A new report on food bank usage across the country is revealing an overall uptick in demand, with Saskatchewan seeing a five-per cent increase from last year.

The annual HungerCount report released by Food Banks Canada says nearly 2.2 million people visited food banks across the country in March 2025 — nearly double the amount from March 2019.

In Saskatchewan, an average of 55,310 people visited a food bank per month this year, with single people, renters and those living off social assistance the most highly represented.

The executive director of a Saskatoon food bank says her organization is seeing around 23,000 people per month, up from around 17,000 people in 2019.

“ It’s perhaps been a little bit slower than what you see nationally, but we definitely are seeing an increase in

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