expensive.
More people will need food charities.
Charities will have fewer resources to help.
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Tariffs= more hunger in canada. New tariffs will make things worse.
More Canadians will struggle to afford food. Tariffs could cost every Canadian up to $1900 more per year. That puts nutritious food even further out of reach.
More people will turn to food charities. Tariffs could lead to job losses and a recession, forcing even more people to reply on food charities to eat.
Text stating charitable giving is at an all-time low with less support for charities due to higher costs, leaving people with less to donate while demand for food charities rises. It highlights that 57% of charities can’t meet current demands and fewer Canadians donate each year. The Second Harvest logo and source Canada Helps are included.
Tariffs Threaten Canada's Food Industry. Tariffs could devastate industries like greenhouse vegetables, canola, potatotes and seafood - where up to 90% of production is exported.
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In Canada, Second Harvest and its partners rescued and redistributed 126 M lbs of food in 2026, averting 402 M lbs of GHGs.
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Our Children, Our Future

Lynne Ethier

We run our After School Program every day during the week. Most of our rescued food goes to this program to support the children and families. We run this program in a neighbourhood with a high risk of food insecurity. The children love this program and very much appreciate the extra food items they can enjoy and bring back to their families.

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A&W Canada

Sammi Silverman

The Second Harvest Food Rescue App makes it so easy to give back to the community. Our restaurants and their teams love participating in something so impactful. Thanks to Second Harvest for helping us on our mission to always do what is right for our communities, environment and staff.

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Covenant House

Food is the centre of everything we do at Covenant House. It is the first thing we offer a youth when they come through our doors, and it’s what fuels our young people as they work hard for a brighter future.

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