Research and strategies

Recent reports and strategies from the Greater Halifax Partnership include:

INSURECONOMY

The insurance sector is diverse, with national and international elements that include life, health, property and casualty insurance (auto, home and business). This INSURECONOMY report, developed in partnership with NSBI, presents the results of a broad-based review of the insurance industry in Nova Scotia, undertaken to assess the state of the industry and its growth potential. The research confirms that Halifax plays a unique role as a hub city for the insurance industry, not only in Nova Scotia but for the Maritimes.

Check out the MacLean’s article on our insurance industry.

Halifax Gateway:  2010—2015: Strategic Plan: Building the Halifax Gateway

The Halifax Gateway Council (HGC) released its new five-year strategic plan in February, 2010. HGC's 2010—2015: Strategic Plan: Building the Halifax Gateway focuses on realizing the vision of Halifax becoming the preferred eastern gateway for North America and the world, driving economic growth in Atlantic Canada and Canada as a whole.

Developed in consultation with Gateway stakeholders and members, the plan reinforces the shared belief in the Gateway and what it means to the Canadian economy and international trade and commerce. 

Competitive Intelligence

• Harnessing an Entrepreneurial Spirit for Inclusive Local Employment Development (59 KB)
• Halifax's Finance and Insurance Industry: Our Opportunity (477 KB) 
• Competing on Creativity - Focus on Halifax (782 KB)
• Economic Impact Analysis of Offshore Development on Nova Scotia (4.24 MB)
• Greater Halifax Distribution Study (11 MB)
• Smart City Framework (538 KB) 
• Business Engagement in Social and Economic Inclusion Report (1.01 MB)
  
• Executive Summary - Business Engagement in Social and Economic Inclusion Report (117 KB)
  
• Social and Economic Inclusion Framework (157 KB)
  
• Check out the Social and Economic Inclusion project website.
  

Economic Growth and Development

• Recession: Getting Time Off for Good Behaviour
  
• Halifax and the World Economy: Waiting to Exhale (9 KB)
• Kings CED Agency Board Retreat (670 KB)
• Challenging Myths Around Attitudes Towards Growth and Development (82 KB)
• Are We Urban? The Urban Growth Agenda in the Atlantic Canadian Context
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• Halifax-Moncton Growth Corridor Asset Mapping Study (385 KB)
  
  

Strategies

• Halifax Gateway Council: 2010—2015: Strategic Plan: Building the Halifax Gateway

The Halifax Region Immigration Strategy was launched on October 12, 2005.

• Halifax Region Immigration Strategy (473 KB)
• Immigration Research and Consultation Findings (430 KB)
  
  

Strategies for Success, Halifax Regional Municipality's Economic Development Strategy 2005-2010 was launched on November 17, 2005.

• Economic Strategy (1.2 MB)
• Economic Profile of Greater Halifax - Chart Book (665 KB)
• Overview of the Economic Strategy chart - Nov. 2005

Talent Attraction & Retention

• Halifax Handprint - Attracting and Retaining Young Talent to Greater Halifax (2 MB)
• International Students Postgraduate Employment Project (178 KB)
  
• Best Practices in Employee Attraction, Recruitment and Retention in Manufacturing - Working Guide (437 KB)
• Y2E Framework: Greater Halifax's Priority Youth Employment Strategy
  
  

Halifax Profile

• Halifax Quick Facts (411 KB)
• Investing in Halifax...Smart Move (2.86 MB)
  
  

Partnership Profile

• Greater Halifax Partnership Year in Review (1.2 MB)

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