Vets in Halifax, Nova Scotia
🚨 Emergency care25 vet clinics in Halifax — including 1 with emergency services (marked in red). Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
Coastal Care Veterinary Emergency & Referral Hospital
168 Hobsons Lake Dr, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3S 0G4
Verified 2026-08-10
201 Chain Lake Dr, Halifax, NS B3S 1C8
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
4 Forest Hills Pkwy, Halifax, NS B2W 5G7
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
7037 Mumford Rd Unit 105, Halifax, NS B3L 0C4
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
6169 Quinpool Rd, Halifax, NS B3L 4P8
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
202 Brownlow Ave Unit 520, Halifax, NS B3B 1T5
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
7 Langbrae Dr Suite 5, Halifax, NS B3M 4N7
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
6085 Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1Z3
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
5250 St Margarets Bay Rd, Halifax, NS B3Z 2J1
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
26 Cow Bay Rd, Halifax, NS B3G 1M6
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
7071 Bayers Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3L 2C4
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa 08:00-14:00; Su off
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
3146 NS-2, Halifax, NS B2T 1J5
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
6485 Quinpool Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3L 1B2
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa 10:00-14:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2069 Hammonds Plains Rd Unit 3, Halifax, NS B4B 1P3
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
751 Herring Cove Rd, Halifax, NS B3R 2A2
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
569 Portland St Ste 140, Halifax, NS B2Y 4B1
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
19 Norm Newman Dr, Halifax, NS B2W 6C4
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
320 Herring Cove Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3P 1V4
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
5229 St Margarets Bay Rd, Halifax, NS B3Z 4R5
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
1966 Lawrencetown Rd, Halifax, NS B2Z 1C5
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
7 Scarfe Ct, Halifax, NS B3B 1W4
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
152 Ochterloney St, Halifax, NS B2Y 1E1
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
6490 Chebucto Rd, Halifax, NS B3L 1L7
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2400 Waverley Rd, Halifax, NS B2R 1S9
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2910 Lawrencetown Rd, Halifax, NS B2Z 1T9
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Halifax
One practice in Halifax post 24-hour hours and one offers emergency services — call before setting off; overnight staffing changes and full ICUs divert cases.
Nearest emergency hospitals outside Halifax
- 4 Paws — Convoy Place, ~5 km away, roughly a 10 min drive, open 24h
- Metro Animal Emergency Clinic — Dartmouth, ~10 km away, roughly a 11 min drive, open 24h
- Maritime Veterinary Emergency + Specialty Centre — Dartmouth, ~11 km away, roughly a 12 min drive, open 24h
- Riverview Animal Hospital — Riverview, ~179 km away, roughly a 2 hr 13 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from Halifax; drive times are estimates, not live traffic.
For a suspected poisoning, Pet Poison Helpline on (855) 764-7661 (24/7, consultation fee applies) can give you treatment advice immediately — often while you are still deciding whether to drive anywhere.
What vets in Halifax say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 20 of the 25 listed here. A practice missing from a row hasn't said so on its site; that is not the same as not offering it, so call to check.
- Same-day appointments (2)
- AprilVets Mumford Road, Herring Cove Veterinary Hospital
- Accepting new patients (5)
- Burnside Veterinary Hospital, Fall River Animal Hospital, Tartan Tails Veterinary Hospital - Dartmouth, Viva Vet Hospital, Waverley Animal Hospital
- Ultrasound (4)
- Coastal Care Veterinary Emergency & Referral Hospital, Fall River Animal Hospital, Penhorn Animal Hospital, Sunny Coast Equine Veterinary
- Acupuncture (1)
- Sunny Coast Equine Veterinary
- Cardiology (1)
- Coastal Care Veterinary Emergency & Referral Hospital
- Dermatology (3)
- Coastal Care Veterinary Emergency & Referral Hospital, Penhorn Animal Hospital, Sunny Coast Equine Veterinary
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (2)
- Penhorn Animal Hospital, Sunny Coast Equine Veterinary
- AAHA-accredited (2)
- Fairview animal hospital, Halifax Veterinary Hospital
- Cat Friendly Practice (3)
- Burnside Veterinary Hospital, Carnegy Animal Hospital, Halifax Veterinary Hospital
About this list
Ordering is objective — 24/7 first, then emergency services, then alphabetical — and no clinic can pay for placement. Across Canada, an emergency exam typically runs C$150–C$300 and an overnight emergency C$1,000–C$3,500 — full cost breakdown · if you cannot pay.