Mississauga Food Bank

Founded in 1985, Mississauga Food Bank is the largest food bank in Mississauga. It aims to relieve hunger in Mississauga by providing and promoting access to healthy food for people in need.  It collects donated food from corporations, schools and the community, and manages the distribution of food to 9 local food banks that feed hungry people in Mississauga. Clients of the Mississauga Food Bank are assigned a food bank based on their postal code. They are provided with 7-10 days’ worth of food once each month. It also provides food to 44 agencies that send food to breakfast clubs, soup kitchens, shelters and after-school programs. The food bank reports that 15% (over 100,000 people) of Mississauga’s population lives in poverty. In 2019, 39% of the food bank’s 19,525 clients were children and 6% were seniors.