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The Halifax Regional Municipality has released one new dataset on Open Data, as part of an ongoing commitment to provide public access to data created and managed by the municipality.
The new dataset includes:
Social Value Catering Registry
The addition of these datasets brings the total number of Open Data datasets to 273.
The following datasets have been updated and/or modified:
Polling Districts 2016 – the 2016 census population has been added to the dataset
Polling Districts 2020 – the 2021 census population has been added to the dataset
Transit Automated Passenger Counts Archived – data was previously released but due to the large file size, the archived data has been moved to our Open Data Downloads website.
A wide range of data can be sourced for free through the catalogue, such as transit routes and schedule data, solid waste collection schedules, and area rates. New data releases occur several times throughout the year, with the most recent release on June 18, 2025.
The Open Data initiative was launched in early 2014 to help improve resident engagement and enhance transparency on municipal data. The program was formalized by Regional Council later that year through the adoption of Administrative Order 2014-006-ADM Respecting Open Data.
For more information on the municipality’s Open Data program, and to access all the datasets, visit: Halifax Data, Mapping & Analytics Hub/Open Data.