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[H1] HALIFAX: Opportunity is Here
[H2] Our talent, location, and innovation advantages can power your economic growth and success.
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[H2] Halifax Index 2026 Presented by TD
Explore the Halifax Index 2026, presented by TD - a detailed analysis and reporting on Halifax's economic and community progress.
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[H2] The Productivity Puzzle
Nova Scotia faces a critical productivity challenge that affects our economy and limits future growth. It will require innovative solutions, and your insights are essential to finding them.
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[H2] Halifax Economic Dashboard
Through a combination of interactive charts and key economic indicators, our Economic Dashboard provides the most up-to-date, high-level overview of Halifax’s economy.
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[H3] 30 Years of Halifax Partnership
It began with a shared vision. Grew through shared ambition. And over time, has become something more. Shared growth that shapes our city, together.

Explore our milestone 30th Anniversary Report

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[H2] WHY HALIFAX
[H3] This is where business thrives locally and grows globally.
In Halifax, you can easily connect and collaborate with all the right
people to grow your business, and everyone is cheering you on to
succeed. You’re invited to join our connected, thriving business
community, and benefit from Halifax’s talent, location, cost and
innovation advantages.

Why Halifax

[H2] LOCAL BUSINESS SUPPORT
Halifax
Partnership's business advisors, economists, investment attraction
specialists, and labour market experts can help you navigate and connect
with the right programs and resources to support your business growth
and success.

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[H3] Grow Your Business
Work with our experts to overcome challenges, pursue opportunities and grow your business.

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[H3] Connect to Talent
Connect to highly skilled local and international talent through our labour market experts.

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[H2] BUILD YOUR CAREER
[H3] Halifax. It's all here.
Are you looking to grow your network in Halifax and find employment in your field?
With a growing and increasingly diverse economy, booming local tech
community, and vibrant innovation ecosystem, there are endless career
opportunities in Halifax's key sectors.

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[H2] TRACKING HALIFAX'S ECONOMIC GROWTH
We
are the go-to source on Halifax’s economy. This puts us in the know on,
and on the leading edge of, how to maximize opportunities and ignite
growth.

517,115
Population

$26.8 billion
Real GDP (2017 dollars)

83.9%
Full-time employment share

70%
Labour force with
post-secondary education

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[H2] Partnering for Success
Halifax
Partnership’s influential and connected network of private, public, and
post-secondary Investors is committed to working together to build a
thriving, inclusive, and prosperous Halifax. An investment in Halifax
Partnership is an investment in our city.

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[H2] What's New

All News

Media Release
Posted: June 16, 2026

[H3] Halifax Partnership Marks 30 Years of Economic Growth and Elects New Board of Directors

Article
Posted: June 11, 2026

[H3] Finding Focus at the Art Space

Article
Posted: June 9, 2026

[H3] Finding Opportunity and Talent in Halifax

[H2] Get Connected
Want to learn more about opportunities in Halifax? We've got you covered.

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[H1] Gain the Competitive Edge
Halifax provides everything your business needs to be globally competitive. Find strategic access to global markets, and highly skilled talent in an affordable city.

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[H2] Why Halifax?

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[H3] Talent
With one of the largest concentrations of universities and best educated workforces in North America, we have the talent pipeline to support business growth and expansion.

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[H3] Location
Situated on North America’s East Coast, Halifax is a strategic location for the efficient movement of goods, people, and services around the globe — by road, rail, air and sea.

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[H3] Cost
Halifax offers more competitive business costs compared to other mid and large size cities, ranking in the Top 10 of the 50 largest cities in Canada and the US for costs in our five key sectors (fdiBenchmark).

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[H3] Innovation
With a thriving innovation district, exceptional talent, and a critical mass of research and post-secondary institutions, Halifax is an ideal location for companies of all sizes to create new products and services.

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[H3] Incentives
Find incentives to support your company's business expansion to Halifax. Our directory includes business incentives from local, provincial, and federal programs.

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[H3] Lifestyle
Both cosmopolitan and laid-back, Halifax offers an affordable cost of living, endless cultural and entertainment options, and easy access to outdoor recreation.

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[H2] Halifax. It's all here.

Our size allows us to be authentically open, collaborative, and agile. In Halifax, you are able to meet with all the right people and everyone is cheering you on to succeed. You’re invited to join our connected, thriving business community, and take advantage of our TLCI - talent, location, cost and innovation.

[H3] 2025 Economic Overview

517,115
Population

$26.8 billion
Real GDP (2017 dollars)

70%
Labour force with post-secondary education

5.6%
Unemployment rate

68.1%
Labour force participation rate

83.9%
Full-time employment share

[H2] Support For Your Halifax Expansion
The Halifax Partnership brings together all three levels of government, industry, post-secondary, and community partners to create and cultivate the necessary relationships for business growth.
Here’s how we can work together to help you expand your business to Halifax.

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Nice to meet you
We will get to know you and your team on a first name basis, as well as your business, and how we can work together. A dedicated relationship manager will work with you every step of the way.

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Get to know Halifax
Based on your expansion plans, we will provide you with business intelligence about Halifax and its competitive advantages of Talent, Location, Cost, and Innovation

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The Business Case
Once we understand your business needs, our team will work with you to build a custom, in-depth business case, including comparative analysis, average salaries, and availability of talent and relevant post-secondary programs to meet your HR needs.

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A Solution for Every Business Need
As your partner, we provide ongoing support and check in regularly. You can take advantage of the Halifax Partnership's programs to support your business needs.

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Come See for Yourself
We will organize a customized site visit of Halifax that could include meetings with potential partners and support organizations, office/facility space and site tours, and invitations to networking and industry events.

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Ongoing Partnership
Once you've chosen to locate or expand your business in Halifax, we will continue to be your partner by connecting you to strategic business contacts, resources, and events, sharing your successes locally and globally, and providing aftercare support from our SmartBusiness Program.

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Brandon MillerBusiness Attraction Account Executive

[H3] Interested in Halifax?
Contact us to learn more about how Halifax Partnership can support your business location and expansion plans.
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Brandon Miller
Business Attraction Account Executive

[H3] Interested in Halifax?
Contact us to learn more about how Halifax Partnership can support your business location and expansion plans.

[H3] Economic Dashboard
Our interactive economic dashboard provides the most up-to-date statistics on Halifax’s economy to help you make informed business decisions.

View the economic dashboard

[H2] Stay Connected
Live outside of the Halifax, Nova Scotia region, but want to learn more?
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[H1] Growing Local Businesses
We help businesses in the Halifax region grow, innovate, and succeed.

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[H2] Our experts are ready to help
Are you thinking about your sales funnels and attracting new customers, where to find the next market opportunity, or how to connect to the right talent?
Halifax Partnership's business advisors, economists, investment attraction specialists, and labour market experts can connect you to the programs and resources needed to support your business growth and success.

[H3] Grow Your Business
Our business advisors can connect you to the right programs, resources, and contacts to overcome business challenges and pursue growth opportunities.

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[H3] Connect to Talent
Our labour market experts can help you recruit and hire highly-skilled international professionals and emerging talent in Halifax to support business growth.

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October 4, 2023

[H3] Helping Businesses Build Resilience and Bounce Back
When disaster strikes, businesses are often met with urgent and unprecedented needs. Through our Disaster Recovery Support, we help businesses respond to and prepare for disasters.
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February 28, 2024

[H3] Sharing Wisdom: Connector helps newcomers build their professional networks
In 2017, Wisdom Akpokighe, a father of three from Nigeria immigrated to Halifax with his family. Like many others who move to a new country, he faced the challenge of building a professional network in a new community.
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Article
September 14, 2021

[H3] AIP boosts GIT innovation program
Clayton Galvan's unique skillset made him the perfect fit at Graphite Innovation & Technologies (GIT) and thanks to the Atlantic Immigration Pilot program, GIT was able to hire Clayton and boost their company.
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[H1] Find Insights
Halifax Partnership measures growth in Halifax by tracking key economic indicators that detail trends affecting Halifax's business climate.

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[H2] Tracking Halifax's Economic Progress
We are the go-to source on Halifax’s economy. We dive deep into what moves Halifax forward and are able to pinpoint and analyze the trends and health of our city. We are “in the know” and on the leading edge of opportunities that can ignite growth.

[H3] Halifax's Inclusive Economic Strategy
The strategy focuses on ensuring all Halifax residents can contribute to, and benefit from our city's growing economic prosperity.

Read the Strategy

[H3] The Halifax Index 2026
The Halifax Index is a definitive look at Halifax's economic and community progress. It tells our city’s story and provides insights for actions that will strengthen and grow our city and businesses.

See Key Insights

[H3] Economic Data Atlas
The Atlas is an interactive, map-based tool that allows the user to see how economic, social, and demographic measures vary across the geography of Halifax.

VIEW THE ATLAS

[H3] Halifax's Economic Dashboard
Through a combination of interactive charts and key economic indicators, this dashboard provides a current high-level overview of Halifax’s economy.

View the Dashboard

[H3] The Productivity Puzzle
The Productivity Puzzle is a series of events, discussions, and research designed to highlight and spark a broader conversation around the significance of productivity, why it matters for Nova Scotians, and how improving it strengthens our economy and improves our lives.

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[H2] Get Connected
Want to get regular updates about Halifax's economy?