Communities and Neighbourhoods in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Situated on Nova Scotia's Atlantic coast, Halifax is a gorgeous city, full of significance in Canada's history. Combined with its beautiful downtown area, and its broad, tightly-woven neighbourhoods, Halifax makes you feel on vacation, while at home. When you enter Halifax, everyone from your common fisherman, to your local historian, will greet you with a friendly smile, and a wave hello. The underlying phenomena of Halifax, is that once you stop in for a visit, you'll know that you're right at home.

The Halifax Regional Municipality is an amalgamation of three local municipalities, under one roof. Its make up of neighbourhoods and communities, is therefore unique to itself. The cities of Halifax, Dartmouth, and Bedford make up this region, known as the urban core, however rural areas surround it to the east, west, and north.