How to Donate Food to a Food Bank in Quebec
A practical guide to donating food to a food bank in Quebec, with the local food banks you can support today.
Food insecurity is a real and growing pressure for households in Quebec. Donating food to a local food bank is one of the most direct ways to help. This guide explains the need in Quebec, what food banks need most, and how to give so your donation goes furthest.
Food insecurity in Quebec
Food banks in Quebec recorded 746,411 visits (2025-03). Food assistance requests in Quebec: 3,119,842 (2025-03). About 598,087 people in Quebec experienced food insecurity (2025-03). The food insecurity rate in Quebec was 15.7% (2025).
Food banks in Quebec
These food banks serve Quebec and the surrounding area. You can donate to any of them through Heart2Cart:
- Accueil Blanche-Goulet de Gaspé in Gaspé, Quebec
- Banques alimentaires du Québec / Food Banks of Quebec in Longueuil, Quebec
- CAB des Îles-de-la-Madeleine in Cap-aux-Meules (Îles-de-la-Madeleine), Quebec
- Centre d'action bénévole Ascension-Escuminac in Matapédia, Quebec
- Centre d'action bénévole de la Minganie in Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec
- Collectif Aliment-Terre in Paspébiac, Quebec
- Comptoir alimentaire de Sept-Îles (CASI) in Sept-Îles, Quebec
- La Moisson Maskoutaine in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
- La REssourcerie (Moisson Rouyn-Noranda) in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
- Le Garde-Manger Pour Tous in Montréal, Quebec
- Moisson Beauce in Saint-Georges, Quebec
- Moisson Estrie in Sherbrooke, Quebec
What food banks need most
Food banks welcome shelf stable staples like canned vegetables, beans, pasta, rice, cereal, peanut butter, and canned fish such as tuna and salmon. Many also need fresh produce, dairy, and protein when they can store it. The single most useful thing you can give is often a financial gift, because food banks buy in bulk at rates a household cannot match, so a dollar stretches into more meals than the same dollar spent at the store.
How to donate food in Quebec
1. Pick a food bank in Quebec from the list above.
2. Choose what to give. Heart2Cart lets you fill a cart with real food items and see your impact in meals, not just dollars.
3. Give securely. Heart2Cart passes your gift to the food bank you chose so they can buy exactly what their community needs.
Every gift, large or small, helps a neighbour in Quebec put food on the table.
Sources
- fbc_hungercount_2025 (2025-03)
- banques_alimentaires_quebec_2025 (2025-03)
- fbc_hungercount_2025 (2025-03)
- proof_hfi_canada_2023 (2023)
- ca-deep-second-harvest (2026)
- ca-deep-second-harvest (2023)
- ca-deep-second-harvest (2024)
- ca-deep-second-harvest (2020)
Frequently asked questions
Where can I donate food in Quebec?
You can donate to any food bank serving Quebec through Heart2Cart. Pick one from the list on this page and give in a few minutes.
What do food banks in Quebec need most?
Shelf stable staples and canned fish are always useful, but a financial gift usually helps most because food banks buy in bulk and turn each dollar into more meals.
Is my donation tax deductible?
Food banks that work directly with Heart2Cart can send an official donation receipt. For others, your gift is a contribution that buys food, directed entirely to that food bank.
Food banks in Quebec
- Accueil Blanche-Goulet de Gaspé
- Banques alimentaires du Québec / Food Banks of Quebec
- CAB des Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- Centre d'action bénévole Ascension-Escuminac
- Centre d'action bénévole de la Minganie
- Collectif Aliment-Terre