Halifax

What residents can do — voting, participating, and holding the municipality accountable.

The Mayor and Regional Council who govern the municipality.

How the municipality raises and spends public money.

Roads, transit, water, and capital projects.

Open procurement and contract awards.

The sectors and employers that drive the local economy.

Drinking water, treatment, and supply.

Electricity supply and live outage reporting.

Public transit, ferries, and active transportation.

Hospitals, ERs, and public-health services.

Public schools and enrolment.

Rents, vacancy, and affordable-housing supply.

Collection schedules, service alerts, recycling, and disposal.

Emergency contacts, fire services, burn restrictions, and preparedness.

Recreation programs, facilities, parks, trails, and service notices.

Building permits, inspections, business licences, and application portals.

Policing, road safety, and reported crime.

Provincial and municipal courts serving the region.

Request public records under freedom-of-information law — Canada's equivalent of RTI.

Track the status of freedom-of-information requests.

The people helping build and verify this page.

Federal, provincial, and municipal programs residents can access.

How to get things done — permits, IDs, and municipal services.

Public-sector jobs and hiring.

Municipal, provincial, and federal elections.

Notable people from the region.

Emergency notifications and advisories.

Municipal offices and where to find services.

Community submissions and local voices.

Local headlines linking to their original source.

Every source feeding this page.

A record of what changed and when.

Explore the municipality geographically.

Population and demographics.

Live weather and climate normals.

Grocery and food-price trends.

The local community councils within the municipality.

The working harbour, port, and coastline.

Reservoir levels and watershed monitoring.