The number of Albertans forced to turn to a food bank in order to put food on the family table has taken a huge jump in 2025, according to the latest numbers from Food Banks Canada.

The 2025 Hunger Report , released on Monday, said there was an average of 210,541 visits made to Alberta food banks in each month of this year.

That’s a jump of 21.8 per cent compared with 2024 and the second-largest increase in food bank use in the country.

Only the territories, where food bank use increased by 22.9 per cent year over year, saw a bigger spike.

Of those Albertans who relied on a food bank, the report said 75,968 visits, more than a third, were for children under 18 years of age.

Nationally, there were 2.166 million visits to a food bank in March — an increase of five per cent compared

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