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CTV News
4 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
Meals for P.E.I. students increased by nearly 300K from 2022 to 2023
P.E.I. students received more than 800,000 meals in 2023. (Source: Government of Prince Edward Island) In 2023, Prince Edward Island students received more than 800,000 meals through a school food program, representing a spike of nearly 300,000 from the previous year. The Government of P.E.I. says the number of student meals rose by close to 290,000 from 2022 to 2023. The program, which is the only provincewide school food initiative in Canada, is bolstered by $7.1 million across three years from the National School Food Program. 'Participation in food-related programs has continued to grow since 2023, and government has continued to increase budgets to meet those demands,' said Adina Naul, chair of P.E.I.'s Poverty Elimination Council, in a news release. P.E.I. also says it is now spending $8.7 million on food insecurity programs this fiscal year, with $2.5 million coming from the federal government. In the 2022-2023 fiscal year, the government spent $4.6 million on those programs. P.E.I., citing data from Statistics Canada, says the food insecurity rate dropped from 28.6 per cent in 2022 to 24.6 per cent in 2023, the lowest rate in Atlantic Canada. The province's news release did not have the food insecurity rate for 2024. The Statistics Canada data does not reflect inflation over the past two years or the recent impacts of tariffs. For more P.E.I. news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
CTV News
08-05-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Council restores funding to school food program
Vancouver Watch Vancouver city councillors unanimously passed a motion Wednesday to restore an annual fund to help the city's school board provide student meals.
