Metro Halifax is now the most-read newspaper in the city.

Survey results released on Wednesday show for the first time in its eight-year history, Metro Halifax has surpassed the Chronicle-Herald in readership numbers.

Vividata, the media industry organization that measures print and digital audiences in Canada, released its latest quarterly readership results based on surveys from July 2015 to June 2016.

Metro Halifax has 110,000 weekday print readers compared to the Chronicle-Herald’s 107,000 readers. Metro’s numbers were up 15 per cent in the local marketplace, while the Herald experienced a growth of six per cent.