Halifax commonly refers to:
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348 ...
, Canada
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Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
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Halifax (bank)
Halifax (previously known as Halifax Building Society and colloquially known as The Halifax) is a British banking brand operating as a trading division of Bank of Scotland, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group.
It is nam ...
, a British bank
Halifax may also refer to:
Places
Australia
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Halifax, Queensland
Halifax is a town and a coastal locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Halifax had a population of 462 people.
Geography
Halifax is on the Herbert River, northeast of Ingham.
History
August Anderssen, a black ...
, a coastal town in the Shire of Hinchinbrook
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Halifax Bay, a bay south of the town of Halifax
Canada
Nova Scotia
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348 ...
, the capital city of the province
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Downtown Halifax
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Halifax Peninsula
The Halifax Peninsula is peninsula within the urban area of the Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
History
The town of Halifax was founded by the British government under the direction of the Board of Trade and Plantations under the c ...
, part of the core of the municipality
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Mainland Halifax
Mainland Halifax is the remaining portion of the community of Halifax, without the Halifax Peninsula.
History
For thousands of years, and currently, Mainland Halifax has been, is, and will be on the unceded ancestral lands of the Mi'kmaq.
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, a region of the municipality
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Halifax (electoral district)
Halifax is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is one of a handful of ridings which has been represented continuously (albeit with different boundaries) in the House of Commons since Confederation in 1867.
The riding of Ha ...
, a federal electoral district
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Halifax (provincial electoral district) Halifax was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected three, and then five members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1933, at which point Halifax County was divided into five separate electoral ...
, a provincial electoral district
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Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Halifax County ( gd, Siorrachd Halifax, french: Comté de Halifax, links=no) is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The Municipality of the County of Halifax was the municipal government of Halifax County, apart from the separate ...
, the county dissolved into the regional municipality in 1996
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Halifax Harbour
Halifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, located in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Halifax largely owes its existence to the harbour, being one of the largest and deepest ice-free natural harbo ...
, a saltwater harbour
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Halifax West
Halifax West (french: Halifax-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Its population in 2021 was 111,944.
Demographics
''From the 2016 census''
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, a federal electoral district since 1979
Prince Edward Island
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Halifax Parish, Prince Edward Island
Halifax Parish was created as a civil parish in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, during the 1764–1766 survey of Samuel Holland.
It contains the following townships:
* Lot 8
* Lot 9
* Lot 10
Having been a key player and an ico ...
British Columbia
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Halifax Range, a mountain range
United Kingdom
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Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
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Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)
Halifax is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2015 by Holly Lynch of the Lab ...
United States
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Halifax, Kentucky
Halifax is an unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders I ...
, an unincorporated community in Allen County
*Halifax, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County
**Halifax (MBTA station)
*Halifax, Missouri
*Halifax, North Carolina
**Halifax County, North Carolina
*Halifax, Pennsylvania, a borough in Dauphin County
**Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
*Halifax, Vermont, in Windham County
*Halifax, Virginia
**Halifax County, Virginia (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
*Halifax area, in Florida
*Halifax River, in Florida (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
People
*Halifax (name), including a list of people and characters with the name
*Earl of Halifax
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
*Halifax (band), an American rock band
*"Halifax", a song by Pete Yorn from ''ArrangingTime''
Brands and enterprises
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Halifax (bank)
Halifax (previously known as Halifax Building Society and colloquially known as The Halifax) is a British banking brand operating as a trading division of Bank of Scotland, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group.
It is nam ...
, part of the Lloyds Banking Group
*Halifax (Ireland), part of the Lloyds Banking Group
Military
*, the name of two Canadian naval vessels
**HMCS Halifax (FFH 330), HMCS ''Halifax'' (FFH 330), the lead ship of the ''Halifax'' class
***Halifax-class frigate, ''Halifax''-class frigate, of the Canadian Navy
**HMCS Halifax (K237), HMCS ''Halifax'' (K237), a World War II Flower-class corvette for convoy escort duties
*, the name of several Royal Navy ships
**HMS Halifax (1756), a 22-gun sloop launched in 1756 and captured by the French in the same year at Oswego
**HMS Halifax (1768), HMS ''Halifax'' (1768), a 10-gun schooner originally built for merchant service at Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1765
**HMS Halifax (1775), a schooner purchased in 1775 and sold 1780
**HMS Halifax (1780), an 18-gun sloop, originally USS ''Ranger'', renamed after the ship was captured from the United States Navy on 11 May 1780, and sold in 1781,
**HMS Halifax (1782), a 10-gun schooner purchased in 1782 and sold in 1784
**HMS Halifax (1800), a 10-gun brig, the captured French ''Marie'', renamed from in 1800 and sold in 1802.
**HMS Halifax (1806), HMS ''Halifax'' (1806), an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 at Halifax, Nova Scotia and broken up in 1814
*Handley Page Halifax, a British 4-engine heavy bomber of World War II
Sports
England
*F.C. Halifax Town, a professional football club
**Halifax Town A.F.C., a former professional football club
*Halifax Panthers, a professional rugby league club
Canada
*Halifax Thunderbirds, a professional box lacrosse team
*Halifax Hurricanes, a professional basketball team
*Halifax Mooseheads, a junior ice hockey team
*HFX Wanderers FC, Halifax Wanderers FC, a professional soccer team
Other uses
*Halifax College, a college of the University of York, England
*Halifax station (disambiguation), stations of the name
See also
*Halifax Explosion, a 1917 explosion that leveled a large portion of Halifax, Nova Scotia
*Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine used in Halifax, West Yorkshire
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