Toronto’s child hunger rates nearly double as city sees 4.1M food bank visits: report

By Sadeen Mohsen When Volodymyr Kravchuk visits the Daily Bread Food Bank, he’s constantly thinking about his two young sons. The Toronto resident is often looking for milk, eggs and vegetables such as potatoes or carrots, to make sure his children get the nutrition they need. Kravchuk and his family moved to Canada from Ukraine in September 2023 and he remembers having to start his life over from scratch. While he holds degrees in psychology and marketing, Kravchuk said it’s been difficult finding stable employment and there are essentials that he has to turn to food banks for. “Sometimes, somebody can lose their job (and) need more money to feed his family,” Kravchuk, who sometimes volunteers at Daily Bread, said. “In one day, everything can change.” A new report from…

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