Communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality explained

Halifax Regional Municipality has many different communities that vary from rural to urban. With a land area of 5475.57km2,^[1] there are more-than 200 communities-and-neighbourhoods within its boundaries.^[2]

History

On 1st April 1996, all places (cities, suburbs, towns, and villages) within the former County of Halifax were reintroduced as communities of the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Urban communities

The most urban communities surround Halifax Harbour. The built-up landmass that surrounds Halifax Harbour amounts to 23829ha.^[3]

Community	Land area	2021 population	2021 population density (people per km^2)	Notes	References
Beaver Bank	6.14km2				^[4]
Bedford	39.79km2
Beechville	0.35km2				^[5]
Clayton Park	1.05km2	5,201	4,953		^[6]
Clayton Park West	0.58km2
Cole Harbour	10km2				^[7]
Cow Bay	5.79km2	1,224	211		^[8]
Dartmouth	60.339km2	72,139	1,195	The community of Dartmouth is coterminous with the former City of Dartmouth.	^[9]
Eastern Passage	13.72km2				^[10]
Fairview	2.181km2
Fall River	14.89km2	2,474	166		^[11]
Fletchers Lake
Halifax	61.961km2	156,141	2,519	The community of Halifax is coterminous with the former City of Halifax.
Hammonds Plains	33.31km2				^[12]
Upper Hammonds Plains
Kinsac
Lake Echo	4.76km2	2,365	496		^[13]
Lakeside
Lakeview
Lucasville
East Preston
North Preston
Lower Sackville	5.66km2
Middle Sackville
Upper Sackville
Shearwater	9.84km2
Spryfield	10.74km2
Still Water Lake	8.23km2	3,379	410		^[14]
Tantallon
Upper Tantallon
Timberlea	6.72km2
Waverley	2.9km2	858	295		^[15]
Wellington
Windsor Junction
Woodside	5.28km2

Urban neighbourhoods

Neighbourhood	Community	Land area	2021 population	2021 population density (people per hectare)	Notes	References
Admiral's Cove	Bedford	208ha				^[16]
Albro Lake	Dartmouth	147ha				^[17]
Armdale	Halifax	62ha				^[18]
Armcrest	Lower Sackville	25ha				^[19]
Atlantic Acres Industrial Park	Bedford	114ha				^[20]
Austenville	Dartmouth	29ha				^[21]
Downtown Bedford	Bedford	32ha			Primary central business district of the community of Bedford.	^[22]
North Bedford	Bedford	64ha				^[23]
Beechwood Park	Halifax	75ha				^[24]
Birch Cove	Halifax^[25]
Boulderwood	Halifax
Brightwood	Dartmouth
Brookview	Cole Harbour	24ha				^[26]
Burnside	Dartmouth	1376ha				^[27]
Crichton Park	Dartmouth	131ha				^[28]
Colby Village	Cole Harbour	479ha				^[29]
Crystal Heights	Dartmouth
Downtown Dartmouth	Dartmouth	36ha			Primary central business district of the community of Dartmouth.	^[30]
Dutch Village	Halifax	59ha				^[31]
Ellenvale	Dartmouth	81ha				^[32]
Fairmount	Halifax	85ha				^[33]
First Lake	Lower Sackville	35ha				^[34]
Forest Hills	Cole Harbour	470ha				^[35]
Glenbourne	Halifax	207ha				^[36]
Glen Moir	Bedford	312ha				^[37]
Graham's Corner	Dartmouth	84ha				^[38]
Green Acres	Spryfield
Greenwood Heights	Timberlea	97ha				^[39]
Downtown Halifax	Halifax	410ha	25,555	62	Primary central business district of the community of Halifax, and the primary central business district of Halifax Regional Municipality.	^[40]
Harbourview	Dartmouth	15ha				^[41]
Hawthorne	Dartmouth	32ha				^[42]
Highfield Park	Dartmouth	43ha				^[43]
Humber Park	Cole Harbour	27ha				^[44]
Hydrostone	Halifax	9.3ha
Imperoyal	Dartmouth
Jollimore	Spryfield	81ha				^[45]
Lakefront	Dartmouth	11ha				^[46]
Lakeside Industrial Park	Lakeside	60ha				^[47]
Leiblin Park	Spryfield
Lindwood	Lower Sackville	134ha				^[48]
South Lower Sackville	Lower Sackville	286ha				^[49]
Manor Park	Dartmouth	54ha				^[50]
Meadowlands	Lower Sackville	21ha				^[51]
Melville Cove	Armdale
Millview	Bedford	226ha				^[52]
East Millwood	Middle Sackville	42ha				^[53]
Millwood	Middle Sackville	234ha				^[54]
Mount Royal	Halifax	23ha				^[55]
Nantucket	Dartmouth
North End	Halifax
Park Avenue	Dartmouth	25ha				^[56]
Portland Estates	Dartmouth	85ha				^[57]
Portland Hills	Dartmouth	133ha				^[58]
Portobello	Dartmouth
Port Wallace	Dartmouth
Prince's Lodge	Bedford	203ha				^[59]
Quinpool	Halifax
Regency Park	Halifax	61ha				^[60]
Richmond	Halifax
Rockingham	Halifax	199ha				^[61]
Rocky Lake	Lower Sackville	980ha				^[62]
Russell Lake West	Dartmouth	251ha				^[63]
Sackville Business Park	Lower Sackville	158ha				^[64]
Sackville Manor	Lower Sackville	32ha				^[65]
Old Sackville Road	Lower Sackville	45ha				^[66]
Shannon Park	Dartmouth	34.8ha
Sherwood Heights	Halifax	103ha				^[67]
Silver's Hill	Dartmouth	39ha				^[68]
South End	Halifax
Spring Garden	Halifax
Stonemount	Halifax	23ha				^[69]
Thornhill	Spryfield	92ha				^[70]
Tuft's Cove	Dartmouth	76ha				^[71]
The Village	Halifax	33ha				^[72]
Wallace Heights	Dartmouth
West End	Halifax
Westphal	Dartmouth	77ha				^[73]
Woodlawn	Dartmouth	114ha				^[74]

Rural communities

Community	Land area	2021 population	2021 population density	Notes	References
Antrim
Bald Rock
Bear Cove
Barkhouse Settlement
Bayside
Beaver Dam
Beaver Harbour
Beaver Island
Beech Hill
Big Lake
Black Point
Blind Bay
Boutiliers Point
Brookside
Brookvale
Caribou Mines
Carroll's Corner
Centre Musquodoboit
Chaplin
Chaswood
Clam Bay
Clam Harbour
College Lake
Conrod Settlement
Crooks Brook
Dean
Debaies Cove
Devon
Devils Island
Duncan's Cove
Dutch Settlement
East Chezzetcook
East Dover
East Jeddore
East Lawrencetown
East Loon Lake Village
East Pennant
East Petpeswick
East Quoddy
East Ship Harbour
Ecum Secum
Ecum Secum West
Elderbank
Elmsdale
Elmsvale
Enfield
Falkland
Ferguson's Cove
French Village
Gaetz Brook
Glen Haven
Glen Margaret
Glenmore
Goffs
Goodwood
Governor Lake
Grand Desert
Grand Lake
Greenwood
Hackett's Cove
Halibut Bay
Harrietsfield
Hatchet Lake
Head of Chezzetcook
Head of Jeddore
Head of Saint Margarets Bay
Herring Cove
Hubbards
Higginsville
Hubley
Indian Harbour
Ingramport
Jacket Lake
Jeddore Oyster Pond
Ketch Harbour
Lake Charlotte
Lake Egmont
Lake Major
Lawrencetown
Lewis Lake
Lindsey Lake
Liscomb Sanctuary
Little Harbour
Lochaber Mines
Long Lake
Loon Lake
Lower East Chezzetcook
Lower Lawrencetown
Lower Prospect
Lower Ship Harbour
Lower Three Fathom Harbour
McGraths Cove
McNabs Island
Malay Falls
Marinette
Meaghers Grant
Middle Musquodoboit
Middle Porters Lake
Mill Lake
Mineville
Mitchell Bay
Montague Gold Mines
Moosehead
Moose River Gold Mines
Moser River
Murphy Cove
Murchyville
Mushaboom
Musquodoboit Harbour
Myers Point
Necum Teuch
Newcomb Corner
North Beaver Bank
Oakfield
Oldham
Ostrea Lake
Otter Lake
Owls Head
Oyster Pond
Pace Settlement
Peggys Cove
Peggys Cove Preservation Area
Pleasant Harbour
Pleasant Valley
Pennant Point
Pleasant Point
Popes Harbour
Port Dufferin
Porters Lake
Portuguese Cove
Prospect
Prospect Bay
Purcell's Cove
Queensland
River Lake
Sable Island
Saint Margarets Bay
Salmon River Bridge
Sambro
Sambro Creek
Sambro Head
Sandy Cove
Seabright
Seaforth
Shad Bay
Sheet Harbour
Sheet Harbour Passage
Ship Harbour
Simms Settlement
Smiths Settlement
Sober Island
South Section
Spry Bay
Spry Harbour
Tangier
Taylors Head
Ten Mile Lake
Terence Bay
Three Fathom Harbour
Third Lake
Trafalgar
Upper Lakeville
Upper Lawrencetown
Upper Musquodoboit
Watt Section
West Chezzetcook
West Dover
West Jeddore
West Lawrencetown
West Pennant
West Petpeswick
West Porters Lake
West Quoddy
Whites Lake
Williamswood
Wyses Corner
Yankeetown

External links

• Halifax Regional Municipality Civic Addressing Website
• Verified Community Boundaries
• Explore HRM

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Notes and References

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2. Web site: Get to know Halifax's communities . halifaxpartnership.com . Halifax Partnership . 18 June 2023 . 12 July 2022.
3. Web site: Halifax Nova Scotia [Population centre] ]. Statistics Canada . Statistics Canada . 18 June 2023 . 1 February 2023.
4. Web site: Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan . halifax.ca . Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality . 3 June 2023.
5. Web site: Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan . halifax.ca . Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality . 3 June 2023.
6. Web site: Census 2021 Census Tracts . catalogue-hrm.opendata.arcgis.com . ArcGIS; Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality . 16 May 2023.
7. Web site: Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan . cdn.halifax.ca . Dalhousie University; Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality . 17 May 2023.
8. Web site: Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table . Statistics Canada . Statistics Canada . 5 June 2023.
9. Web site: Electronic Area Profiles . Statistics Canada . Statistics Canada . 16 May 2023.
10. Web site: Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan . cdn.halifax.ca . Dalhousie University; Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality . 17 May 2023.
11. Web site: Fall River, Class IV area (CFA) Nova Scotia [Designated place] ]. Statistics Canada . Statistics Canada . 5 June 2023.
12. Web site: History of Hammonds Plains . hammondsplainshistoricalsociety.ca . hammondsplainshistoricalsociety.ca . 16 May 2023.
13. Web site: Lake Echo Nova Scotia [Population centre] ]. Statistics Canada . Statistics Canada . 5 June 2023.
14. Web site: Still Water Lake Nova Scotia [Population centre] ]. Statistics Canada . Statistics Canada . 5 June 2023.
15. Web site: Waverley, Class IV area (CFA) Nova Scotia [Designated place] ]. Statistics Canada . Statistics Canada . 5 June 2023.
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25. https://www.halifax.ca/about-halifax/regional-community-planning/community-plan-areas/halifax-plan-area
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27. Web site: Burnside Industrial Park . halifax.ca . Government of Halifax Regional Municipality . 17 May 2023.
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