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

Halifax · 2026

Neighbourhoods with the lowest hazard risk in Halifax

Cole Harbour is second (B−) and Timberlea third (B−). Of the 35 on the list, not one earns an A. The list ends with Meaghers Grant, at B−. Fall River is #1,724 of 2,589 on the list for all of Canada. No neighbourhood in Halifax makes the national top 100 on this list. First place in Halifax goes to Fall River, with B−.

Hazard risk grade: earthquake loss and radon, with high wildfire as a ceiling How grades work

#1

Fall River

Nova Scotia · 9,214 people

B⁻Hazard risk

Overall B⁺·#768 of 2,556

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

#2

Cole Harbour

Nova Scotia · 21,627 people

B⁻Hazard risk

Overall B·#954 of 2,556

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

#3

Timberlea

Nova Scotia · 11,014 people

B⁻Hazard risk

Overall B·#969 of 2,556

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).