Halifax’s city centre ranked third worst in Canada for traffic congestion in 2025, behind only Vancouver and Toronto, according to the annual TomTom Traffic Index. Drivers in HRM lost 111 hours to rush hour last year, more than commuters in Toronto, who lost 100 hours in a city with a metro population close to 14 times its size, according to the index.
Unless aboard a ferry, every commuter from Dartmouth to Halifax funnels across the MacDonald o…