Daily Bread Food Bank

Daily Bread Food Bank We are Toronto’s food bank. We are on a mission to eliminate food insecurity and advocate for solutions to end poverty.

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As a leader in the fight against hunger, Daily Bread is more than a food bank. In addition to providing food, Daily Bread also provides services such as community information and referrals, job training, crisis counselling, community gardening and community kitchens, research and public policy, the Who's Hungry report as well as training workshops for staff and volunteers at our member agencies.

09/02/2026

⏰ T-minus 12 days until Daily Bread hosts Toronto’s first major mayoral debate!

This debate will be about the issues that matter most to our community, and we want you to help shape the conversation. What questions do you want Toronto’s mayoral candidates to answer about the affordability crisis?

Drop your question in the comments, send us a DM, or submit it here: https://www.dailybread.ca/get-involved/

We may ask it live at the debate on Monday, September 14.

It's Hunger Action Month! This year, the month is infused with a heightened urgency. Toronto is deep in a food insecurit...
09/01/2026

It's Hunger Action Month! This year, the month is infused with a heightened urgency.

Toronto is deep in a food insecurity crisis. One in 10 people in Toronto are turning to food banks to make ends meet.

As a city, we can choose to despair at these numbers, or we can choose to roll up our sleeves and get to work.

Learn more about how you can move the needle this September: https://www.dailybread.ca/blog/hunger-action-month-2026/

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Calling all interested volunteers 📣📣📣For the eighth year in a row, we're joining forces with Purolator for the Red Bag c...
08/31/2026

Calling all interested volunteers 📣📣📣

For the eighth year in a row, we're joining forces with Purolator for the Red Bag campaign, part of their nationwide Tackle Hunger program.

If you're available on September 19 or September 26, we'd love your support in dropping off empty red bags or picking up bags filled with food donations in different neighbourhoods across the city.

We're aiming to collect tens of thousands of pounds in food donations so we can help set Thanksgiving tables at a time when food bank use continues to be at a record high.

Learn more about how you can get involved 👉 https://www.dailybread.ca/blog/volunteer-for-the-purolator-red-bag-campaign-2026/

These amazing teens sorted enough food for nearly 10,000 meals with us this summer. ☀️ They're part of the Toronto Polic...
08/30/2026

These amazing teens sorted enough food for nearly 10,000 meals with us this summer. ☀️

They're part of the Toronto Police Service's competitive Youth in Policing Initiative - Toronto Police Service program, in which they work alongside police officers to develop job skills and gain community experiences.

We loved having them on site three times. They even invited our Volunteer Services team to their graduation ceremony last week. It was a pretty convenient event to attend, considering their building is down the street!

Thank you for working with us in the fight to end hunger. 🤝

To learn more about volunteering with us, visit: https://www.dailybread.ca/get-involved/volunteer/individual-volunteering/

08/28/2026

Our fundraising team carries a lot on their shoulders! 🏋️ They have high goals because they know the funds they raise put food on the table for families facing hunger across the city.

This year, Daily Bread Food Bank will be spending $22 million on purchased food, compared to $1.5 million pre-pandemic. Much of these funds will be raised in the busy fall.

As we head into the cooler months, you can kick-start our efforts by starting a food drive or fundraiser of your own. Together, we can make sure no one in our city goes hungry. 💛

Find out more: https://www.dailybread.ca/get-involved/hosting-and-fundraising/

08/26/2026

Big news, Toronto! 🚨

Daily Bread is hosting the first mayoral debate featuring all three leading mayoral candidates on Sept 14, and you’re invited!

But before the candidates take the stage, we want to hear from you.

What would you ask Toronto’s next mayor?

Whether it’s about housing, food insecurity, affordability or another issue that matters to you, share your question in the comments, send us a DM or submit it here: https://www.dailybread.ca/get-involved/

Your question could be asked live at the debate.

08/25/2026

It's one of the biggest misconceptions we hear at Daily Bread: All we give out is canned goods. 🥫

And while we do give out cans — canned fish is a particularly popular choice among clients — 73% of the food we distributed last fiscal year was fresh or frozen, not shelf-stable.

So for every 4 pounds we distributed, about 3 pounds were produce, milk, yogurt, eggs, meat and more. 🥕 🍅 🥚 🥬 🥩

Follow for more mythbusters from Toronto's largest food bank.

We put the issues of affordability and poverty front and centre in last week’s debate for Beaches-East York federal cand...
08/25/2026

We put the issues of affordability and poverty front and centre in last week’s debate for Beaches-East York federal candidates that we co-hosted with Calvary Baptist Church Toronto on Main Street, home to Calvary Grace Food Bank.

Participating candidates were:
- Shannon Devine, Canada’s NDP / Le NPD du Canada
- Bruce Livesey, Green Party of Canada | Parti vert du Canada
- Tanveer Shahnawaz, Liberal Party of Canada | Parti libéral du Canada

Thank you so much to our co-hosting partner; to moderator Reza Khoshdel, executive director of Community Centre 55; to the candidates; and to the nearly 200 people who watched in person or online.

Election day is Monday, August 31. Don’t forget to vote!

Read more and watch the recording: https://www.dailybread.ca/blog/beaches-east-york-candidates-debate-ahead-of-aug-31-by-election/

08/21/2026

The fight to end hunger cannot be won alone.

We're grateful to have each one of you beside us as we work toward a future where everyone can realize their right to food.

Follow for more behind-the-scenes content of Toronto's food bank. 💛

What a night for civic engagement. 👏👏👏 Over 230 community members attended our Scarborough Southwest provincial candidat...
08/20/2026

What a night for civic engagement. 👏👏👏 Over 230 community members attended our Scarborough Southwest provincial candidates' debate either in person or online to hear contenders' plans to tackle top issues of affordability, food insecurity and more.

Participating candidates were:
- Mark Bekkering, Green Party of Ontario
- Ahsanul Hafiz, Ontario Liberal Party / Parti Libéral de l'Ontario
- Fatima Shaban, Ontario NDP

Huge thanks to our debate co-hosts: West Scarborough Neighbourhood Community Centre, Scarborough United Neighbourhoods and South Asian Women's and Immigrants' Services (SAWRO). Thank you to our moderator, Reza Khoshdel, executive director of Community Centre 55; all the candidates; and all the attendees.

Make your voice heard and vote in the September 3 by-election!

For more info on the debate and to view a recording, visit: https://www.dailybread.ca/blog/over-230-people-attend-scarborough-southwest-debate/

Photo credit: John Ardosa-Morinaj

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191 New Toronto Street
Toronto, ON
M8V2E7

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Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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