The Hope Centre
851 Ontario Rd, Welland ON L3B 5V6 · Food Bank / Community Meal Program
Inspection summary
The Hope Centre has been inspected 6 times by Niagara Region Public Health since December 23, 2024. The most recent inspection, on June 24, 2026, found no infractions.
2 of 6 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 3 inspections with 2 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Protecting food from contamination and Chemicals and toxic substances.
The number of infractions per inspection has stayed roughly the same over time.
What these findings mean
Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.
Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk
This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.
Recorded 3 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on June 11, 2026. For example:
Raw food is separate from cooked and/or ready-to-eat foods during storage and handling.
Chemicals and toxic substancesHigher risk
Cleaning products, sanitizers and pesticides must be labelled and stored away from food and food-contact surfaces. Inspectors flag chemicals that could end up in food, as well as pest treatments applied without proper supervision.
Recorded 3 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on September 4, 2025. For example:
Proper sanitizer test kit is readily available for verifying concentrations of chemical sanitizers.
About this data
These results come from Niagara Region Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.
6 inspections
- Re-inspection
0 infractions
- Routine Inspection
2 infractions
- Raw food is separate from cooked and/or ready-to-eat foods during storage and handling.
- Food is protected from potential contamination (e.g. food covered, labelled, off floor, sneeze guard).
- Routine Inspection
0 infractions
- Routine Inspection
2 infractions
- Proper sanitizer test kit is readily available for verifying concentrations of chemical sanitizers.
- Washrooms are provided, properly equipped, in good repair and maintained in a sanitary manner.
- Routine Inspection
1 infraction
- Proper sanitizer test kit is readily available for verifying concentrations of chemical sanitizers.
- Routine Inspection
1 infraction
- Proper sanitizer test kit is readily available for verifying concentrations of chemical sanitizers.
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