Fall River, #1 on this list · Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Halifax · 2026

Best neighbourhoods to live in Halifax

The places after the leader belong to Cole Harbour (B) and Timberlea (B). None of the 35 on this list grades in the A range. At the other end is Meaghers Grant, with D. Across Canada, the same list puts Fall River #768 of 2,556. Canada’s top 100 on this list includes no neighbourhood in Halifax. Fall River tops the list in Halifax, at B+.

Overall grade: one score from every livability grade, each neighbourhood placed on the scale of Canada’s towns How grades work

#1

Fall River

9,214 people

B⁺

Score 57.7·#768 of 2,556 Canadian towns

Strongest: jobs & income A, health B·lowest: walkability C

#2

Cole Harbour

21,627 people

B

Score 55.2·#954 of 2,556 Canadian towns

Strongest: jobs & income A⁻, walkability B⁺·lowest: cost of living C⁺

#3

Timberlea

11,014 people

B

Score 55.0·#969 of 2,556 Canadian towns

Strongest: jobs & income A⁻, walkability B·lowest: safety C⁺

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), 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. 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).