Council District

District Profile Total Population, 2006 Census: 13,655 Issue: Tax Reform Average municipal tax comparison for single family homes District Average Property 2009 (taxable) Current Tax (2007) Draft Tax Model (2007) Change in taxes 1 District 1 (Eastern Shore – Musquodoboit Valley) 79,048 513 955 86.20% 1 – “Resource” part of District 66,115 432 928 114.80% […]

District Profile Total Population, 2006 Census: 18,547 Issue: Tax Reform Average municipal tax comparison for single family homes Source: HRM. HRM Note: Amounts exclude Low Income Rebates. Final adjustments are not included to treat mobile homes as multi-unit; and for the 2009 changes in the Transit Tax structure. Not all area rates are included in […]

District Profile Cole Harbour is a car-based, suburban community. 86 percent of commuters drive, and only 10 percent use transit, according to the 2001 census. Its population grew by 15 percent between 1991 and 2001, and by 2006, the population was 19,096. Cole Harbour’s bus service ends past Ashgrove Avenue, and other major roads are […]

District Profile Total Population, 2006 Census: 14,764 Issue: Tax Reform Average municipal tax comparison for single family homes District Average Property 2009 (taxable) Current Tax (2007) Draft Tax Model (2007) Change in taxes District 5 (Dartmouth Centre) 179,336 1,396 1,317 -5.70% Source: HRM. HRM Note: Amounts exclude Low Income Rebates. Final adjustments are not included […]

District Profile Total Population, 2006 Census: 16,642 Issue: Tax Reform Average municipal tax comparison for single family homes District Average Property 2009 (taxable) Current Tax (2007) Draft Tax Model (2007) Change in taxes District 6 (East Dartmouth – The Lakes) 182,363 1,434 1,379 -3.80% – “Urban” part of District 182,474 1,436 1,381 -3.80% – “Suburban” […]

District Profile Total Population, 2006 Census: 17,448 Issue: Tax Reform Average municipal tax comparison for single family homes District Average Property 2009 (taxable) Current Tax (2007) Draft Tax Model (2007) Change in taxes District 7 (Portland – East Woodlawn) 171,712 1,343 1,388 3.40% Source: HRM. HRM Note: Amounts exclude Low Income Rebates. Final adjustments are […]

District Profile Total Population, 2006 Census: 17,523 Issue: Tax Reform Average municipal tax comparison for single family homes Source: HRM. HRM Note: Amounts exclude Low Income Rebates. Final adjustments are not included to treat mobile homes as multi-unit; and for the 2009 changes in the Transit Tax structure. Not all area rates are included in […]

District Profile Total Population, 2006 Census: 15,829 This is one on the poorest areas of Halifax. Its average household income of $35,732 is in the bottom 25 percent of average incomes in Nova Scotia, and is the lowest in the Halifax Regional Municipality in 2001.It’s an aging district—the number of school aged children decreased by […]

District Profile Total Population, 2006 Census: 14,829 Issue: Tax Reform Average municipal tax comparison for single family homes District Average Property 2009 (taxable) Current Tax (2007) Draft Tax Model (2007) Change in taxes District 10 (Clayton Park West) 220,517 1,726 1,386 -19.70% Source: HRM. HRM Note: Amounts exclude Low Income Rebates. Final adjustments are not […]

District Profile Total Population, 2006 Census: 14,893 The north end is a balanced neighbourhood in most respects. From age to education or income we see diversity, although one group of people solidly dominate the scene: this is solidly a native Nova Scotian district. 56.8% are non-movers (natives) and a full 28% of the people who […]

District Profile Total Population (2006 Census) 14,420. Compared to other more rural or suburban parts of the HRM, the numbers for downtown Halifax reflect an urban population. More new Haligonians arrived here from other parts of the world (70%), while only half (50.7%) of downtown denizens were born in Halifax. There are more singletons (64.9%) […]