Poverty has taken a new model around Hamilton, where a several members of the "working poor" have been queuing up for a warm Thanksgiving dinner.

The Good Shepherd Works program has been able to find work for several people helping them come out of poverty and into the houses from the streets. The increasing difficulty on the economic situation has forced many people back to the food queues at Good Shepherd.

Hamilton Food Share resource development director Rachel O'Reilly said, "The face of poverty has seriously changed. In the early 1990s it was mainly single parents having to access food banks (and kitchens). When you fast forward to now there is a whole new group which has emerged . the working poor."

About 500 gathered at Good Shepherd for thanksgiving dinner while 350 people were at the Jamesville 2 dining room for dinner. Hamilton's food banks are struggling to cater to the demand due to the growing number of people relying on food banks and lower amount of donations.

According to estimates, about 18,000 people rely on Hamilton's emergency food services.