Halifax Housing Pulse

Municipal district comparisons

Halifax District Housing Development

Compare building permits and recorded housing-unit activity across HRM's municipal districts for the 12 months through September 2026. Open a district profile for monthly trends, prior-period changes and project-type detail.

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District 1 — Waverley - Fall River - Musquodoboit Valley 1 District 2 — Lawrencetown – The Lakes – Chezzetcook – Eastern Shore 2 District 3 — Dartmouth South – Woodside – Eastern Passage 3 District 4 — Cole Harbour – Preston – Westphal – Cherry Brook 4 District 5 — Dartmouth Centre District 6 — Dartmouth East – Burnside 6 District 7 — Halifax South Downtown District 8 — Halifax Peninsula North District 9 — Halifax West – Armdale District 10 — Halifax – Bedford Basin West District 11 — Spryfield – Sambro Loop 11 District 12 — Timberlea – Beechville – Clayton Park – Wedgewood 12 District 13 — Prospect Road – St. Margarets 13 District 14 — Hammonds Plains – Upper Hammonds Plains – Lucasville - Middle & Upper Sackville 14 District 15 — Lower Sackville – Beaver Bank 15 District 16 — Bedford – Wentworth 16
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16 districts
DistrictPermitsRecorded unitsUnits / 10k1
District 1Waverley - Fall River - Musquodoboit Valley 227 137 66.8
District 2Lawrencetown – The Lakes – Chezzetcook – Eastern Shore 320 439 180.4
District 3Dartmouth South – Woodside – Eastern Passage 73 215 81.2
District 4Cole Harbour – Preston – Westphal – Cherry Brook 92 71 26.5
District 5Dartmouth Centre 106 1,055 341.9
District 6Dartmouth East – Burnside 155 88 32.4
District 7Halifax South Downtown 128 258 98.8
District 8Halifax Peninsula North 107 506 200.5
District 9Halifax West – Armdale 122 307 113.7
District 10Halifax – Bedford Basin West 57 263 89.9
District 11Spryfield – Sambro Loop 170 494 170.7
District 12Timberlea – Beechville – Clayton Park – Wedgewood 113 60 20.2
District 13Prospect Road – St. Margarets 222 122 49.8
District 14Hammonds Plains – Upper Hammonds Plains – Lucasville - Middle & Upper Sackville 240 470 159.3
District 15Lower Sackville – Beaver Bank 121 250 88.7
District 16Bedford – Wentworth 158 483 137.1

1 Comparative rate based on estimated 2021 Census population assigned to current district boundaries.

District totals use mapped permit coordinates and exclude the current partial month, when one exists. Building permits and recorded units do not measure starts, completions or occupancy. Read the methodology.