Table 3 Limitations in the delivery of food assistance, by city
From: A survey of food bank operations in five Canadian cities
| Â | Victoria | Edmonton | Toronto | Quebec City | Halifax | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n (%) | |||||
Clients need more food than food bank is able to provide. | 17 (58.6) | 45 (66.2) | 95 (77.9) | 61 (67.8) | 26 (83.9) | 244 (71.8) |
Agency would expand food program if more resources were available | 17 (58.6) | 33 (48.5) | 91 (74.6) | 50 (55.6) | 22 (71.0) | 213 (62.7) |
Agency sometimes altered the variety of food provided due to lack of food | 11 (37.9) | 23 (33.8) | 76 (62.3) | 43 (47.8) | 15 (48.4) | 168 (49.4) |
Agency sometimes cut the size of the hampers provided because of insufficient food | 2 (6.9) | 16 (23.5) | 64 (52.5) | 43 (47.8) | 15 (48.4) | 140 (41.2) |
Agency sometimes took additional measures to restrict accessa | 4 (13.8) | 10 (14.7) | 43 (35.3) | 28 (31.1) | 8 (25.8) | 93 (27.4) |