City Services4 min read
How to Use Halifax 311 and Get Things Done Across the Municipality
What Halifax 311 handles, why the same request can get a different answer in urban Halifax than in a rural community, and how to make a report actionable.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax City Guides
Independently written reference guides for living in and visiting Halifax. Each guide explains how a civic system or service actually works, and links to the official source for details that change.
Transit4 min read
Getting Around Halifax: Buses, Harbour Ferries and the Shape of the Network
How Halifax Transit is organised across a regional municipality, why the Dartmouth–Halifax ferry is a real commuter service, and how to plan a trip.
Reference3 min read
Official Halifax Information Sources: Where to Check Before You Act
The authoritative Halifax Regional Municipality sources for civic services, 311 and transit, plus how to tell an official page from a commercial lookalike.
Utilities6 min read
Halifax Water: Who Handles Water, Sewer and Stormwater
Halifax Water is a separate utility from the municipality rather than a city department. What it owns, where the boundary sits on your property, how billing works, and who to call.
Getting Around5 min read
Getting Around Halifax: Halifax Transit Buses and Harbour Ferries
The two harbour ferry routes and where they go, how Halifax Transit fares and HFXGO work, how transfers and fare capping apply, and accessibility including Access-A-Bus.
Waste & Recycling6 min read
Halifax Garbage, Recycling and Organics: What Goes Where
Halifax sorts waste into three streams and a bylaw requires every building to do it. What goes in the green cart, what the blue bag takes, and where hazardous waste goes.
YHZ key numbers
- 311 toll-free (elsewhere in Nova Scotia)1-800-835-6428
- 311 from outside Nova Scotia902-490-4000
- Halifax City Hall / Mayor's Office1841 Argyle St., Halifax, NS (Mayor's Office 902-490-4010)