diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/bool/compact.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/bool/compact.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..37727843cb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/bool/compact.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright the Vortex contributors
+
+use vortex_buffer::BitBufferMeta;
+use vortex_error::VortexResult;
+
+use crate::arrays::BoolArray;
+use crate::buffer::BufferHandle;
+
+impl BoolArray {
+    /// Trims the packed bit buffer to the bytes backing the array's visible bits.
+    ///
+    /// Arrays built over a shared buffer, such as one decoded from a file segment, can hold
+    /// trailing bytes that no read can see but that `nbytes` and serialization still pay for. The
+    /// trim is zero-copy and keeps the leading bit offset, so only whole bytes are dropped.
+    pub fn trim_bits(&self) -> VortexResult<Self> {
+        let byte_len = BitBufferMeta::new(self.meta.offset(), self.len()).byte_len();
+
+        let bits = match self.bits.as_host_opt() {
+            Some(host) => BufferHandle::new_host(host.slice_unaligned(..byte_len)),
+            None => self.bits.slice(0..byte_len),
+        };
+
+        Self::try_new_from_handle(bits, self.meta.offset(), self.len(), self.validity()?)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use rstest::rstest;
+    use vortex_buffer::BitBuffer;
+    use vortex_buffer::ByteBuffer;
+    use vortex_error::VortexResult;
+
+    use crate::Canonical;
+    use crate::VortexSessionExecute;
+    use crate::array_session;
+    use crate::arrays::BoolArray;
+    use crate::assert_arrays_eq;
+    use crate::buffer::BufferHandle;
+    use crate::validity::Validity;
+
+    #[rstest]
+    #[case(0, 16, Validity::NonNullable)]
+    #[case(0, 13, Validity::NonNullable)]
+    #[case(3, 10, Validity::AllValid)]
+    #[case(7, 1, Validity::NonNullable)]
+    #[case(0, 0, Validity::NonNullable)]
+    fn trims_to_visible_bytes(
+        #[case] offset: usize,
+        #[case] len: usize,
+        #[case] validity: Validity,
+    ) -> VortexResult<()> {
+        let mut ctx = array_session().create_execution_ctx();
+        let bytes: ByteBuffer = (0..64u8).collect();
+        let handle = BufferHandle::new_host(bytes.clone());
+
+        let trimmed =
+            BoolArray::try_new_from_handle(handle, offset, len, validity.clone())?.trim_bits()?;
+
+        assert_eq!(trimmed.bits.len(), (offset + len).div_ceil(8));
+        let expected = BoolArray::new(BitBuffer::new_with_offset(bytes, len, offset), validity);
+        assert_arrays_eq!(trimmed, expected, &mut ctx);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn canonical_compact_trims_bits() -> VortexResult<()> {
+        let mut ctx = array_session().create_execution_ctx();
+        let handle = BufferHandle::new_host((0..64u8).collect());
+        let array = BoolArray::try_new_from_handle(handle, 0, 20, Validity::NonNullable)?;
+
+        let trimmed = Canonical::Bool(array).compact(&mut ctx)?.into_bool();
+
+        assert_eq!(trimmed.bits.len(), 3);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/bool/mod.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/bool/mod.rs
index 96856c66a75..813853b9d2d 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/arrays/bool/mod.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/bool/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright the Vortex contributors
 
 mod array;
+mod compact;
 mod patch;
 
 pub use array::BoolArrayExt;
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/canonical.rs b/vortex-array/src/canonical.rs
index 5330aa2f1ed..ede547d95d2 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/canonical.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/canonical.rs
@@ -282,10 +282,11 @@ impl Canonical {
     /// This is mostly relevant for the variable-length types such as Utf8, Binary or List where
     /// they can accumulate wasted space after slicing and taking operations.
     ///
-    /// This operation is very expensive and can result in things like allocations, full-scans
+    /// This operation can be very expensive and can result in things like allocations, full-scans
     /// and copy operations.
     pub fn compact(&self, ctx: &mut ExecutionCtx) -> VortexResult<Canonical> {
         match self {
+            Canonical::Bool(array) => Ok(Canonical::Bool(array.trim_bits()?)),
             Canonical::VarBinView(array) => Ok(Canonical::VarBinView(array.compact_buffers(ctx)?)),
             Canonical::List(array) => Ok(Canonical::List(
                 array.rebuild(ListViewRebuildMode::TrimElements, ctx)?,