Traffic & streets — Halifax, Nova Scotia

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In the Regional municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia, traffic & streets rules are set by Halifax Regional Municipality Streets By-law S-300, verified 2026-09-27. Fines: not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars. Street obstruction: No person shall make any excavation in a street, obstruct a street, or close off/use a street without a permit. Sidewalk or boulevard use: No driving/riding animals on sidewalk where annoyance; boulevard gardens must comply with Administrative Order; no invasive species.

Halifax Regional Municipality Streets By-law S-300 adopted bylaw
street obstruction No person shall make any excavation in a street, obstruct a street, or close off/use a street without a permit. s. 23(1)(a),(c),(f); s. 30(1)
sidewalk or boulevard use No driving/riding animals on sidewalk where annoyance; boulevard gardens must comply with Administrative Order; no invasive species. s. 7; s. 11B(1); s. 11D
fine range not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars s. 45(1)
scout note

Owners must clear sidewalk snow/ice within 12 hours of a snowfall ending (to bare pavement); no depositing snow on the travelled roadway; no riding/driving horses, cattle, sheep on a sidewalk; no encroaching hedges/tree branches over a street; no street excavation without a permit.

Machine-readable: traffic-streets.json · Official website: https://www.halifax.ca · Last verified 2026-09-27 · Traffic & streets across Nova Scotia · Traffic & streets in other municipalities