#1Hammonds Plains
Nova Scotia · 13,844 peopleOverall B·#1,000 of 2,556
Strongest: jobs & income B+, cost of living B+·lowest: walkability C−
Hammonds Plains, #1 on this list · Photo: Paulo O from Halifax, Canada (CC BY 2.0)Halifax · 2026
Most affordable neighbourhoods in Halifax
No A of any kind goes to any of the 35 listed. Last comes North End, at D−. Nationally, Hammonds Plains ranks #287 of 2,580. Not one of Halifax’s neighbourhoods reaches the top 100 for all of Canada. Nowhere in Halifax does better on this list than Hammonds Plains, at B+. Fall River is second (B) and Upper Tantallon third (B−).
Cost of living grade: the owners’ median home value and a year’s rent, each against the place’s own household income How grades work
#1B+Cost of living
#2Fall River
Nova Scotia · 9,214 peopleOverall B+·#768 of 2,556
Strongest: jobs & income A, health B·lowest: walkability C
#3Upper Tantallon
Nova Scotia · 5,248 peopleOverall B−·#1,332 of 2,556
Strongest: jobs & income A−, health B−·lowest: walkability C−
All 35 neighbourhoods, ranked
Best first in Halifax; beside each place, its rank on the same list for all of Canada.
35 neighbourhoods
#NeighbourhoodCost of livingCanada rankWhat drives it
1Hammonds Plains13,844 peopleB+#287 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income B+, cost of living B+·lowest: walkability C−
3Upper Tantallon5,248 peopleB−#555 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income A−, health B−·lowest: walkability C−
7Eastern Passage10,745 peopleC+#838 of 2,580Strongest: walkability B+, health B·lowest: cost of living C+
8Beaver Bank9,157 peopleC+#868 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income B+, health B·lowest: cost of living C+
9Cole Harbour21,627 peopleC+#881 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income A−, walkability B+·lowest: cost of living C+
10Sheet Harbour3,334 peopleC#938 of 2,580Strongest: health B, hazard risk B−·lowest: jobs & income D−
11East Lawrencetown4,020 peopleC#947 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income B, health B−·lowest: walkability D
13Middle Sackville14,898 peopleC#1,002 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income B+, health B·lowest: cost of living C
14Woodlawn20,925 peopleC#1,015 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A−, health B+·lowest: cost of living C
15Hatchet Lake9,930 peopleC#1,108 of 2,580Strongest: health B−, hazard risk B−·lowest: walkability C−
18Meaghers Grant3,430 peopleC#1,157 of 2,580Strongest: health B, hazard risk B−·lowest: jobs & income D
19Dutch Settlement6,234 peopleC#1,168 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income B, health B−·lowest: walkability C−
20Lower Sackville20,171 peopleC−#1,251 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A−, health B+·lowest: cost of living C−
21Harrietsfield6,786 peopleC−#1,282 of 2,580Strongest: health B, hazard risk B−·lowest: walkability C−
22Head of St Margarets Bay2,885 peopleC−#1,339 of 2,580Strongest: health B−, hazard risk B−·lowest: walkability C−
23East Preston2,573 peopleC−#1,395 of 2,580Strongest: health B, hazard risk B−·lowest: jobs & income C−
24Musquodoboit Harbour2,719 peopleC−#1,500 of 2,580Strongest: health B, hazard risk B−·lowest: jobs & income D
25Bedford28,848 peopleD#1,584 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A−, jobs & income A−·lowest: cost of living D
26Manor Park14,148 peopleD#1,777 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D
27Portland Estates10,164 peopleD#1,805 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income A, walkability B+·lowest: cost of living D
28Mount Royale9,340 peopleD#1,868 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A−, health B+·lowest: cost of living D
29South End22,012 peopleD#1,967 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A, health B+·lowest: cost of living D
30Windsor Park13,044 peopleD#2,008 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D
31Clayton Park West34,404 peopleD#2,057 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A+, health B·lowest: cost of living D
32Austinville28,021 peopleD#2,066 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D
33Westmount23,207 peopleD−#2,100 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D−
34Fairview16,296 peopleD−#2,106 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D−
35North End19,733 peopleD−#2,275 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A+, health B+·lowest: cost of living D−
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Photos: Hammonds Plains, Paulo O from Halifax, Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Fall River, WabbitWanderer from London, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Upper Tantallon, misterjerk2 (CC BY-SA 3.0), 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).