Suburban · Mainland Halifax, Halifax
Spryfield
Affordable, green and close to the Northwest Arm
- Families with kids
- Owners on a budget
- First-time buyers
At a glance
Spryfield is a large mainland neighbourhood south of the Armdale Rotary, with detached houses, townhouses and low apartment buildings along Herring Cove Road, and lakes and trails on its edges. Home prices are below the city average and the neighbourhood has a strong community identity. About 48% of homes are detached and 23% are apartments, 40% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $325K in the 2021 census.
- Median home value (est.)
- $396K* * est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $423K
- Residents
- 14,920 scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 12,702 at the 2021 census
- Households renting
- 40% city 43%
- Homes that are apartments
- 23% city 36%
What the numbers mean
- Owners valued the median home at $325K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Halifax-Dartmouth MLS® Home Price Index (+22% since then), that is about $396K, close to the Halifax median of $423K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
- 40% of households rent, close to the 43% city-wide.
- 20% of residents are under 15, versus 15% city-wide. Expect busy schools, parks and playgrounds.
- Housing is a mix: 23% apartments, with the rest townhouses, duplexes and houses.
Who lives here
Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 12,702 at the 2021 census.
Homes
Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 12,702 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
- $4,440 a year about $370 a month on a $396K 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
- $5,940 on $396K
Getting to work by transit3
- DowntownNo transit within a 1 km walk
- Dalhousie UniversityNo transit within a 1 km walk
- Burnside Business ParkNo transit within a 1 km walk
- AirportNo transit within a 1 km walk
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 Spryfield compares with other blocks in the nine cities, by what is nearby (higher means closer):
Schools5
- Schools here
- 4 public
- Elementary
- 3
- High school
- 1
- Within 2 km
- 13 of its edge
- Central Spryfield SchoolElementary
- Elizabeth Sutherland SchoolElementary
- Rockingstone Heights SchoolElementary
- J. L. Ilsley High SchoolHigh school
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.