Established · Halifax Peninsula, Halifax
West End
Quinpool Road, the Common and tree-lined streets of older houses
- Families
- Young professionals
- Quiet streets
At a glance
The West End covers the west side of the peninsula, with Quinpool Road's shops and restaurants, the Halifax Common, Oxford Street and quiet streets of older detached and semi-detached houses. Rents and prices are above the city average, and about half of households rent. About 45% of homes are detached and 36% are apartments, 48% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $601K in the 2021 census.
- Median home value (est.)
- $731K* * est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $423K
- Residents
- 18,340 scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 15,610 at the 2021 census
- Households renting
- 48% city 43%
- Homes that are apartments
- 36% city 36%
What the numbers mean
- Owners valued the median home at $601K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Halifax-Dartmouth MLS® Home Price Index (+22% since then), that is about $731K, 73% above the Halifax median of $423K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
- 48% of households rent, above the 43% city-wide.
- 30% of residents are 20 to 34, versus 23% city-wide. It skews young-professional.
- Housing is a mix: 36% apartments, with the rest townhouses, duplexes and houses.
Who lives here
Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 15,610 at the 2021 census.
Homes
Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 15,610 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
- $8,190 a year about $685 a month on a $731K 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
- $10,970 on $731K
Getting to work by transit3
- Downtown24 min
- Dalhousie University25 min
- Burnside Business Park57 min
- Airport1 h 31 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 West End compares with other blocks in the nine cities, by what is nearby (higher means closer):
Schools5
- Schools here
- 6 public
- Elementary
- 6
- High school
- 0
- Within 2 km
- 23 of its edge
- Halifax Central Junior High SchoolElementary
- Oxford SchoolElementary
- Sir Charles Tupper SchoolElementary
- St. Agnes Junior High SchoolElementary
- St. Catherine's Elementary SchoolElementary
- Westmount 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.