Q: Thanks!
A: Your best, cheapest option for downtown Halifax is one of the youth hostels: http://www.hihostels.ca/hostels/NovaScotia/NovaScotiaRegion/HalifaxHeritageHouseHostel/Hostels/ http://www.halifaxbackpackers.com/HALIFAXPAGE.htm All of the Universities also offer summer accomodation, but none of these are in the heart of downtown. Dalhousie University http://www.ancillaries.dal.ca/default.asp?mn=1.5.72 St Mary's University http://www.smu.ca/conferences/external/accom.html Mount Saint Vincent University http://www.msvu.ca/campus-information/conference-services.asp