#1Fall River
Nova Scotia · 9,214 peopleOverall B+·#768 of 2,556
Strongest: jobs & income A, health B·lowest: walkability C
Fall River, #1 on this list · Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0)Halifax · 2026
Neighbourhoods with the most civic life in Halifax
None of the 35 on this list grades in the A range. At the other end is Meaghers Grant, with B−. Across Canada, the same list puts Fall River #1,438 of 2,582. Canada’s top 100 on this list includes no neighbourhood in Halifax. Fall River tops the list in Halifax, at B−. Second place goes to Cole Harbour, at B−, and third to Timberlea, at B−.
Civic life grade: library visits per resident, registered charities per 1,000 residents and the province’s volunteering rate How grades work
#1B−Civic life
#2Cole Harbour
Nova Scotia · 21,627 peopleOverall B·#954 of 2,556
Strongest: jobs & income A−, walkability B+·lowest: cost of living C+
#3Timberlea
Nova Scotia · 11,014 peopleOverall B·#969 of 2,556
Strongest: jobs & income A−, walkability B·lowest: safety C+
All 35 neighbourhoods, ranked
Best first in Halifax; beside each place, its rank on the same list for all of Canada.
35 neighbourhoods
#NeighbourhoodCivic lifeCanada rankWhat drives it
2Cole Harbour21,627 peopleB−#1,440 of 2,582Strongest: jobs & income A−, walkability B+·lowest: cost of living C+
3Timberlea11,014 peopleB−#1,441 of 2,582Strongest: jobs & income A−, walkability B·lowest: safety C+
4Hammonds Plains13,844 peopleB−#1,443 of 2,582Strongest: jobs & income B+, cost of living B+·lowest: walkability C−
5Woodlawn20,925 peopleB−#1,446 of 2,582Strongest: walkability A−, health B+·lowest: cost of living C
6Upper Tantallon5,248 peopleB−#1,447 of 2,582Strongest: jobs & income A−, health B−·lowest: walkability C−
7Portland Estates10,164 peopleB−#1,448 of 2,582Strongest: jobs & income A, walkability B+·lowest: cost of living D
8Middle Sackville14,898 peopleB−#1,449 of 2,582Strongest: jobs & income B+, health B·lowest: cost of living C
9Bedford28,848 peopleB−#1,450 of 2,582Strongest: walkability A−, jobs & income A−·lowest: cost of living D
10Lower Sackville20,171 peopleB−#1,451 of 2,582Strongest: walkability A−, health B+·lowest: cost of living C−
11Westphal4,201 peopleB−#1,452 of 2,582Strongest: jobs & income B, health B·lowest: cost of living C+
12Eastern Passage10,745 peopleB−#1,454 of 2,582Strongest: walkability B+, health B·lowest: cost of living C+
13Beaver Bank9,157 peopleB−#1,455 of 2,582Strongest: jobs & income B+, health B·lowest: cost of living C+
14Westmount23,207 peopleB−#1,456 of 2,582Strongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D−
15Lawrencetown3,509 peopleB−#1,458 of 2,582Strongest: jobs & income B+, health B·lowest: walkability D
17Windsor Park13,044 peopleB−#1,460 of 2,582Strongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D
18Manor Park14,148 peopleB−#1,461 of 2,582Strongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D
19Clayton Park West34,404 peopleB−#1,462 of 2,582Strongest: walkability A+, health B·lowest: cost of living D
20Mount Royale9,340 peopleB−#1,463 of 2,582Strongest: walkability A−, health B+·lowest: cost of living D
21North End19,733 peopleB−#1,464 of 2,582Strongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D−
22South End22,012 peopleB−#1,465 of 2,582Strongest: walkability A, health B+·lowest: cost of living D
23Austinville28,021 peopleB−#1,466 of 2,582Strongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D
24East Lawrencetown4,020 peopleB−#1,467 of 2,582Strongest: jobs & income B, health B−·lowest: walkability D
25Fairview16,296 peopleB−#1,468 of 2,582Strongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D−
26Dutch Settlement6,234 peopleB−#1,469 of 2,582Strongest: jobs & income B, health B−·lowest: walkability C−
27Hatchet Lake9,930 peopleB−#1,470 of 2,582Strongest: health B−, hazard risk B−·lowest: walkability C−
29Harrietsfield6,786 peopleB−#1,472 of 2,582Strongest: health B, hazard risk B−·lowest: walkability C−
31Musquodoboit Harbour2,719 peopleB−#1,474 of 2,582Strongest: health B, hazard risk B−·lowest: jobs & income D
32East Preston2,573 peopleB−#1,475 of 2,582Strongest: health B, hazard risk B−·lowest: jobs & income C−
33Head of St Margarets Bay2,885 peopleB−#1,476 of 2,582Strongest: health B−, hazard risk B−·lowest: walkability C−
34Sheet Harbour3,334 peopleB−#1,477 of 2,582Strongest: health B, hazard risk B−·lowest: jobs & income D−
35Meaghers Grant3,430 peopleB−#1,478 of 2,582Strongest: health B, hazard risk B−·lowest: jobs & income D
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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).