Find your neighbourhood in Halifax
Fall River has the best overall grade of the city’s neighbourhoods, #768 of 2,556 nationally. Against the rest of the country, the typical neighbourhood in the city does best on health and least well on cost of living. Not one neighbourhood in the city earns an A grade overall. Bottom of the city’s neighbourhoods is Meaghers Grant, #2,435 among 2,556 nationally. The middle of the city’s graded neighbourhoods is Manor Park, #1,790 of 2,556 nationally. Its 36 neighbourhoods each have a page here. With 34,404 residents, Clayton Park West is the biggest. The 2025 estimate puts Halifax 17.5% above its 2021 census count.
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In national order: each neighbourhood is ranked in its province and across the country, not within the city.
35 towns · in national order
Halifax’s neighbourhoods, list by list
Fall River is first on 5 of the 13 lists that rank the neighbourhoods in Halifax.
Towns without an overall grade
Each has its page and the subject grades it has; the reason it has no overall grade is beside it.
Questions about Halifax
How do the biggest towns in Halifax grade?
Clayton Park West grades C overall, with its best grade in walkability. Next in size, Bedford grades B−, best in walkability.
Is every town in Halifax on TownRatings?
Yes: every neighbourhood of Halifax has its page, listed here.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
Neighbourhoods are ranked in their province and nationally, not against each other within the city. Schmidtville has no overall grade; its page shows the grades it has, and why.
Photos: Fall River, WabbitWanderer from London, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Cole Harbour, Coastal Elite from Halifax, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Timberlea, Dennis G. Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Hammonds Plains, Paulo O from Halifax, Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Woodlawn, Paulo O from Halifax, Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Upper Tantallon, misterjerk2 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Portland Estates, Dennis G. Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Middle Sackville, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Bedford, Robert Alfers (Public domain) · Lower Sackville, The original uploader was Sprocket at English Wikipedia . (CC BY-SA 2.5) · Westphal, Paulo O (Public domain) · Eastern Passage, ProjectHorizons (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Beaver Bank, Coastal Elite from Halifax, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Westmount, Fralambert (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Lawrencetown, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Hubley, David Dermott (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Windsor Park, Dennis G. Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Manor Park, Properpostman (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Clayton Park West, Sara Star NS from Halifax, NS, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Mount Royale, A Disappearing Act (CC BY-SA 4.0) · North End, Citobun (CC BY-SA 4.0) · South End, Thorfinn Stainforth (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Austinville, Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota (CC BY-SA 2.0) · East Lawrencetown, Figure8 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Fairview, A Disappearing Act (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Dutch Settlement, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Hatchet Lake, WabbitWanderer from London, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Lake Echo, Sarbelito Avila (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Harrietsfield, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Gaetz Brook, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Musquodoboit Harbour, Dennis G. Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Head of St Margarets Bay, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Sheet Harbour, Dennis G. Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Meaghers Grant, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026 · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population and population estimates. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).