All Online Services
Anniversary message from the mayor
- Online Form
Ask the mayor to send an anniversary message to couples celebrating a 50th, 55th, 60th, 65th, 70th, or 75th anniversary.
Ask a question to 311
- Service Information
Have a general question? Send 311 a message and receive and answer by email.
Barrier Maintenance
- Online Form
Requests for maintenance of guiderails, retaining walls, fences, or railings.
Before You Burn
- Online Service
Check Before You Burn for up-to-date information regarding burning restrictions in the Halifax region.
Birthday message from the mayor
- Online Form
Ask the mayor to send a birthday message to someone turning 80, 90, or 100 (also available every year after 100).
BizPal
- Online Service
Create a customized list of necessary permits and licenses from the municipal, provincial, and federal governments for your business.
Book a park or facility (wedding)
- Online Form
Book one of the municipality’s beautiful venues for your wedding. Indoor and outdoor options available.
Building Related/Additional Permits
- Online Service
Apply for building related/additional permits - demolition, blasting, grade alteration, and lot grading.
Cemeteries
- Online Form
Report on damaged headstones, fallen over headstones, grave depressions, or general cemetery inquiries. HRM Owned cemeteries only.
Commercial Building Permits
- Online Service
Apply to make changes to existing buildings, new buildings, signs & application to occupy.
Community Clean Up / Adopt A Highway
- Online Form
Schedule pick up from Community Clean Up programs. Please ensure you have registered for the program prior to contacting HRM
Data Analytics
- Online Service
Interactive dashboards that help visualize data, trends and patterns to inform decisions that affect the municipality.
Deceased Animals
- Online Form
Report issues on deceased animals or marine life on HRM Property, including parks, playgrounds, and fields.
Drainage Infrastructure Maintenance or Repair
- Online Form
Report issues related to repair or maintenance of drainage assets (where flooding is not currently happening). Examples include culverts, ditch, street drains, catch basins, other.
Drainage Infrastructure Request
- Online Form
Request for new drainage infrastructure (e.g. new catch basin, culvert, street drain).
Election Signs
- Online Form
Report concerns on the size of election signs, signs in prohibited areas, signs on a travel way, path, or other concerns.
ExploreHRM
- Online Service
Maps - a user-friendly interactive map of the Halifax Regional Municipality. Find addresses, streets, bus stops, property information and more.
Find your district
- Online Service
Find your electoral district map, review district maps, and find your councillor by entering your street address.
Flooding Requests
- Online Form
Report active incidents of flooding; catch basins, water running into the street, culverts and ditches.
Grass
- Online Form
Requests to cut grass in parks, playgrounds, athletic fields, cemeteries and in the boulevard.
Halifax Police crime map
- Online Service
View online maps to see timely information about crime within the municipality.
hfxALERT - mass notification system
- Online Service
hfxALERT is the our mass notification system, keeping residents informed about emergencies and operations updates, including the winter parking ban.
hfxALERT - submit feedback
hfxALERT is the municipal mass notification system keeping residents informed about urgent and non-urgent situations.
House and Home Permits
- Online Service
Permits for home improvements, new home construction, developing your property.
Landscaping
- Online Form
Requests for pruning and maintenance of foliage, vegetation, shrubs, flower beds, hanging baskets. Examples include weeds in shrub beds, rodent holes, etc.
Lights - Parks, Playground, Fields
- Online Form
Lighting requests for HRM owned sports fields, sports courts, ball diamonds, all-weather fields and courts. Includes HRM owned parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, open spaces and walkways.
Mapping Applications
- Online Service
Maps and Mapping Applications that answer questions about municipal services.
Military Retirement Congratulations
- Online Form
Ask the mayor to send a congratulatory message to someone retiring from the military.
Non-ROW Signage
- Online Form
Request for a new sign in a park (sign maintenance, complaints about signs in a park -including election signs).
Obstructions
- Online Form
Report anything impeding the flow of traffic or pedestrians such as MVA debris (including fluids from the vehicle), garbage bags, temporary signs, shopping carts.
Open data
- Online Service
Data available to the public for download to improve citizen engagement, transparency and accountability to municipal residents.
Parks Infrastructure Requests
- Online Form
Inquiries on, or request for a new park, playground, greenspace, or infrastructure.
Parks Inquiries
- Online Form
Parks related inquiries, including complaints & compliments, hours of operation, policy inquiries, lost items in parks.
Pay property taxes online
- Service Information
Set up online property tax payments via your financial institution.
Planning & Subdivision Applications
- Online Service
Request changes to your land use, modify your registered heritage property, apply for a subdivision approval or zoning confirmation letter, etc; Apply for Variance - permission to adjust requirements (such as lot coverage, size of yard or setbacks) beyond what the Land Use By-law allows; Apply for a Subdivision - Create new property boundaries or propose an alteration to your current property boundaries.
Problem Plants, Insects, and Animals
- Online Form
Report issues with problem plants, bugs, or invasive species.
Property Information Finder
- Online Service
Enter your civic address or PID into our Property Information tool to see maps and information about your property.
Register for recreation programs
- Online Service
Register for Halifax Recreation programs, camps, and classes.
Report a crime to Halifax Police
- Online Service
Report a minor crime to Halifax Regional Police. If a crime is in progress, call 911.
Report a pothole or sinkhole
- Online Form
Report a pothole or sinkhole on a municipal street or sidewalk. If you are reporting potholes on a 100 series highway, please contact NSTAT at TPWPAFF@novascotia.ca
Report a problem with a streetlight
- Online Form
Report an issue with a streetlight on a municipal street, park, or open space.
Report an issue with a community sign
- Service Information
Report a maintenance issue with a "Welcome to the Community" sign.
Report litter in parks and fields
- Online Form
Report litter, broken glass and overflowing waste bins in municipal parks, playgrounds or athletic fields.
Report litter on streets or sidewalks
- Online Form
Report litter or overflowing waste bins on municipal streets, sidewalks, paths, walkways, between streets or in ditches.
Request a new mini green bin
- Service Information
Request a replacement countertop mini bin for organic waste.
Request repairs (parks & playgrounds)
- Online Form
Report damage to something in a municipal park, playground, or field.
Request residential refrigerant removal
- Online Form
Request the free removal of refrigerants from your domestic refrigerator, air conditioner, or other cooling appliance before garbage collection.
Roadside Memorials
- Online Form
The Roadside Memorials Administrative Order requires the person who places a roadside memorial to submit their contact information to the Municipality.
ROW Services General Inquiries
- Online Form
Report issues about activity in the ROW or roadside memorials. Report general ROW inquiries regarding obstructions or placement of containers/excavation equipment.
ROW Signage
- Online Form
Request for new ROW/Traffic signs, damage to signs, missing signs, sign maintenance, change or removal of traffic signs.
Search for jobs in Halifax
- Online Service
Search current job opportunities available with the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Snow Damage
- Online Form
Report damage to HRM Property such as vehicles, buildings, sidewalks, curbs, grass, trees, shrubs, gardens, etc.
Street Directory Service Maps
- Service Information
Search a street name to find street ownership maps and maintenance details.
Street Sweeping
- Online Form
Requests for street sweeping outside of regularly scheduled weekly sweeping (during warmer months).
Streets and Services Permits
- Online Service
Here's what you need to know if you are working in the municipal right of way and if you need to run water and sewer.
Traffic Signals
- Online Form
Maintenance or repair of traffic signals. This includes flashing lights, stuck lights, lights out, audible crosswalk signal chirping, snow covered traffic heads, etc.
Trees
- Online Form
Request work pertaining to tree pruning, tree removal, tree planting, and stump removal, and/or report tree vandalism (illegal cuts or pruning).
Utility Related Street Cuts and Trenches
- Online Form
Requests for inspections of a completed utility cut.
Vegetation Maintenance
- Online Form
Report on vegetation causing line of site issues, or vegetation in the right-of-way impeding the flow of traffic or pedestrians.
Walking Surface Maintenance
- Online Form
Requests for maintenance of sidewalks, pedestrian ramps at intersections/crosswalks, tactile plates, street to street walkways, marked crosswalks or stairs.
What goes where
- Online Service
Create your customized waste collection schedule and search items by name to learn what goes where.