PO Box 955
1800 Argyle Street
Halifax, NS B3J 2V9
This year, the Halifax Convention Centre once again exceeded all business and performance targets and reached significant business milestones since 2018.
2024-25 was a stellar year at the Halifax Convention Centre. This year, we hosted 166 events, welcomed 89,000 guests and generated an economic impact of $80M. With a strategic national and international event attraction strategy, we warmly welcomed 49 national and international conferences with visitors from around the world. More than ever, we embraced our local community with our Local Program and supported 87 local events, galas, and fundraisers.
We were also proud to reach significant business and financial milestones. Since opening in 2018-19, the Halifax Convention Centre has hosted nearly 1,000 events, welcomed half a million guests, and generated $325M in economic impact for Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the region. Combined with Scotiabank Centre in that timeframe, Events East has hosted over 1,500 events, welcomed more than 3.2M guests, and generated more than $550M in economic impact.
Event Highlights Include
- Chamber Spring Dinner (April 3)
- AltSecCon 2024 (April 4-5)
- 2024 Sport Charity Dinner (April 4)
- Business Transitions Forum (April 9)
- Tech Summit 2024 (April 8-11)
- Dal Med Research Day (April 10)
- HANS Job Fair (April 16)
- Arthritis Society Celebrity Roast (April 17)
- UNICEF Water for Life Gala (April 18)
- CANS De-Icer (April 19)
- Public Health 2024 (April 23-25)
- ACE/CICC (April 23-24)
- The State of the Municipality (April 25)
- NS Health Career Fair (April 26)
- CAOT Annual Conference (May 1-3)
- Healthcare Roadshow 2024 (May 3)
- 2024 CAHPI Annual Conference (May 3)
- Humane Society Summit for Animals (May 5-7)
- Lancaster Labour Law Conference (May 6-8)
- PharmaChoice Trade Show (May 9-11)
- 15th Annual Cedar & Maple Gala (May 9)
- 23rd ICAIS 2024 (May 12-16)
- Modern Sales Trade Show (May 13-16)
- Canadian Weightlifting Nationals (May 17-19)
- THANS Crime Week (May 17)
- CFA Society Forecast Dinner (May 21)
- Public Sector 2024 (May 22)
- Canadian Women in Medicine (May 21-25)
- Show Canada Convention (May 26-31)
- MPC Mortgage Symposium (May 27)
- Thomas & Alice Morgans Fear Memorial (May 27)
- DRI Connect (May 27-28)
- IASSIST 2024 (May 27-31)
- Support4Sport Awards (June 1)
- CCHL National Conference (June 2-4)
- H2O Exhibition & Conference (June 3-5)
- Green Tech 2024 (June 5)
- 2024 Atlantic Venture Forum (June 5-6)
- 2024 Halifax Index (June 6)
- Co-Op Canada Congress (June 10-13)
- UNIFOR Atlantic (June 10-12)
- COA-ACO Annual Meeting (June 10-15)
- Wonder Women Conference (June 14)
- National Payroll Institute (June 18-21)
- PNIRS 2024 (June 24-27)
- BluTalks (June 25-26)
- 2024 National Criminal Law (July 8-12)
- Leading Edge Seminars (July 8-12)
- Canadian Health Infrastructure (July 15-16)
- 2024 Jehovah Witnesses Convention (July 26-28)
- Ministers’ Council on Francophonie (Aug 9-10)
- CACP 119th Annual Conference (Aug 9-14)
- Canadian Mining & Metallurgy (Aug 19-22)
- CHES 2024 Crypto Conference (Sept 3-7)
- 2024 CAHIP National Inspector Conference (Sept 6-8)
- Canadian Health Engineering (Sept 8-10)
- CBU’s 50th Anniversary (Sept 12)
- NS Seafood Alliance AGM (Sept 12)
- THMA Consulting (Sept 13-14)
- Acid Rock Drainage (Sept 16-20)
- Paramedicine Across Canada (Sept 18-22)
- OCEANS 2024 (Sept 23-26)
- Atlantic Eye Symposium (Sept 27-28)
- CDL Atlantic (Sept 27)
- Grocery Foundation Gala (Sept 28)
- DEFSEC Atlantic (Oct 1-3)
- ACADA Dinner (Oct 2)
- CPA 2024 Annual Conference (Oct 6-8)
- Maritime Marine Supply Show (Oct 10-12)
- International Physician Health (Oct 15-20)
- Atlantic Advocacy Symposium (Oct 18)
- Wine Fair Halifax (Oct 19)
- Halifax Universities Career Fair (Oct 23)
- CSRF Annual Meeting (Oct 23-26)
- National Indigenous Education (Oct 25-29)
- Colleges & Institutes Canada (Oct 25-29)
- CUPE Treasurers – Eastern (Oct 26-30)
- McInnes Cooper Labour Seminar (Oct 30)
- Henry Schein Canada Conference (Nov 1-2)
- Canadian Wilderness Medicine (Nov 1-3)
- Circumpolar Health (Nov 3-5)
- Career Fair Canada (Nov 6)
- Hal-Con Sci-Fi & Fantasy Convention (Nov 8-10)
- CBRE Market Outlook (Nov 12)
- Chamber Fall Dinner (Nov 13)
- UDI Nova Scotia Conference (Nov 13)
- Mobius Awards Gala (Nov 13)
- Discovery Awards (Nov 14)
- KENT Great Big Dig (Nov 16)
- Diabetes Canada/CSEM (Nov 20-23)
- Brunch for Bryony (Nov 24)
- Dal CPD Refresher (Nov 28-30)
- RBC Holiday Black Tie Gala (Nov 30)
- Phoenix Youth Holiday Lunch (Dec 3)
- Atlantic Solar Summit (Dec 4)
- A Conversation with Justin Trudeau (Dec 9)
- 2024 Dreamers’ Gala (Dec 12)
- 2025 Halifax Business Awards (Jan 23)
- 2025 Forest NS AGM (Feb 3-4)
- Agriculture Minister’s Conference (Feb 6)
- A Conversation with Mélanie Joly (Feb 7)
- Feeling the Love Dinner & Dance (Feb 8)
- Candance Competition (Feb 15)
- CPANS Convocation Gala (Feb 15)
- The Inspired Gala & Auction (Feb 19)
- AFOA National Conference (Feb 25-27)
- African Heritage Month Gala Dinner (Feb 22)
- HANS Job Fair (Mar 4)
- ABSDA Expo (Mar 4-6)
- Re/Max Nova (Mar 7-9)
- IWF Breakfast (Mar 7)
- Iron Ring Ceremony (Mar 8)
- Rowe Women in Business (Mar 8)
- VIEW Dance Challenge (Mar 19-23)
- 2025 Sport Charity Dinner (Mar 20)
- Welcome Weekend (Mar 23)
- NS Health Provincial Career Fair (Mar 27)
One of our annual highlights, the Halifax Convention Centre transformed into the region’s largest comic and sci-fi fantasy convention for Hal-Con 2024 in November with over 10,000 excited guests (including dozens of Spidermen and a few Storm Troopers), celebrity appearances including Chad Michael Murray, intricate costume designers, video gamers, vendors, a retro arcade, panels and presentations, and more. Hal-Con is a volunteer-run non-profit organization that prioritizes accessibility, inclusion, and safe spaces for all. We are always delighted to host Hal-Con. This year, Hal-Con moderator and Canadian media personality Tanner Zipchen gave us a tour.