Welcome to Shape Your City

Find information and get engaged on a broad range of municipal initiatives. We know that your time is precious and your opinion is important, Shape Your City makes it easy to give your input from the comfort of your home.

Archived projects remain available for you to look at and can be found under "Past Engagements".

This site complements traditional consultation activities like open houses and town halls by making engagement programs more inclusive, accessible and easier to share your opinions.

Archived projects remain available for you to look at and can be found under "Past Engagements".

This site complements traditional consultation activities like open houses and town halls by making engagement programs more inclusive, accessible and easier to share your opinions.

Municipal Projects

Peace & Friendship Park Plan

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Take the survey now at shapeyourcityhalifax.ca/pfparkdesign
Traveller Opinion Survey

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The Traveller Opinion Survey - Open between July 22 to August 12, 2024.
Your feedback will help us learn more about how citizens travel, and understand what motivates people to use sustainable transportation modes. With this information, we can recommend improvements to our transportation network.
Rural Short-Term Rentals

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Share your thoughts!
We want to hear from you about short-term rentals located in rural areas of the municipality.
Your feedback will be used to shape land-use by-law regulations to ensure consistency across the municipality.
Complete the survey below by August 19, 2024.
Alderney Drive Functional Plan

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The municipality wants to hear from you about proposed active transportation and transit priority changes on a corridor between Wyse Road and Thistle Street to Alderney Drive and Dundas Street.
Captain William Spry Community Centre Recreation Needs Assessment

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Learn more about the assessment and take the public survey.
Slayter Local Street Bikeway and Connections

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We would like to invite you to participate in public engagement to provide feedback on the proposed bikeway concept designs for the project study corridor and the bikeway connections, as well as to share with us your thoughts on the successes and shortcomings of the interim bikeway improvements pilot project along Slayter Street
Strawberry Hill Future Growth Node

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The municipality has received development proposals for the Strawberry Hill Future Growth Node. Municipal staff are reviewing information submitted by landowners within the site area and are awaiting supporting information to be provided by the applicants.
Young District

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The public is invited to attend a public information meeting to help shape the future of the Young District. Three public information meeting sessions will take place on Wednesday, June 26th, 2024.
Halifax Exhibition Centre Mixed Use Development

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The Halifax Exhibition Centre (HEC) lands located along Prospect Road (Highway 333) in Beechville were identified by Halifax Regional Council as an “Opportunity Site”.
Future Service Communities

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The need for additional serviced lands to provide housing and services to accommodate population growth has been identified through the ongoing Regional Plan Review. In order to support the region’s current and expected population growth, the Province has invested $2.3 million to enable the municipality to conduct a series of critical technical studies to inform the possibility of supporting fully serviced development in four study areas.