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Help Find Food

Every Wednesday

Free meals and food banks open on Wednesday in Vancouver

30 programs publish hours on Wednesdays, listed by opening time. Statutory holidays can change these hours.

Meals

Meals on Wednesday

Hot meal · women · Harm reduction

WISH Drop-In Dinner, Snack and Breakfast

WISH Drop-In Centre Society

340 Alexander Street, Vancouver, BC

  • Tue–Sat · 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. — community dinner
  • Wed–Sun · 1 a.m. – 4 a.m. — overnight snack

Breakfast · Families

Tillicum School Breakfast

Kiwassa Neighbourhood House

2425 Oxford St, Vancouver, BC

  • Mon–Fri · 8:45 a.m. – 9 a.m. — grab-and-go breakfast (except on school closure days)

Hot meal · Breakfast

Carnegie Centre Low-Cost Cafeteria

City of Vancouver - Carnegie Community Centre

401 Main Street, Vancouver, BC

  • Every day · 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. — breakfast
  • Every day · 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. — lunch
  • Every day · 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. — dinner

Hot meal · Breakfast · Youth

Covenant House Drop-In Centre Meals

Covenant House Vancouver

1302 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC

  • Every day · 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. — hot breakfast
  • Every day · 3 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. — dinner
No appointment604-685-7474

Hot meal · Breakfast · women

Crabtree Corner Community Kitchen Meals

YWCA Metro Vancouver

533 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC

  • Mon–Fri · 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. — breakfast
  • Mon–Fri · 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. — lunch drop-in (no lunch on income assistance days)

Hot meal · Breakfast

Coast Mental Health Resource Centre Meals

Coast Mental Health

1225 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC

  • Tue–Sat · 9:15 a.m. – 10 a.m. — breakfast ($1) (Centre open Tue-Sat)
  • Tue–Sat · 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. — lunch ($2) (Centre open Tue-Sat)
No appointment604-683-3787

Students · Hot meal

Agora Cafe

Agora Cafe (student-run, UBC)

2357 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC

  • Mon–Fri · 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. — Low-cost cafe (Winter session only)
No appointment

Hot meal · Breakfast

Gathering Place Cafeteria

City of Vancouver (Gathering Place Community Centre)

609 Helmcken Street, Vancouver, BC

  • Every day · 11:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. — lunch ($2.75)
  • Every day · 4:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. — dinner ($3.50)
No appointment604-665-2391

Hot meal · women · Families

Sheway Hot Lunch

Sheway (Vancouver Coastal Health partnership)

533 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC

  • Mon–Fri · 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. — hot lunch

Hot meal · Seniors

SVNH Community Lunch

South Vancouver Neighbourhood House

6470 Victoria Dr, Vancouver, BC

  • Wed · 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. — community lunch
Appointment needed604-324-6212

Hot meal · Breakfast · women

DEWC 302 Columbia Drop-In Meals

Downtown Eastside Women's Centre

302 Columbia Street, Vancouver, BC

  • Every day · 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. — lunch
  • Every day · 3 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. — snacks

Hot meal · Families

Messy Church Family Dinner

The Salvation Army Boundless Vancouver

3213 Fraser St, Vancouver, BC

  • Wed · 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. — family gathering with dinner (fourth Wednesday of each month)

Hot meal · women

DEWC 25 East Hastings Dinner

Downtown Eastside Women's Centre

25 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC

  • Every day · 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. — dinner

Groceries

Food banks and more on Wednesday

Students · Low-cost market

UBC Food Hub Market

UBC Student Services

2260 West Mall, Vancouver, BC

  • Tue–Thu · 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. — Low-cost grocery market
No appointment

Other days

Help Find Food is not an emergency service and cannot promise a program has room. Hours change, especially on holidays — call ahead if you can. If you are in danger, call 911.