🎁 Showcase Your Business in the 2025 Downtown Halifax Holiday Gift Guide!

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

Following the success of the 2024 edition, which featured 103 businesses from across Downtown Halifax and the Spring Garden area, the 11th annual Gift Guide promises to be bigger and better than ever. This holiday favourite is the perfect way to showcase your business and connect with shoppers during the festive season. Don’t miss your chance to be part of it!

Together with our friends at 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 32,000+ households around the Halifax/Dartmouth area in the middle of November. 

Businesses are invited to purchase a half-page space in the Gift Guide for a special early bird rate of $45.00 + tax. This special rate is available until 5 p.m. on September 12. After that, the price increases to $55.00 + tax. This nominal opt-in fee will help cover printing and distribution costs.

Each half-page ad allows participating businesses 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 Holiday Gift Guide window decals to display at their location.

To book your space in the 2025 Downtown Halifax Holiday Gift Guide, please email Allana MacDonald Mills, allana@downtownhalifax.ca. 

The early bird booking deadline is Friday, September 12 at 5 p.m.

The final deadline to book your spot is Wednesday, October 1. 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 Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

Check out the 2025 AD SPECS & REFERENCES

Wondering what the Gift Guide looks like? Take a look at the 2024 Downtown Halifax Holiday Gift Guide here.