Halifax ranks as third-most traffic-clogged city centre in Canada
If you're looking to drive somewhere in Halifax, you'd better give yourself plenty of time.
The 2025 traffic index by TomTom, a mapmaking company based in Amsterdam, ranked Halifax third in terms of rush hour congestion and travel time. Only Toronto and Vancouver ranked above it.
The index noted Halifax drivers spend 83 hours (more than three straight days) in rush hour traffic per year.
It also takes Halifax drivers an average of 24 minutes to travel 10 kilometres.
Halifax was the only Maritime town to make the index, which ranked 13 Canadian cities.
The index also ranked Halifax fifth in its list of metro areas. It found that drivers in the Halifax metro region spend 40 hours a year in rush hour and need an average of 15 minutes to travel 10 kilometres.
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Businesses line Barrington Street in downtown Halifax on April 3, 2024. (Paul Hollingsworth/CTV Atlantic)
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