HungerCount 2024 Survey

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The primary purpose of the annual HungerCount survey is to provide a national and provincial snapshot of food bank and meal program use in Canada. The HungerCount provides a solid foundation from which the food bank network can advocate municipal, provincial, and federal governments for policies that will reduce the need for food banks. It is also a valuable tool for demonstrating to current and prospective donors that the need for their support continues.

Thank you for participating in the 2024 HungerCount survey. Please complete this questionnaire by APRIL 25, 2024.
 

This year’s HungerCount survey is a bit different.

Food Banks Canada has added a few questions into the survey for 2024.  These questions will help to inform policy recommendations and aid food banks in better supporting vulnerable people in their communities.

The HungerCount survey we have created for 2024 still focuses on core questions regarding food bank use.

As you answer the questions in this year’s survey, please keep the following in mind:

1. We have changed some of the questions slightly this year. Carefully read the questions, as well as the instructions, and contact your provincial association or Food Banks Canada if you are unclear about anything.
2. Count hamper/grocery (food bank) and meal/snack programs separately and keep them separate. Never combine numbers from hamper/grocery and meal programs – report them in different sections of the survey as noted.
   NOTE:  A food bank hamper/grocery program provides multiple days’ worth of food for people to take home.
   A meal or snack program provides for people to eat food on-site.
3. As in every other HungerCount survey, we are asking you to provide information for the month of March only.

Data Privacy and Security

Many food banks help to protect their clients’ privacy by asking HungerCount questions in a private area rather than, for example, while clients are waiting in line to pick up food. Most importantly, clients are not required to answer detailed HungerCount survey questions. It is their choice whether or not to participate.

Food Banks Canada HungerCount Data Use Policy

Food Banks Canada uses information from the HungerCount survey to provide government, academia, the media, the general public, current and prospective donors, and other audiences with information about food bank and other food program use in Canada.

Food Banks Canada reserves the right to use and disseminate national-, provincial-, regional-, and, when appropriate, community-level information provided in the HungerCount at its discretion. Food Banks Canada will not, however, release information respecting an individual organization to media, government, or the general public, without first consulting with that organization.

If you are interrupted while completing the survey you may click on the "Save and continue later" bar that appears at the top of each page, starting on the second page of the survey. If you choose to have the link emailed to your email address, be aware that the message might get diverted by your spam filter. So please check there if the message does not appear in your Inbox.

If you have any technical issues you may email the survey administrator Paul Stewart (pstewart@brammresearch.com).

For your information, if there is a red asterisk* following the text of any question, then that question is mandatory - it must be answered in order to proceed.

When you are ready to begin, simply click on the "Next" button at the bottom of the page. If you are using a phone or tablet to complete this survey, please use the "arrow" button on the bottom right hand corner of your screen to advance to the next page.
  Let’s get started!