Founded in 1985, the Canadian Association of Food Banks (CAFB) is a national charitable organization representing the food bank community across Canada.
CAFB is the voice of food banks in Canada, with members and their respective agencies serving approximately 90 % of people accessing emergency food programs nation-wide. In an average month in 2007, over 720,000 different people accessed food banks, 39% of which were children.
In 2007, CAFB moved 8 million pounds of food industry donations to its members through the National Food Sharing System with voluntary transportation. In addition to food received from the CAFB, community-run food banks rely primarily on volunteers to collect and distribute an estimated 150 million pounds of food per year.
While CAFB provides food daily for people in need, its ultimate goal is a hunger-free Canada.
