Halifax

Riding (federal electoral district) · Statistics Canada / Elections Canada code 12006 · Nova Scotia

Current Member of Parliament

Liberal

Representation history

No earlier terms are on record for this district. Our source, OpenParliament, publishes membership spans per member rather than per riding, so history here covers earlier terms served by the sitting member.

Census profile

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (2023 boundaries)

Population

98,880

2021 count

Median household income

$69,500

2020 total income

Age and households

Median age34.4

Average age39.3

Average household size2

Aged 0–1411.5%

Aged 15–6473.0%

Aged 65 and over15.5%

Aged 85 and over2.0%

Income and low income (2020)

Median household income$69,500

Average household income$92,200

Median individual income$38,400

Low income (LIM-AT)17.4%

Low income (LICO-AT)10.8%

Two official ways of counting how many people here live on a low income after tax. They use different cut-offs, so the two figures differ.

Labour force (residents aged 15+)

Employment rate58.8%

Unemployment rate13.8%

Share of adults working or looking for work (participation rate)68.3%

Education (aged 15+)

No certificate, diploma or degree9.5%

High school diploma or equivalent22.2%

Any postsecondary credential68.3%

Bachelor's degree or higher47.3%

Housing

Owner households38.9%

Renter households61.1%

Owners spending 30%+ of income on shelter15.1%

Renters spending 30%+ of income on shelter42.1%

Owners in core housing need6.0%

Renters in core housing need21.8%

Core housing need means a home that is too expensive, too crowded or in poor repair, and the household could not afford a suitable one nearby.

Median monthly shelter cost (owned)$1,360

Median monthly shelter cost (rented)$1,240

Median dwelling value$448,000

Dwelling types

Single-detached house28.4%

Semi-detached house4.2%

Row house5.1%

Apartment in a duplex6.8%

Apartment, fewer than five storeys26.1%

Apartment, five storeys or more28.5%

Language

Knows English only84.1%

Knows French only0.1%

Knows both official languages15.1%

Knows neither official language0.7%

Mother tongue English79.6%

Mother tongue French2.0%

Mother tongue neither English nor French14.9%

Immigration and Indigenous identity

Immigrants13.7%

Immigrants who arrived 2016–20215.3%

Non-permanent residents8.6%

Indigenous identity3.2%

Getting to work

Car, truck or van61.8%

Public transit12.3%

Walking20.9%

Bicycle2.2%

Figures come from the 2021 Census of Population (income figures are for 2020), published by Statistics Canada for today’s 343 ridings (the 2023 boundaries) — the same boundaries shown here, so these are 2021 counts totted up for the ridings we use now. Statistics Canada deliberately nudges small counts up or down so no individual can be identified (random rounding) and withholds some figures entirely, so values are approximate and the parts may not add up to the total; a blank means the figure is not published for this riding. The “participation rate” here describes local residents aged 15 and over who are working or looking for work, and has nothing to do with an MP’s voting participation. Land area and population density are not published for ridings, so they are not shown.

Election results

Elections Canada, Official Voting Results