Free Food & Meal Resources in Duncan, BC

Cowichan Valley Basket Society (Duncan Foodbank)

📍 5810 Garden St, Duncan

📞 250-746-1566

✉️ office@cvbs.ca

🌐 www.cvbs.ca

• Coffee, tea & snacks Mon–Fri 8:30am–4:30pm & Sat 8:30am–3:30pm
• Hot or bagged lunches Mon–Fri 11am–3:30pm & Sat 11am–2:30pm
• Sunday Sandwiches (and stat holidays) 12–1pm
• Easy-carry hamper every 14 days for unhoused people
• Food hampers Mon–Fri 10am–12:15pm (appointment or drop-in)
• Saturday hampers 10am–12:30pm by pre-order — phone ahead

Cowichan Green Community (CGC)

📍 2431 Beverly St, Duncan

📞 250-748-8506

✉️ info@cowichangreencommunity.org

🌐 cowichangreencommunity.org

• Meals on Wheels — hot supper Mon–Sat, delivered 4–5pm; $10–$12.50/meal
• Cob Oven Pizza @ Centennial Park, Tue & Thu 12–3pm (youth 18–30)
• BCAFM Nutrition Coupon Program — apply at CGC
• Kin Park Pantry, 5789 Alderlea St — take what you need, leave what you can
• Seniors Lunch 1st Wednesday monthly 10:45am, Trinity Church, 2704 James St

Hiiye’yu Lelum Society — House of Friendship

📍 5462 Trans-Canada Hwy, Duncan

📞 250-748-2242

✉️ ajack@hofduncan.org

🌐 www.hofduncan.org

• Breakfast Mon 6–10:30am, Tue–Thu 6–9:30am, Fri 6–10:30am
• Food package delivery and meals (program-dependent)
• Perinatal & early years support — Healthiest Babies Possible / Early Years Program

Meals on the Ground

📍 Duncan United Church, 246 Ingram St, Duncan

✉️ info@cgcf.ca

• Hot dinner Mon / Wed / Fri 4:30–5pm, including stat holidays

Nourish Cowichan & SD79 Food Support

📞 250-597-7760

🌐 NourishCowichan.ca / www.SD79.bc.ca

• School Food Program
• Family Weekend Food Support Program
• Contact your school principal for more information

Salvation Army Family Services

📍 280 Trans-Canada Hwy, Duncan

📞 250-746-8669 ext. 102

✉️ David.Perry@salvationarmy.ca

🌐 cowichanvalleysa.ca

• Family Services & Emergency Food Hampers — Mon–Fri 10am–3pm (walk-ins welcome)
• Street packs (non-perishable food & water) as needed

Church Meals in Duncan

• Knights of Columbus — BBQ lunch 2nd Sunday monthly at Warmland House, 2579 Lewis St
• Duncan United Church — Hot supper 5pm, 3rd Sunday monthly, 246 Ingram St
• Christian Reformed Church — Hot supper last Saturday monthly (not July/Dec), 930 Trunk Rd

Chemainus Harvest House Society & Foodbank

📍 9814 Willow St, Chemainus

📞 250-246-3455 / Cell 250-246-0338

✉️ office@chemainusharvesthouse.com

🌐 chemainusharvesthouse.com

• Office Mon–Fri 9:30–11:30am
• Chemainus Stop & Shop (9814 Willow) — Tue 3:30–5pm & Fri 11:30am–1pm
• Crofton Stop & Shop (1586 Joan Ave) — Mon 10:30–11:30am
• Penelakut Youth Centre Stop & Shop — Tue 11:30am–2pm
• Thetis Island (Forbes Hall) Stop & Shop — Thu 12–12:30pm

Cowichan Neighbourhood House Association

📍 9806 Willow St, Chemainus

📞 250-246-3203

✉️ info@cnha.ca

🌐 www.cnha.ca

• Free groceries & lunch, Mon–Fri 10:30am–2:30pm

Food First Chemainus

📍 Behind Harvest House, Chemainus

✉️ Food.first.chemainus@gmail.com

🌐 FoodFirstChemainus.wordpress.com

• Community Gardens, Yard Share, Fruit Save & Food Sustainability Workshops via CNHA

Ladysmith Family & Friends Resource Program (LaFF)

📍 1110 - 1st Ave, Ladysmith

📞 250-210-0870

✉️ admin@familyandfriends.ca

🌐 www.familyandfriends.ca

• Free food pantry & daily snacks for participants during programming

Ladysmith Meals on Wheels

📞 250-245-5255

✉️ mow@lhca.ca

• Hot lunch Mon/Wed/Fri, noon delivery, $6/meal
• Ladysmith Healthcare Auxiliary pays for 3 meals/month with monthly orders

Ladysmith Resource Centre Association

📍 630 2nd Ave, Ladysmith

📞 250-245-3079

✉️ info@lrca.ca

🌐 www.lrca.ca

• Foodbank Tue 4–6pm, Wed 9:30–11:30am, by appt Thu 9:30–11:30am
• Book at calendly.com/ladysmithfoodbank

Cowichan Lake Community Services Society

📍 121 Point Ideal Drive, Lake Cowichan

📞 250-749-6822

✉️ comserv@comserv.org

🌐 www.comserv.org

• Fresh produce Mon & Wed 11–11:30am
• Monday priority: 60+; Wednesday priority: under 60
• Soup kitchen Mon & Thu 12–2pm at Lake Cowichan Christian Fellowship, 10 King George St

Lake Cowichan Food Bank

📍 62 Fern Rd, Lake Cowichan

📞 250-510-3663

✉️ cowichanlakefoodbank@gmail.com

• Monthly hamper 2nd Wed of each month, 1–3:30pm
• Families with children can pre-pick up Tuesday 11am–12 before hamper day
• Apply at Cowichan Lake Community Services

CMS Food Bank Society

📍 2740 Lashburn Rd, Mill Bay

📞 250-743-5242

✉️ cmsfoodbank@gmail.com

🌐 cmsfoodbank.org

• Monthly food hamper Tue 9am–2pm & Thu 9–11am
• Proof of residence in Cobble Hill, Mill Bay, or Shawnigan Lake required