The 351 unit development was completed in October 1960, after which Mulgrave Park won numerous awards for its quality.

[2] The neighbourhood houses several large murals, visible from Barrington Street, one of Halifax's main arterial roads.

The population is 62% Black, making it the neighbourhood with the highest concentration of African Canadians on the Halifax Peninsula.

[5] Many of the community members are Black Nova Scotians with roots in Africville, a former settlement located across the street from Mulgrave Park.

[6] Nearly 20% of Mulgrave Park residents were born outside of Canada, this includes those of Sudanese, Congolese, Irish, Italian, Hungarian, French, Arab and Jamaican origins.