The Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard have major installations along prominent sections of coastline in both Halifax and Dartmouth. Consolidated Statutes of Nova Scotia. [26] Halifax also has a modest frost count by Canadian standards due to the maritime influence, averaging 131 air frosts and 49 full days below freezing annually. The highest temperature ever recorded in the city of Halifax was 37.2 Â°C (99.0 Â°F) on July 10, 1912,[22] and the lowest temperature recorded was −29.4 Â°C (−20.9 Â°F) on February 18, 1922. Public transit is provided by Halifax Transit, which operates standard bus routes, regional express bus routes, as well as the pedestrian-only Halifax-Dartmouth Ferry Service. [21] Atlantic sea surface temperatures have risen in recent years, making Halifax and the coast of Nova Scotia somewhat more susceptible to hurricanes than the area had been in the past. Halifax also houses the Atlantic School of Theology for religious studies. It had a population of 403,131 in 2016, with 316,701 in the urban area centred on Halifax Harbour. Five strokes behind Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele entering the round, Koepka shot a 6-under 65 to finish at 19-under 265. February 24, 2021; Liverpool, NS: Much like the effect that a stone cast on water makes, causing ripples that extend beyond the point of impact, the actions of volunteers are felt throughout the community. It is also prevalent in the Musquodoboit Valley, but it takes a backseat to the more prominent agricultural industry. [58]The dense urban core is centred on the Halifax Peninsula and the area of Dartmouth inside of the Circumferential Highway. The establishment of the Town of Halifax, named after the 2nd Earl of Halifax, in 1749 led to the colonial capital being transferred from Annapolis Royal. 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The weather is usually milder in the winter or cooler in the summer than areas at similar latitudes inland, with the temperature remaining (with occasional notable exceptions) between about −8 and 24 Â°C (18 and 75 Â°F). In 2016, 15% of the population was 14 years old or younger, while 16% were 65 and older. The Halifax Gaels are the local Hurling and Gaelic Football team that compete in Canadian GAA events. Farther away, rural communities in the municipality function like any resource-based area in Nova Scotia, being sparsely populated and their local economies based on four major resource industries: agriculture, in the Musquodoboit Valley, fishing, along the coast, mining, in the Musquodoboit Valley[51] and in Moose River Gold Mines[52] and forestry, in most areas outside the urban core. Halifax is home to many performance venues, namely the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, the Neptune Theatre, and The Music Room. Frank provides the municipality with a bi-weekly satirical and gossip magazine. This has resulted in some modern high rises being built at unusual angles or locations. It is the Statistics Canada population centre of Halifax; which spans 234.72 km2 (90.63 sq mi), and has 316,701 people. Other resource industries in Halifax include the natural gas fields off the coast of Sable Island, as well as clay, shale, gold, limestone, and gypsum extraction in rural areas of the mainland portion of the municipality. The Halifax area has a variety of public spaces, ranging from urban gardens, public squares, expansive forested parks, and historic sites. The region has hosted several major sporting events, including the 2003 World Junior Hockey Championship, 2003 Nokia Brier, the 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, the 2005 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, and 2007 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship. [23] The March 2012 North American heat wave brought unusually high temperatures to the city of Halifax. The first permanent European settlement in the region was on the Halifax Peninsula. [8] The Mi'kmaq have resided in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island since prior to European landings in North America in the 1400s and 1500s to set up fisheries. The area that … Each community council comprises five or six regional councillors representing neighbouring districts. The new Halifax Central Library on Spring Garden Road has received accolades for its architecture and has been described as a new cultural locus, offering many community facilities including a 300-seat auditorium. Spring is often wet and cool and arrives much later than in areas of Canada at similar latitudes, due to cooler sea temperatures. The Halifax Regional Centre includes the Halifax Peninsula, and Dartmouth inside the Circumferential Highway. [83], The city also has three community councils that consider local matters. See List of musical groups from Halifax, Nova Scotia for a partial list. Halifax is located within the traditional ancestral lands of the Mi'kmaq indigenous peoples, known as Mi'kma'ki. The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, an immigrant entry point prominent throughout the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, was opened to the public as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1999 and is the only national museum in the Atlantic provinces. The population density of Halifax's population centre was approximately 1,349.3/km2 (3,494.6/sq mi).[73]. Halifax is also the home to many of the region's major cultural attractions, such as Halifax Pop Explosion, Symphony Nova Scotia, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Khyber, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and the Neptune Theatre. The harbour is also home to a public ferry service connecting downtown Halifax to two locations in Dartmouth. In recent years, the city has also begun to place increased emphasis on developing bicycling infrastructure. The Halifax Regional Municipality is an amalgamation of four municipal governments in the urban and rural areas. Halifax's urban core is home to a number of regional landmark buildings and retains significant historic buildings and districts. [19] January is the coldest month, being the only month with a high that is slightly below freezing at −0.1 Â°C (31.8 Â°F), while August is the warmest. Discover a job you'll love... Find job prospects, wages, education, training paths, and demographic profiles. It is home to the Leighton Dillman gardens and various sports grounds. The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a maritime museum containing extensive galleries including a large exhibit on the famous Titanic, over 70 small craft and a 200-foot (61 m) steamship CSS Acadia. Because when I go and travel on behalf of this municipality, there isn't a person out there who really cares what HRM means."[15][16][17]. However, Sable Island is considered part of District 7 of the Halifax Regional Council. The Halifax Regional Council is responsible for all facets of municipal government, including the Halifax Regional Police, Halifax Public Libraries, Halifax Fire and Emergency, Halifax Regional Water Commission, parks and recreation, civic addressing, public works, waste management, and planning and development. In contrast to the urban parks, the expansive Point Pleasant Park at the southern tip of the peninsula is heavily forested and contains the remains of numerous British fortifications. Sheet Harbour is the other major port in the municipality and serves industrial users on the Eastern Shore. View information from the Government of Nova Scotia on how to self-isolate. Victoria Park, across the street, contains various monuments and statues erected by the North British Society, as well as a fountain. Just outside the urban area, the iconic Peggys Cove is internationally recognized and receives more than 600,000 visitors a year.[67]. In February 2011, the municipality hosted the 2011 Canada Winter Games. Giroux Environmental Consulting 101 Chimo Drive, Kanata Ontario . This course offers students an introduction to the Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) Act of Nova Scotia, which is required by any person employed in a Nova Scotia workplace. [54] There are two other large beaches along the coast, Martinique Beach, near Musquodoboit Harbour[55] and Taylor Head Beach, located in Spry Bay, within the boundaries of Taylor Head Provincial Park. Coutinho said the estimated annual cost of waste management under the county’s new service model is about $1,925,534, compared to the $1,543,392.27 paid to Valley Waste in 2018. These weekly papers compete with The Chronicle-Herald's weekly Community Heralds HRM West, HRM East, and HRM North. Halifax is famed for the quality of several of its neighbourhoods. The urban core is home to several blocks of typical North American high-rise office buildings; however, segments of the downtown are governed by height restrictions, known as "view planes legislation", which prevent buildings from obstructing certain sight lines between Citadel Hill and the Halifax Harbour. St. Margaret's Bay was first settled by French-speaking Foreign Protestants at French Village, Nova Scotia who migrated from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia during the American Revolution. In summertime the preserved World War II corvette HMCS Sackville operates as a museum ship and Canada's naval memorial. The city is also home to HFX Wanderers FC, a professional soccer club that competes in the Canadian Premier League. Nova Scotia is divided into seven different solid waste-resource management regions. The Neptune Theatre, a 43-year-old establishment located on Argyle Street, is Halifax's largest theatre. [87] The city's fourteen private schools are operated independently. [12] The blast was the largest artificial explosion before the development of nuclear weapons. Halifax is one of Canada's top four container ports in terms of the volume of cargo handled. The city has maintained many of its maritime and military traditions, while opening itself to a growing multicultural population. The Halifax Regional Municipality is governed by a mayor (elected at large) and a sixteen-person council. [84] Most community council decisions are subject to final approval by regional council. For information on reducing, reusing, recycling and composting in your community visit www.divertns.ca . Winter features a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow with frequent freeze-thaw cycles. Halifax, officially known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.It had a population of 403,131 in 2016, with 316,701 in the urban area centred on Halifax Harbour. It has a host of organized community intramural sports at various facilities. The waterfront in Downtown Halifax is the site of the Halifax Harbourwalk, a 3-kilometre (2 mi) boardwalk popular amongst tourists and locals alike. Snowfall is heavy in winter, but snow cover is usually patchy owing to the frequent freeze-thaw cycles, which melt accumulated snow. [59], Halifax includes eight Business Improvement Districts; they are the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission, Downtown Halifax Business Commission, Main Street Dartmouth Business Improvement Association, North End Business Association, Quinpool Road & Mainstreet District Association, Sackville Business Association, Spring Garden Area Business Association, and the Spryfield & District Business Commission.[60]. On April 15, 2014, the regional council approved the implementation of a new branding campaign for the region developed by the local firm Revolve Marketing. Another popular downtown public space is the timber Halifax Boardwalk, which stretches approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) and is integrated with several squares and monuments. The Halifax Railway Station also serves as the terminus for Maritime Bus, which serves destinations across the Maritimes. Hurricane Earl grazed the coast as a category 1 storm in 2010. List auf Sylt, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt; Mathematics. Metropolitan Halifax currently accounts for over 34 per cent of Nova Scotia's population, and over 13 per cent of Atlantic Canada. Rural areas lie to the east, west and north of the urban core. There are several museums and art galleries in downtown Halifax. Precipitation is high year-round. Downtown Dartmouth offers dining and shopping, and has also been subject to revitalization with the redevelopment of the Dartmouth Marine Slips as the King's Wharf housing area. The current mayor of Halifax is Mike Savage. Eastern Front Theatre performs at Alderney Landing in Downtown Dartmouth which can easily be accessed via the Halifax Transit ferry service. Brooks Koepka was +5,000 to win the Waste Management Phoenix Open, but came away with a one-stroke victory to claim the title at TPC Scottsdale. Established in 1752, the municipality's ferry service is the oldest continuously running salt water ferry service in North America. Forestry is active in this area as well. The square hosts the City Hall at one end, and is a popular site for concerts, political demonstrations, as well as the annual Remembrance Day ceremony at the central cenotaph. From 1974 to 2008, Halifax had a second daily newspaper, the tabloid The Daily News, which still publishes several neighbourhood weekly papers such as The Bedford-Sackville Weekly News, The Halifax West-Clayton Park Weekly News and the Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Weekly News. Box 129; Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada B0J 2C0; Phone: (902) 634-4410 Fax: (902) 634-4416 [20] The January mean is only 1.1 Â°C (2.0 Â°F) colder than the isotherm for the oceanic climate. The war began when Edward Cornwallis arrived to establish Halifax with 13 transports and a sloop of war on June 21, 1749. On May 26, 2013, the Halifax Mooseheads capped a 74-win season (going 74-7-3-1[70]) by defeating the Portland Winterhawks 6–4 in the MasterCard Memorial Cup Final, earning their first Memorial Cup in the process.[71]. For customers shipping non-regulated wastes like MSW, trash, demolition debris, you can now view your new Waste Management contracts on-line. The resulting explosion, the Halifax Explosion, devastated the Richmond District of Halifax, killing approximately 2,000 people and injuring nearly 9,000 others. In 2019, Hurricane Dorian made landfall just south of Halifax as a post-tropical storm with an intensity equivalent to a category 2 hurricane and caused significant damage across Nova Scotia. The area is home to approximately 200 restaurants and bars, offering a wide array of world cuisines. It is connected to the mainland by the Crescent Beach causeway. Halifax's largest agricultural district is in the Musquodoboit Valley; the total number of farms in Halifax is 150, of which 110 are family-owned. Why does that matter? Halifax has a well-developed network of public and private schools, providing instruction from grade primary to grade twelve; 136 public schools are administered by the Halifax Regional School Board, while six public schools are administered by the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial. The slopes of Citadel Hill, overlooking downtown, are favoured by sunbathers and kite-flyers. Among residents of central Dartmouth, the area around Sullivan's Pond and Lake Banook is popular for strolling and paddling. Updated: 2017-Dec-10, Beverage Container Deposit Refund Program, Petroleum Storage Tank Dismantling Facilities, Municipality of the District of Guysborough, The Municipality of the County of Colchester, Cumberland Joint Services Management Authority, Town and County of Digby, Clare, Argyle, Town of Yarmouth, District of Yarmouth, Clark's Harbour. [56], The northeastern area of the municipality, centred on Sheet Harbour and the Musquodoboit Valley, is completely rural, with the area sharing more in common with the adjacent rural areas of neighbouring Guysborough, Pictou and Colchester counties. It plays host to most of the major sporting events and concerts that visit Halifax and is home to several semi-professional sport franchises, including the Halifax Hurricanes of the NBL Canada and the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Halifax Thunderbirds of the National Lacrosse League. Halifax is centred on the urban core and surrounded by areas of decreasing population density. Nova Scotia Power is also coordinating closely with the Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office and has a team onsite to assist where needed and help coordinate the restoration response. Halifax was selected in 2006 as the host city in Canada's bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games but withdrew on March 8, 2007, well before the November 9, 2007 selection date, citing financial uncertainties. If you require assistance, please call 1-866-399-3377 or email PTENDERS@novascotia.ca. (CBC Nova Scotia) Iain Rankin has named a six-member transition team to help him take over Stephen McNeil's role as premier of Nova Scotia. Many of Halifax's festivals and annual events have become world-renowned over the past several years. [88] Shearwater, part of CFB Halifax, is the air base for maritime helicopters employed by the Royal Canadian Navy and is located on the eastern side of Halifax Harbour. In 2015, the Port of Halifax welcomed 141 vessel calls with 222,309 passengers.[69]. Prepared for: Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment . The four municipalities in the Halifax urban area had been coordinating service delivery through the Metropolitan Authority since the late 1970s, but remained independent towns and cities until April 1, 1996, when the provincial government amalgamated all municipal governments within Halifax County to create the Halifax Regional Municipality. December 1917 saw one of the greatest disasters in Canadian history, when the SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship carrying munitions, collided with the Belgian Relief vessel SS Imo in "The Narrows" between upper Halifax Harbour and Bedford Basin. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Halifax Regional Municipality recorded a population of 403,131 living in 173,324 of its 187,338 total private dwellings, a change of 3.3% from its 2011 population of 390,086, and it had a population density of 73.4/km2 (190.2/sq mi) in 2016. [5] The population density of the population centre is 1,349.3/km2 (3,494.6/sq mi). assistance (31,800 jobs), professional services (19,000 jobs), education (17,400 jobs), and public administration (15,800 jobs). There are smaller performance venues at the Halifax Central Library, Citadel High School (Spatz Theatre), and Halifax West High School (Bella Rose Arts Centre). Please click on your region for specific information on your municipality's program. AMCS offers software for the waste and recycling industry. Halifax serves as the business, banking, government and cultural centre for the Maritime region. North Preston, just outside Dartmouth, is Canada's largest and oldest black community. The largest coastal features include St. Margarets Bay, Halifax Harbour/Bedford Basin, Cole Harbour, Musquodoboit Harbour, Jeddore Harbour, Ship Harbour, Sheet Harbour, and Ecum Secum Harbour. Also, the tourism industry is beginning to change how some rural communities in Halifax function, particularly in communities such as Hubbards, Peggys Cove, with its notable lighthouse[53] and Lawrencetown, with Lawrencetown Beach. The urban area of Halifax is a major economic centre in eastern Canada with a large concentration of government services and private sector companies. [72] HalifaxToday is a free news website, owned by Village Media, which originated from the now-defunct Local Xpress outlet created by the journalists of the Chronicle Herald during a 2016–2017 strike. The Mi'kmaq name for Halifax is K'jipuktuk, pronounced "che-book-took".[9]. The original grid plan devised when Halifax was founded in 1749 included a central military parade square, the Grand Parade. [82], As the capital city of Nova Scotia, Halifax is also the meeting place of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, the oldest assembly in Canada and the site of the first responsible government in British North America. Miller has over 50 years’ experience in the waste management & landscape materials sector and operates from 30 locations across Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Our AMCS Platform is an enterprise-grade cloud and software platform that is designed based on the best practice processes of thousands of waste and recycling companies across the globe. In support of the Government of Nova Scotia directive Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services – Procurement employees will be working remotely. Dalhousie University's campus is often featured in films and documentaries. This is a generic, introductory course that provides basic knowledge of the Act for students and is considered to be the basis from which more specific training can be given. The suburban area stretches into areas known as Mainland Halifax to the west, Cole Harbour to the east, and Bedford, Lower Sackville and Windsor Junction areas to the north. K2L 2B4 . Surrounding areas of the municipality, including Dartmouth and Bedford, also possess their share of historic neighbourhoods and properties. Halifax is a religiously diverse city with such landmark religious institutions as the New Horizons Baptist Church, St. George's (Round) Church, United Rockingham Church, St. Andrew's United Church, the Ummah Mosque and Community Centre, the Centre for Islamic Development, the Vedanta Ashram Hindu Temple, the Atlantic Theravada Buddhist Temple, The Maritime Sikh Society, the Beth Israel Synagogue, and the Shaar Shalom Synagogue. Most economic activity in the Musquodoboit Valley is based on agriculture, as it is the largest farming district in the municipality. [45] The regional municipality has taken steps to reduce duplicate street names for its 9-1-1 emergency dispatch services; at the time of amalgamation, some street names were duplicated several times throughout the municipality.[46]. Halifax, officially known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Summers are mild and pleasant, with hot and humid conditions very infrequent. Learn More about Miller Waste It is also home to several shopping centres, including Scotia Square, Barrington Place Shops, and Maritime Mall. For customers shipping non-regulated wastes like MSW, trash, demolition debris, you can now view your new Waste Management contracts on-line. The sea heavily influences the climate of the area, causing significant seasonal lag in summer, with August being significantly warmer than June and with September being the third mildest month in terms of mean temperature.
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