Immigration to Halifax.

6,840 new permanent residents named the Halifax metropolitan area as their destination in 2025, 75.2% of all admissions to Nova Scotia.

Data through July 2026Retrieved October 8, 2026Updated monthly, mid-month

New permanent residents per year

Halifax census metropolitan area, intended destination.

Period	Permanent residents
2015	2,765
2016	4,615
2017	3,780
2018	5,065
2019	6,290
2020	2,855
2021	7,090
2022	9,830
2023	8,935
2024	10,545
2025	6,840
2026 (Jan–Jul)	4,825

Source: IRCC, Permanent Residents – Monthly IRCC Updates (open data). 2026 covers January to July only.

Post-graduation work permits

New PGWP holders per year in this metropolitan area.

Category	PGWP holders
2015	665
2016	1,100
2017	1,045
2018	1,155
2019	1,700
2020	2,395
2021	2,280
2022	2,185
2023	4,220
2024	3,500
2025	3,215
2026 (Jan–Jul)	3,680

Source: IRCC, Temporary Residents: TFWP and IMP Work Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates. 2026 covers January to July only.

More context

Who lives here.

Neighbourhood maps of origins, languages and recent immigrants: Census Atlas: Halifax.
Province: Nova Scotia.

About this data. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. IRCC rounds every figure to the nearest 5 and suppresses values from 0 to 5; we count suppressed cells as zero, so totals here can be slightly below IRCC’s published totals. “Rounded, not for calculations.” Not an official IRCC publication. These pages describe what happened, using official statistics. They do not predict policy, estimate anyone’s chances, or rank communities. See methods and definitions.