Ideas Sparking Innovation
Halifax's innovation ecosystem is growing and new ideas and spaces are popping up. Learn about Halifax's first Innovation District project and stay tuned for new initiatives.
Halifax Innovation Outpost
Housed at Volta, Canada's east coast innovation hub, the Halifax Innovation Outpost aims to:
- Support the growth of startups and scaleups by helping founders pilot, evolve, and bring products and services to market through the City as a Living Lab initiative.
- Address social, civic, and environmental challenges in the pursuit of a more livable, inclusive, sustainable, and innovative city.
- Advance the role of innovation within our city and municipal government
The Halifax Innovation Outpost is a partnership between the Halifax Regional Municipality and the Halifax Partnership.
If you’re interested in learning more about the Outpost and how you can get involved, get in touch.
Project Partners:


Find the Right Resources
From starting up to scaling up, connect to the support you need with our Resource Hub. Search the directory to see which programs and organizations can help with acceleration & incubation, sandbox, mentorship, repayable and non-repayable funding.
Explore the Resource Hub