Edmonton's Food Bank — 2023 Annual Report

Original source: https://www.edmontonsfoodbank.com/documents/244/Annual_Report_2023_web.pdf Retrieved: 2026-07-04

Key passages (extracted from PDF):

Comparing 2019 (pre-pandemic) to 2023, "some of the changes were quite astounding": - "We served 63% more people, and saw on average 14,000 more people each month" - Staffing up 50%; volunteer hours up to "astounding 141,233 hours in 2023" (from 118,400 in 2022) - Niso (new third warehouse, opened June 21 2023) "is enabling us to serve hampers to 600 households per week"

Monthly people served through hamper programs (average): - 2019 Average — 21,385 people monthly - 2022 Average — 30,787 people monthly - 2023 Average — 34,826 people monthly ("Over 34,000 people served monthly")

Trend framing in report: "44% increase between 2019 and 2022"; "13% increase between 2022 and 2023."

Unique individuals: "75,426 people" served in 2023 (report body; the Nov 2024 update states 75,476 unique individuals in 2023 vs 67,046 in 2022 — see that clipping).

Partner meals: "collaborate with over 80 agencies to distribute about 400,000 meals and snacks annually."

Executive Director: Marjorie Bencz, CM.