Cost of Living in Halifax

Used to live here for five years. No jobs, everything is under communist government and getting job there is almost impossible. People are absolute haters and hate immigrants in their guts. Racism is quite common in Halifax and especially with Canada sinking into more totalitarian Trudeau regime halgonians are becoming more and more racist. I deeply regret my initial step to immigrate to Halifax, but fixed this stupidity with moving to Calgary. For the ones who are planning to settle in Halifax, be ready to hear racist and fascist jokes like: “Everyone knows that immigrants cannot work” or “We know that in Eastern Europe you are all communists”. Not worth even a day staying in this place.

Halifax is the fastest growing city in Canada, thats why its hard to find an apt, people know its the best place to live in Canada with lots of jobs even in a pandemic.

I am from Halifax but I have been living in NB, I can't wait to move back home. I have been here long enough to say that Halifax is dedinitely one of the top places to live with good government, money,education and good people. If you live there, you are lucky!

This is a place I have always wanted to visit. I went to Iceland for vacation and was appalled by the amount of racism I experienced as a black female. I was just a tourist - there spending my money for a week and they acted as if I was moving into the house next door. Are there black people in NS? If so, are they welcome and equal?

Mike you seem kind of abrasive, chill out. Buy a house. Git gud. Damn straight you need to listen to my words #Mike. Get riggedy rekt son

I have been living in Halifax for 2 years and I am an immigrant, I compared the cost of living in many Canadian cities before I chose Halifax and I found that only cities in New Brunswick have a lower cost of living than Halifax and finding a well paying job in Halifax is easier than anywhere in New Brunswick, so Halifax is among the only places in Canada where finding a job is not hard and the cost of living is low, which is the best combination. Just look at the other cities that "everybody" wants to live in Canada, even with well paying jobs it is too expensive to live in them, try living in Toronto or Vancouver with $60K p.a., that's not enough to make ends meet and it is not possible to save anything from that, but in Halifax, a job that pays $60K p.a. is enough to live comfortably in a nice home with a new car and getting entertainment often. It is easy for an educated person to land a $60K p.a. job in Halifax even as a new immigrant and an experienced Canadian (born in Canada) would get much more than that for the same job, so there is really nothing to complain about. Friends of mine who moved to Toronto from Halifax in order to get better paying jobs are now worse off, as their jobs only pay them a little more (up to $5K a year more) but their cost of living doubled, mainly due to their rent and cost of insurances.

When I retire I plan to move to Cape Breton, which has the lowest cost of living in Canada and is also the calmest and most beautiful place in my opinion (but unfortunately it's nearly impossible to find a professional job there), but as long as I need to work for my living, Halifax is the best place for me.

"I live in the downtown core, with a spacious apartment all included for 775 a month." LOL well I know that's fake. Maybe she pays $775 for one bedroom in a multi-bedroom house with shared kitchen and bathroom with a bunch of other students. That would be more accurate. But there is NO WAY you will find even a bachelor's apartment, in the downtown core for $775. Let alone all-inclusive.