8 things you need to know before moving to Halifax 

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Me watching this while I was born and raised here

Don’t get drunk. Downtown roads are steep. You will fall down and roll into the sea.

I moved to Halifax from Africa earlier this year and Haligonians are some of the most decent nicest folks you will find anywhere in the world. Halifax also offers the best balance of life and nature of any city I know of.

Should have mentioned the 1% vacancies in houses, which is causing houses that are being sold to sell 30k above asking.

I lived in Halifax for a year as an international student from Japan. It was so precious experience. I love halifax.

I like that you mentioned the fact that many international students who graduate from University here end up staying. If it didn’t have a vibrant international community I probably wouldn’t have remained here so long. A lot of great Island, African, Latin & Middle Eastern people here bringing the sauce.

I would like to add to #7 - the culture is really just embodied in the people. I moved to Atlantic Canada 38 years ago, and in my opinion the beauty of the landscape plays second fiddle to the warmth of the people.

Good job on keeping it real, and showing off our home town to the rest of the world with pride and excellence. Keep up the good work! 😎

Very high quality content. Thank you for giving us this amazing tour of this beautiful city ❤️

Thank you for this great video! it brings a lot of memory. I'd spent 5 years living and studying in Halifax. I love Halifax!

Nice. A ton of information about Halifax. Please keep making similar video on other cities as well. The video was fun to watch and hats off for making sure that the viewer never got bored.. 👍👍

That was great! "I am obligated to get angry at you" is my favourite thing. I think I'll revisit soon!

I feel like the fact that Halifax has a considerably low vacancy rate,high rent etc needs to be addressed. If you have money then its no issue but if you are working your butt off and just making ends meet, I wouldn't recommend it.

Bang on! I really found your opinion honest and accurate. I have been living in Halifax since last three years and found everything you said totally relatable.

Nice video. Appreciate the effort you put into it.

Really enjoyed the review. Great job!

Ahhhh good ol Nova Scotia (Dartmouth), Where you can experience all seasons in the run of 2 hours 🇨🇦. No place like home

Moved to Halifax from london Ontario last year and absolutely love it here!! Best decision I've made. Good video

Great! Your information its really helps my family . Thank you very much !

Hahahaha!! Loved watching you almost roll down that hill! Thanks for this video and your fun energy! You made my day! And it seems like things are under control there regarding this pandemic! Nice to see things looking “normal” for a change! My dream has always been to move to Canada since I first went to Niagara over 30 years ago! But now with the way things are here in the US and our borders closed off, I don’t see that happening any time soon! 😢 But thanks again for this amazing and informative video! You made an instant subscriber & fan out of me! God bless you! 🙏🏻💖

I visited Halifax over 10 years ago now on a long East Coast road trip with my family through Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI from Ontario, and Halifax was my favourite city we visited :) the charm, culture, and atmosphere was superb. I look forward to going back one day!

Halifax also has a fabulous new library.

Dane, thank you for so joyful video, I too much enjoyed it. Since I'm planning to get to Halifax with my family through AIPP, this kind of content is perfect for us because help us to have a good idea about the real life there. You have a new subscriber now. Please, keep on doing videos like these ones. Greetings from Lima-Perú.

I'm planning to study there soon. Thanks for your video. I loved it.

I went to university in Halifax back in the 90s and visited frequently for years afterwards with work. I'll always love that place, it gave me some of my very best days (and nights!). The locals are generally more than a little awesome, food is great, it punches WAY above its weight in terms of nightlife and just has this super-fun-yet-relaxed maritime vibe. Best time to go imho is early September. It's still warm, you still get all the cruise ship activity, military/navy ships coming in and out all the time and the university students all come back. For a small city, it is always buzzing with life at that time of year, it's really great.

After 3 years I left Halifax for come back home Quebec city (My hometown) 2 months ago and i miss so much Halifax . It was amazing experience for me !

Thank you for sharing this!

Awesome information and visuals. Thank you!

Great video. I’m not moving, but I can’t wait to get out east and visit Nova Scotia one day - Halifax looks beautiful.

I spent a wonderful 5 years living in Halifax, and watching your video reminds me how much I'd love to go back and visit. Won't be going back permanently though, the summer humidity in Nova Scotia is a lot for a prairie boy like me to handle lol

Great content video! Thanks for your tips

Excellent video thank you so much.

I’m from Halifax and when I travelled around Australia, I worked at a restaurant in Perth. An American aircraft carrier came into port and a few officers came into the restaurant. When they asked where I was from, I told them Halifax and was met with “no way, we love Halifax!” There were a few who knew all about the city and loved it! Talk about random conversations on the other side of the world 😀

Me watching this while living in Halifax, UK

i am moving there next month, excited!!!

Hello Dane, fabulous job on showcasing Halifax. I live in Toronto and (although I absolutely love the Canadian winters), I have also been fascinated with Atlantic Canada and have been wanting to explore that side. Very well balanced presentation...Will visit Halifax soon. Take care!

Should've mentioned that N.S. is the #1 taxed province in Canada.

oh man, i love your channel. halifax seems soooo cozy

Thanks for the video! Thinking about to move to Nova Scotia and this one is really informative.

Thank you for this amazing video

I got my degree in Halifax, a piece of my heart was left there

After seeing this, I really wanted to visit this place.

I'm a Newfoundlander living in California...we are hopefully planning our move to Dartmouth within the next year...we've been to Halifax back in 2002, absolutely loved it! Great Video!

We love Halifax, have been there so many times, have fun living there, we have never been there in winter, so best of luck.

As someone studing my options to move to Canada, this video has got me , I had been considering calgary until I saw how Halifax (and Nova Scotia) is. Thanks a lot

I am from Ohio, USA. I visited Halifax in 2016 and loved the city. I am generalizing, but the people were incredibly nice. I have so many fond memories of my trip and can't wait to go back at some point.

Awesome video thanks for sharing 😀

Great information . Thank you 😊

Hey, i enjoyed the video. i’m happy to call myself a haligonian for the last two years :)

Moving there soon! Super excited

Since I was born I’ve slowly been heading to Canada, now I feel like NS has my heart set

Great video. Thanks!

Awesome! I would have been in Halifax to commence my MSc program (Dalhousie University) 3 days ago if not for Covid19 that truncated my travel plans. I love the province!!! Quiet and Peaceful.

I have been living here in Halifax for the last seven years and never moved to other parts. Loved it and your Channel. Just subscribe it. All the Best.

Thanks Dane !!!Nice vídeo!! Thanks for share your city with us.... I was born in Colombia and Halifax is a lifeplan part of me and my girlfriend.....

Congratulations my friend for this video.

dude you are super positive

Really thinking of moving from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia in a few years 🤞

Nice video. I've always thought that Halifax looks amazingly beautiful. Cheers!

Great!!! It is very informative content about Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Some trivia. Halifax is called "Smart City" because it has the highest concentration of learning institutions in North America. Loved it when you were at Chocolate Lake. So many memories going back to the seventies and eighties. IO could almost see myself and my cousin chatting up the babes in my imagination. Sadly he passed in 2003. We had some awesome times at Chocolate Late. There used to be a white VW Bug sunk near the center of the lake. I think it's been removed by now.

As an immigrant and resident of the city for 7 years I must say the video is well done. Halifax and the surrounding areas of the city are a fantastic place to live. The people are some of the best I have ever met and there is no shortage of things to do here. I will say the weather can be rough at times and don't even get me started on the dreaded construction season lol. Seriously though I would encourage anyone who hasn't yet had the pleasure to at least visit once.

Love your intro ! Love your video!

You with the pigeon was hilarious 😂. Great video

Thanks for posting. This video made me yearn for home. I grew up in Nova Scotia and lived in Halifax for 10 years before moving to the Seattle area. This video is a great depiction of the Halifax I remember and I hope all who are fortunate to call it home appreciate what they have.

I have always loved Halifax and if I had not moved west in my youth I think that it would have been my choice as a Maritimer to live. Being one of the oldest cities in the Maritimes and a port city gives it a charm that is very enticing. It also has a great nightlife scene partially due to the high number of Universities found within its borders. As mentioned compared to other cities in the Maritimes the weather is pretty temperate. At Christmas time, they have a 50/50 chance of having snow. Of course like all things that could be achangin. That being said, Over the years I have visited Halifax many times and have never found that the cost of living here was all that cheap. Even compared with cities two or three times the size in Canada. Jobs were tough to find and the pay rate was very low. Plus because of the high student population, rental accommodation has always been tough to find and expensive. I had a friend who had to move to another university in another province after not getting in the residence at Dalhousie because the cost was so high outside of the university. That same person returned as a professional bought a house and rented the top floor of the house out to university students. He easily covered the cost of his mortgage and then some. What was interesting he never had to advertise a vacancy. All he had to do was place a sign in his front window and it would be filled within days. His central location was also beneficial.

Love the production

Just moved 2 weeks ago! Tnx bro! 😁😁😁

I really love Nova Scotia and wish to live there.

thanks for sharing this information!.

A well captured video of the beautiful Halifax.. 😍😍

I miss NS! I lived there for 13-years and I want to go back. Even though I wasn't born there it always felt like home.

The cut transition to smelling a flower was so frickin' cheesy I love it lol Edit: I didn't see the bike bell yet. I'm dead

Great video!

Been living here for over a year and I can agree with most. Nowhere is perfect and Halifax also has its pros and cons but it's great to be a part of this place.

I love Halifax! I live in Dartmouth Nova Scotia which is across the bridge and I love Nova Scotia

Maaan!!! I really want to move to Halifax. Your video was amazing. I've been in Vancouver, it's a beautifull place, but it's too expensive to live there as well. Halifax seems beautifull to, and a great place to raise my daugther. Cheers!!!

Nice video. My family love this place. Keep posting new videos. We are the Vendivels.

Awesome video! Thank you!

Lots of positives in the video, and all true. But anyone thinking of moving to the HRM should be aware: NS has low wages and high taxes compared to the rest of Canada. Even with the high taxes the city's infrastructure, development, public education and health care system are far more inferior and behind other Canadian cities. Tuition is also the highest is Canada. The cost of food, energy, consumer goods and entertainment are the same cost or more expensive than other parts of Canada. Un-employment is usually high, and opportunities are limited to certain industries. Know the pros and cons before you decide if HRM is right for you. Good luck!

Feels like the ideal place for me to live in! A small city that's a stones throw away from nature~

Very informative video, thanks!

Love u man. Amazing vid

Hi Great Video. I hope your next one includes Lawrencetown beaches including Conrad Beach in Lawrenctown and the Eastern Shore Petpeswick and Clam Harbour.. Alot to offer. Housing more reasonably priced. Great Communities not far from what the city has to offer

I was born and raised in the Halifax area, to Canadians looking to move. Halifax has a lot to offer depending on how you want your lifestyle. First and foremost Halifax is the 11th largest metropolitan area in Canada. We'll likely have a population around 480,000 for 2021. We'll be the next city to break half a million for sure in Canada. And that is because in the last five years was only when Halifax started seeing significant growth. For the most part the city has handled it well, and there are some very exciting projects happening. Jobs definitely don't pay the same compared to the rest of Canada. And you pay more taxes with the less money you'll be making. And finding that nice job can definitely take some time. But there is never a shortage of labor and service jobs to get noticed. But the climate is very nice compared to other Canadian cities like Montreal or Toronto. We have the ocean, rolling hills and mountains. I don't want to be anywhere else.

thank you for this video

The best video about Halifax. GJ

Omg this is such a cool video I'm from South Carolina and I love extreme cold weather and I was planning on moving to New York City very soon very very soon actually but at the last minute I changed my mind and I'm having thoughts about moving to Canada and Halifax has always been such a interest to me thanks so much for the video

As a whole, Canada really seems like such a beautiful country, both in its looks and its people! Very happy to be neighbors with you here in America :)

Great info!!

Awesome informative video Bro 🙏 Thanks

I just loved when you apologized to the bird 🐦!! Hahahahahahahahaha.. Lovely sarcasm!! ❤

That was very entertaining Sir..I'm from the Bahamas..Have A Love For Halifax Now That My Son Has Made It His Home...Having Graduated From The Mount St Vincent..He Is A Microbiologist With Good Robot Brewing Company..Covit19 has thrown a curve in my plans I should be there right now...but I know I'll be back..242 Nassau Bahamas🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸But 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Excellent video.

Thanks so much for your video. I am planning to visit this place soon. :-)

I love halifax! I hope to get the opportunity to moving there through immigration program pilot next year. would be a dream come true! Your video was amazing. Thank you

Halifax seems like the most ocean cities in Sao Paulo State, in Brazil. Small cities, nice people, slow rhythm (in a good way) and a vibrant life at summer. For sure, Halifax seems like a city where I'd love to live, to escape from a chaotic city like Sao Paulo. Yes, the state and the city has the same name, like New York. BTW. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for telling so much

Phenomenal job! I currently live in Halifax. Living in the Clayton Park area. I was born in the Annapolis Valley in the small town of Annapolis Royal. I just subscribed to you channel ✔ Cheers to you!