Food bank usage doubles in Cambridge Bay since end of food voucher program – CBC

Sep 03, 2025

Feds say gov’t working on longer-term solution, but hamlet struggling to keep up in the meantime

The co-ordinator at the food bank in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, says that in the weeks since residents have stopped receiving food vouchers, he’s seen nearly twice as many people need donations.

The food voucher program was funded through Indigenous Services Canada under the Inuit Child First Initiative and administered by the hamlet. In February, the federal government made changes to the program, including requiring assessments for each individual child accessing the funding and deciding community governments could no longer run it.