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Halifax Regional Council (French: Conseil régional d'Halifax) is the governing body of Halifax, known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM).Halifax is governed by a mayor-council system, where councillors are elected from sixteen geographic districts though a first-past-the-post system and the mayor is elected via a municipality-wide first-past-the-post vote.
Halifax, formally known as the Halifax Regional Municipality, is located in Nova Scotia, Canada.The municipality is governed by a mayor (elected at large) and a sixteen-person Regional Council, who are elected by geographic district; municipal elections occur every leap year.
The Halifax Regional Council is responsible for all facets of municipal government, including the Halifax Regional Police, Halifax Public Libraries, Halifax Fire and Emergency, Halifax Regional Water Commission, parks and recreation, civic addressing, public works, waste management, and planning and development. [109]
Most communities of the Halifax Regional Municipality are marked with Welcome to our Community signs . Halifax Regional Municipality has many different communities that vary from rural to urban . With a land area of 5,475.57 km 2 (2,114.13 sq mi), [ 1 ] there are more-than 200 communities-and-neighbourhoods within its boundaries.
Halifax City Hall was opened for municipal business, and for public access, in 1890 replacing offices in the old court house on the Halifax waterfront. City Hall was chosen to become the seat of the newly created Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996 and is now the base for the Halifax Regional Council. [1]
Downtown Halifax is the financial centre of the urban area of Halifax, the Province of Nova Scotia, and the region of Atlantic Canada. The Bank of Canada has one of its five Canadian regional offices located within the central business district, and all Big Five Canadian banks have major operations within the area.
Halifax Regional Council, is the Regional Centre's government. The Regional Centre includes the following districts: District 3: Dartmouth South-Eastern Passage; District 4: Cole Harbour-Westphal-Lake Loon-Cherry Brook; District 5: Dartmouth Centre; District 6: Harbourview-Burnside-Dartmouth East; District 7: Halifax South Downtown
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