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According to the 2021 Census, the Halifax Peninsula covers approximately 1,894.9 hectares (18.949 km 2). [ 5 ] Peninsular Halifax extends from the western shore of Halifax Harbour , and is connected to the much larger Chebucto Peninsula by an isthmus measuring 2.6 km (1.6 mi), defined by Fairview Cove and the Bedford Basin to the north and the ...
The Regional Centre of the Halifax Regional Municipality is an area within Halifax that was designated in 2014 under the 2014 Regional Plan. The plan guides urban growth within the area for the foreseeable future. [3]
In 1969, Halifax annexed several communities from Halifax County, and they were located in what would become the area of Mainland Halifax; Armdale, Clayton Park, Fairview, Rockingham, Purcell's Cove and Spryfield. On 1 April 1996, the City of Dartmouth, the City of Halifax, the County of Halifax, and the Town of Bedford amalgamated and created ...
The central part of the community of Halifax lies on a peninsula extending from the western side of the harbour and dominated by the drumlin which supported the Citadel Hill defensive works. Dartmouth is clustered on the eastern side of the harbour directly opposite the Halifax peninsula, its defining geographic feature being a series of ...
The Halifax Regional Centre includes the Halifax Peninsula, and Dartmouth inside the Circumferential Highway. The new inner urban area covers 3,300 hectares (33 square kilometres; 13 square miles) [ 48 ] and houses 96,619 people in 55,332 dwelling units as of the 2016 Census. [ 49 ]
The Chebucto Peninsula is a peninsula located in central Nova Scotia, Canada, entirely within the Halifax Regional Municipality on the Atlantic coast.. It is bordered by St. Margarets Bay in the west, the open Atlantic Ocean to the south, and Halifax Harbour (including Bedford Basin) to the east.
A map of east and west Eastern Shore planning areas in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Most of the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia consists of sandstone and shale bedrock, forming rolling hills, which are up to 75 metres (246 ft) in elevation and many offshore islands, of which two of the largest are Wolfes Island and Barren Island.
Downtown Halifax is the primary central business district of the Municipality of Halifax. Located on the central-eastern portion of the Halifax Peninsula , on Halifax Harbour . Along with Downtown Dartmouth , and other de facto central business districts within the Municipality (e.g. Cole Harbour, Lower Sackville, Spryfield), Downtown Halifax ...