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Growth Plan: Halifax Index

growth plan: It also talks about other things that matter to people how much they're enjoying their life here, what's compelling them to stay here and how we're going to bring more people to Halifax, according to The Chronicle Herald. You describe part of the Halifax Index as a report card to gauge the progress on the city's growth plan. What kind of story does it tell The Halifax Index tries to give a broad overview of the state of Halifax the economic state, unemployment numbers, etc. but there's much more to life than that, of course. Does Halifax make the grade We're seeing good progress on many fronts and also recognizing opportunities for increased effort and improvement. Overall, Halifax is growing and, based on the most recent population estimates, on track to meet our growth goal of 470,000 people by 2021. This year, the Index includes a section that reports on progress towards Halifax's Economic Growth Plan goals. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.