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ABSTRACT
In 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in widespread school closures and a consequent pause in school food programs (SFP), stakeholder groups soon found alternate methods for delivering meals and snacks to students. This paper examines the breadth of school food programming in Canada during the pandemic. SFPs collectively offered meals (breakfast was most frequent), food boxes, and gift cards and average weekly distributions were over 10,000 meals. In most cases, the programs provided enough food/coupons to feed multiple or all household members. Almost half the programs received funding from provincial/territorial governments and around two-thirds received charitable contributions.
Acknowledgments
We wish to thank the Coalition for Healthy School Food for support in distributing the survey.
Authors Contribution
SDG. Conception and design of the manuscript, analysis, and interpretation of data, drafting, and revising manuscript
R.E. Conception and design on the study, quality control, data extraction, and revising the manuscript
M.M. Conception and design on the study, and revising the manuscript
A.R. Revising the manuscript
Disclosure Statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Data Availability Statement
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Notes
1. Because contains percentage of each of the multiple types of programs offered, the responses do not add to 100.
2. Respondents received funding from multiple sources, and distributed food via various methods. Hence, indicators presented in do not add to 100.