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 on the right side 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 on the right side 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.

Current Projects

Short-Term Rentals

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Take our survey on proposed regulations for Short-Term Rentals. Survey closes December 17.
Dartmouth North Active Transportation Project

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Round 2 of public engagement starts November 27! Learn more.
Active Transportation Wayfinding Signage

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Do you use bike lanes or multi-use pathways? Help us make navigating them easier and take our wayfinding survey.
Downtown Halifax Heritage District

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Halifax Regional Municipality Regional Council recently initiated establishing a new Heritage Conservation District (HCD) in Downtown Halifax. You will soon be able to attend a public meeting (virtual) where you can learn about the project, share your ideas, and complete a short survey about how you would like to be consulted in drafting the Downtown Halifax HCD Plan.
Bayers Lake Business Park Active Transportation Plan

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Share your feedback in the first round of online public engagement for the Bayers Lake Business Park Active Transportation Plan.

A survey will be available from Nov. 4 through Nov. 20 along with two live webinar sessions that will be held on:

Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 6 - 7 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 6 from 12 - 1 p.m.

For more information, please visit: www.shapeyourcityhalifax.ca/bayers-lake-active-transportation
Municipal Planning Projects

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See which municipal planning projects are open for comment.
Talk Transit

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Welcome to Talk Transit – a platform for current and potential transit users to let Halifax Transit know their thoughts on important transit topics.
Shared Micromobility

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Thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts on Shared Micromobility. Your feedback will help inform Regional Council about the best approaches to enabling, regulating, and delivering shared micromobility transportation options in Halifax. We have reviewed the feedback and created a What We Heard Report.
Centre Plan

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Centre Plan Package A is now in effect. Visit Regional Centre Plan Area to read the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy [PDF] and Regional Centre Land Use By-law [PDF] and learn more about the planning policies and regulations for this planning area.

Thank you to all who participated in developing the Centre Plan – please stay tuned for opportunities to share your feedback on Package B.
Peninsula South Complete Streets

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Thank you to everyone who participated in our public consultation. Our survey is now closed.
This project will apply a "complete streets" approach to improving conditions for all people travelling to and through the south end of the Halifax peninsula, with a focus on improving comfort, safety and convenience for people walking, cycling and taking transit.