When will the power be back in Halifax County, NS?
Live outage status from Nova Scotia Power · updated ~every 15 minutes
2,934
customers reported out in Halifax County, NS
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — Canada has no independent nationwide outage count like the US government's, so these numbers come straight from the utility.
County-wide restoration outlook: grew sharply just now — past outages here of 2,000–10,000 customers ran ~2.5 hr start to finish (13 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Check back after the next update — a dependable restoration estimate will show here once the data supports one.
Updated 10:42 AM ADT.
82,924 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 3 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Numbers come straight from Nova Scotia Power's public outage data — the main utility we track in Nova Scotia. Missing data is not the same as zero outages.
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
About power in Halifax County
Halifax is a county in Nova Scotia — about 440,072 residents.
Communities here include Cole Harbour 30, Beaver Lake 17, Wallace Hills 14A and Sheet Harbour 36.
Report an outage or downed line directly to Nova Scotia Power ↗ — crews are dispatched from customer reports, and this is an independent tracker, not the utility.
Outage history — Halifax County, NS
Last significant outage: Oct 12, 2026 — peaked at 248 customers, restored in ~42 min.
Across the 23 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.5 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (23)
| Began | Peak out | Restored in | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2026 | 248 | ~42 min | — |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 287 | ~6.8 hr | — |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 2,406 | ~1 hr | — |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 5,860 | ~30 min | — |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 3,728 | ~4 hr | — |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 305 | ~2 hr | — |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 980 | ~1.5 hr | — |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 2,147 | ~6 hr | — |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 5,684 | ~6.5 hr | — |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 4,002 | ~1.5 hr | — |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 521 | ~5.2 hr | — |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 3,686 | ~2 hr | — |
| Sep 2, 2026 | 5,485 | ~12.2 hr | — |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 697 | ~1.2 hr | — |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 3,605 | ~2.5 hr | — |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 1,037 | ~1.8 hr | — |
| Aug 19, 2026 | 2,417 | ~13.2 hr | — |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 5,358 | ~1 hr | — |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 211 | ~9 hr | — |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 396 | ~10.8 hr | — |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 4,999 | ~4 hr | — |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2,738 | ~1 hr | — |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 817 | ~5.8 hr | — |
This division-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 27, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
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