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Help Find Food

Every Friday

Free meals and food banks open on Friday in Vancouver

31 programs publish hours on Fridays, listed by opening time. Statutory holidays can change these hours.

Meals

Meals on Friday

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

Maundy Café

Christ Church Cathedral

690 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC

  • Mon, Thu, Fri · 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. — lunch
No appointment604-682-3848

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

MPNH Community Lunch

Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House

800 E Broadway, Vancouver, BC

  • Fri · 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. — community lunch (2nd Friday of every month)
Appointment needed604-879-8208

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 · 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 Friday

Food bank · Groceries

The Door Is Open Food Bank Bags

The Door Is Open (Catholic Charities)

255 Dunlevy Avenue, Vancouver, BC

  • Thu, Fri · 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. — food bags (first three Thursdays and Fridays of every month)

Groceries

Nourishing Hope Food Program

The Salvation Army Boundless Vancouver

3213 Fraser St, Vancouver, BC

  • Fri · 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. — hamper pickup (drop in to book a same-day time slot; limited slots)
Appointment needed604-872-7676

Groceries

Friday Food Distribution

Kitsilano Neighbourhood House

2305 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC

  • Fri · 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. — food distribution (Weekly registration required (lottery for time slots))
Appointment needed604-736-3588

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.