Quality of Life - Halifax Quality of life - Top 3 Scores -

Quality of Life - Halifax

Quality of life- Top 3 Scores -

Affordable housing

Traffic and navigation

Indoor recreational facilities

Outdoor recreational facilities

Arts and Cultural events

Good place to raise a family

Restaurants and cafés

Overall quality*

23%

37%

47%

51%

52%

63%

70%

64%

2014

Quality of life- Top 3 Scores -

Affordable housing

Traffic and navigation

Indoor recreational facilities

Outdoor recreational facilities

Arts and Cultural events

Good place to raise a family

Restaurants and cafés

Overall quality*

20%

33%

36%

38%

48%

67%

69%

57%

15%

37%

45%

38%

50%

70%

69%

58%

23%

37%

47%

51%

52%

63%

70%

64%

201420132012

Municipal Services

Municipal Service - Top 3 Satisfaction Scores -

Road maintenance

The cost of municipal water services

Snow clearing

Public transportation

Recreation facilities

Green spaces

Police services

Garbage collection

21%

28%

40%

35%

47%

59%

55%

41%

19%

28%

35%

29%

36%

42%

45%

49%

18%

23%

32%

33%

41%

51%

56%

62%

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Halifax Safety

Safety% who feel Very Safe or Mostly Safe

How safe do you consider downtown?

How safe would you feel walking alone at night in downtown?

How safe would you feel taking public

transit home after 10pm?

61%

41%

50%

64%

47%54%

70%

51% 53%

Halifax Toronto Ottawa

Tolerance

Perceived Tolerance (Top 3 Scores) of Residents Towards…

Gays and Lesbians

People from non-Christian

religions

Immigrants from another

country

Immigrants working in your city

54%45%

39% 39%

58%53% 51% 51%

65%

52% 48%53%

Halifax Toronto Ottawa

Halifax Development

The new Halifax Central Library The Roy Building on Barrington Street

7% 12%15%

35%

75%

46%

SupportNeutralOppose

Projects Under Development

9% 10% 9%

33%19% 22% 25%

24%

69% 64% 63%

38%

SupportNeutralOppose

Projects Under Consideration

Halifax Development Policies …

Series1

20%

29%

36% Appropriately balance the interests of heritage preservation

Place too much emphasis on heritage preservation

Place insufficient emphasis on heritage preservation

Very Unim-portant

Unimportant Important Very Important

5%10%

50%

29%

Importance of Heritage Trust

Halifax Economy

Halifax’s Economy

Poor Fair Good Excellent

14%

44%34%

4%

Expectations for the Economy (this time next year)

Worse About the same Better

11%

69%

16%

Rating Halifax as a Place to …

Start a new business Grow an existing business

Find work in the field for which you are

trained

20%13%

39%49% 45%

39%

21%30%

15%

2% 3% 3%

Poor Fair Good Excellent

Mayor Performance

Mayor Performance (Top 3 Scores)

25% 25%40% 39%