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 be on the unceded ancestral lands of the

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. On 21 June 1749, the Town of Halifax was founded.

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began to colonize the area, and sometime between 1841 and 1842, Halifax was granted

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status. Between 1841 and 1842 and 1969, Halifax expanded to become the entire Halifax Peninsula. 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

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. On 1 April 1996, the City of Dartmouth, the

City of Halifax A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

, the County of Halifax, and the Town of Bedford amalgamated and created the ''Halifax Regional Municipality''. Subsequently, the entirety of the former City of Halifax was re-established as the ''Community of Halifax'' and is coterminous with the former city itself. However, the new community was divided into two subsections: ''Mainland Halifax'' and ''Peninsular Halifax''. Currently, Mainland Halifax enjoys increased cultural, demographic, and economic growth from its great location. It hosts busy communities that make this a fantastic area within the municipality.

Geography

Mainland Halifax is portioned into two sections, ''Mainland North'' and ''Mainland South'', divided by St. Margaret's Bay Road. The area of Mainland Halifax has a landmass of 4,301.2 hectares (43.012 km²).

Communities and neighbourhoods

Mainland North

* Armdale * Bayer's Lake * Bridgeview * Clayton Park * Clayton Park West * Fairmount * Rockingham * Sherwood Heights * Wedgewood

Mainland South

* Boulderwood * Cowie Hill * Green Acres * Leiblin Park * Melville Cove * Purcell's Cove *

*Williams Lake

Topography

The area lies west of the Bedford Basin and Northwest Arm and extends several kilometres inland.

Demographics

Mainland Halifax's population as of

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was 83,972 people, an increase of 10,662 people (over 14.5%) from 73,310 people in

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. The area's population density increased by 248 people per km², from approximately 1,704 people per km² in

to approximately 1,952 people per km² in

References

{{Communities of Mainland Halifax Geography of Halifax, Nova Scotia