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.
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.
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.
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.
The authoritative Halifax Regional Municipality sources for civic services, 311 and transit, plus how to tell an official page from a commercial lookalike.
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.
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.
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.