🎁Showcase Your Business in the 2026 Downtown Halifax Holiday Gift Guide!

The Downtown Halifax Holiday Gift Guide is back for another year! 

Following the success of the 2025 edition, which featured 111 businesses — the most ever — from across Downtown Halifax and the Spring Garden area, the 12th annual Gift Guide is set to continue the tradition of helping local businesses connect with holiday shoppers. Don’t miss your chance to be part of it!

Together with the Spring Garden Area Business Association (SGABA), we are once again creating and printing a magazine-style Gift Guide that will be delivered as an unaddressed mail piece to approximate 32,000+ households around the Halifax/Dartmouth area in the middle of November. An additional 3,000 Gift Guides will be distributed by participating businesses and at holiday events including the Evergreen Festival. 

Businesses are invited to purchase a half-page space in the 2026 Gift Guide for $55.00 + tax. This nominal opt-in fee will help cover printing and distribution costs.

Book a half-page spot for just $55 + tax. 

Each half-page ad will be created for the participating business using a standardized design template, allowing them to showcase up to two (2) products, services, or experiences, with:

• Up to 2 photos of the featured products, services, or experiences
• A short description and price (for products), or a brief description of the service(s) or experience(s)
• Contact details, including address, website, phone number, and/or social media handles

In addition to the printed version, the Gift Guide will also be available online at downtownhalifax.ca. Participating businesses will receive copies of the Gift Guide, promotion on DHBC and SGABA social media platforms, and a Holiday Gift Guide window decal to display at their location.

To book your space in the 2026 Downtown Halifax Holiday Gift Guide, please email Allana MacDonald Mills, allana@downtownhalifax.ca. 

👉 EXTENSION: The booking deadline is Friday, October 9, 2026.

The final deadline to book your spot is Friday, October 9. Please note that participation is first come, first served, as space in the Gift Guide is limited.

The final deadline to submit all materials, including photos, write-up, prices, and contact information, is Thursday, October 15, 2026.

Check out the 2026 AD SPECS & REFERENCES

Wondering what the Gift Guide looks like? Take a look at the 2025 Downtown Halifax Holiday Gift Guide here.

Deck the Downtown Grant Program Update

DHBC has paused the Deck the Downtown Grant Program in 2026 as we have launched a NEW member grant program designed to support and promote our members. 

👉 The Deck the Downtown Grant Program is not being offered this year.

Please reach out to Colleen Ritchie, Membership Engagement Manager, for more information.