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 August 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 232 141 68.8
District 2Lawrencetown – The Lakes – Chezzetcook – Eastern Shore 333 513 210.8
District 3Dartmouth South – Woodside – Eastern Passage 80 189 71.3
District 4Cole Harbour – Preston – Westphal – Cherry Brook 88 71 26.5
District 5Dartmouth Centre 111 1,129 365.9
District 6Dartmouth East – Burnside 173 104 38.3
District 7Halifax South Downtown 126 252 96.5
District 8Halifax Peninsula North 98 501 198.6
District 9Halifax West – Armdale 118 302 111.9
District 10Halifax – Bedford Basin West 58 265 90.6
District 11Spryfield – Sambro Loop 174 531 183.4
District 12Timberlea – Beechville – Clayton Park – Wedgewood 117 64 21.5
District 13Prospect Road – St. Margarets 227 128 52.2
District 14Hammonds Plains – Upper Hammonds Plains – Lucasville - Middle & Upper Sackville 248 476 161.3
District 15Lower Sackville – Beaver Bank 126 258 91.6
District 16Bedford – Wentworth 160 580 164.6

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.