Halifax: a “smart city”
Halifax has a well earned reputation as a “smart city”. What this means
to many in our community is that we have a deep and well trained labour
pool that is continually replenished by six universities and the
province’s largest three community college campuses. We have a
reputation as a place where companies can locate to find the people they
need. We are a destination city, attracting most of the immigrants and
migrants that come to Atlantic Canada. Our current position as one
of Canada’s talent hubs can only be maintained if we work at it.
People are our future
Business, government, post-secondary and others recognize the need to attract and retain qualified talent especially
for high value high growth industries. Can Halifax
compete? You bet.
Reaching our vision for Halifax will mean overcoming demographic and labour market challenges, welcoming diversity, training our management and our workers to enable their role in the innovation economy, focusing on highly productive industries and high value jobs and making sure our skill sets as a community match up with any city in the world.