Metro area profile
Halifax
Canada · GDP 2022
#11 of 40 Canadian metros by GDPtop-quartile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2022 (USD)
$23.3B
Statistics Canada · 2022
GDP growth (YoY)
+12.4%
Statistics Canada · 2022
Jobs tracked
233,900
StatCan · 2020
Employers
StatCan
Avg. wage
StatCan
Population
480,582
StatCan · 2022
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Emera IncorporatedUtilities$6.3B52D2Killam Apartment REITReal Estate$274.3M62C3GoGold Resources Inc.Basic Materials$72.5M79B+4Clarke Inc.Consumer Cyclical$58.3M55C5Nova Leap Health Corp.Healthcare$32.0M75B+6Torrent Capital Ltd.Financial Services$2.7M——7Appili Therapeutics IncHealthcare$177.1k28D8MedMira Inc.Healthcare$172.4k31D9Morien Resources Corp.Energy$16.2k21D10Silver Tiger Metals Inc.Basic Materials$0——11Sona Nanotech Inc.Healthcare$0——12Maritime Launch Services Inc.Industrials$0——13Antler Gold Inc.Basic Materials$0——14EDM Resources IncBasic Materials$0——15Fortune Bay Corp.Basic Materials$0——16Namibia Critical Metals Inc.Basic Materials———17Ucore Rare Metals Inc.Basic Materials———18Zephyr Minerals Ltd.Basic Materials———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
No sector-employment detail published for this place. CBP/StatCan
GDP trend
2020–2022 · nominal
$18.2B2020
$21.5B2021
$23.3B2022
Filing activity
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What is the GDP of Halifax?
Halifax's economy produced $23.3B in 2022, growing 12.4% year over year — faster than most Canadian metros.
Native: 30.3B CAD · converted at the 2022 average rate.
GDP: Statistics Canada (2022), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: StatCan (2020) · Population & migration: StatCan · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.