Inner suburb · Mainland Halifax, Halifax
Fairview
Compact mainland neighbourhood near the Bedford Basin
- Renters
- Commuters
- Owners on a budget
At a glance
Fairview lies on the mainland just northwest of the peninsula, between the Bedford Basin and Joseph Howe Drive. It is mostly apartments, townhouses and smaller houses, and nearly seven in ten households rent. Fairview Lawn Cemetery, with the graves of Titanic victims, is one of its best-known sites. About 26% of homes are detached and 58% are apartments, 68% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $421K in the 2021 census.
- Median home value (est.)
- $513K* * est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $423K
- Residents
- 25,110 scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 21,370 at the 2021 census
- Households renting
- 68% city 43%
- Homes that are apartments
- 58% city 36%
What the numbers mean
- Owners valued the median home at $421K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Halifax-Dartmouth MLS® Home Price Index (+22% since then), that is about $513K, 21% above the Halifax median of $423K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
- 68% of households rent, well above the 43% city-wide, so expect a younger, more mobile mix of neighbours.
- 31% of residents are 20 to 34, versus 23% city-wide. It skews young-professional.
- 58% of homes are apartments (36% city-wide), so a condo is the usual way in.
Who lives here
Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 21,370 at the 2021 census.
Homes
Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 21,370 at the 2021 census.
Estimated property tax1
What owning here costs each year in property tax at the median assessed value. Renters don’t pay it directly, but landlords pass it on.
- Median home
- $5,750 a year about $480 a month on a $513K assessment
Upfront closing costs2
Nova Scotia has no provincial land transfer tax; the Halifax Regional Municipality charges a deed transfer tax of 1.5% of the price. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.
- HRM deed transfer tax
- $7,700 on $513K
Getting to work by transit3
- Downtown40 min
- Dalhousie University42 min
- Burnside Business Park1 h 12 min
- Airport1 h 45 min
Average weekday morning trip by bus, train or both, including walking and waiting. Driving and cycling times aren't included for Halifax.
Everyday walkability4
How Fairview compares with other blocks in the nine cities, by what is nearby (higher means closer):
Schools5
- Schools here
- 5 public
- Elementary
- 5
- High school
- 0
- Within 2 km
- 22 of its edge
- Burton Ettinger Elementary SchoolElementary
- Clayton Park Junior High SchoolElementary
- Fairview Heights Elementary SchoolElementary
- Fairview Junior High SchoolElementary
- Springvale Elementary SchoolElementary
The school nearest the house may not be the school your child is assigned to. School boards assign a designated school by street address, and a neighbourhood can be split across several or have none inside its boundary. Use your school board’s school locator with the exact address before you rely on a school.
We don’t rate schools: test results are not comparable across provinces, so a school’s quality is something to ask about on a visit.
Halifax doesn't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.
Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for Halifax. Halifax Regional Police and the RCMP don't publish open crime counts by neighbourhood that we can compare across areas. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends. Why this is missing.