Downtown Halifax
Downtown Halifax is the primary central business district of the Municipality of Halifax. Located on the central-eastern portion of the Halifax Peninsula, on Halifax Harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and Province House.
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Museum
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The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a maritime museum located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The museum is a member institution of the Nova Scotia Museum and is the oldest and largest maritime museum in Canada with a collection of over 30,000 artifacts including 70 small craft and a steamship: the CSS Acadia, a 180-foot steam-powered hydrographic survey ship launched in 1913.
Province House
Public building
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Province House in Halifax is where the Nova Scotia legislative assembly, known officially as the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, has met every year since 1819, making it the longest serving legislative building in Canada.
Scotiabank Centre
Stadium
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Scotiabank Centre is the largest multi-purpose facility in Atlantic Canada, located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. The main entrances to the building are located on Brunswick Street, at the corner of Duke Street and Carmichael Street, at the foot of Citadel Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North End and Hydrostone.
North End
Locality
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The North End of Halifax is a neighbourhood of Halifax, Nova Scotia occupying the northern part of Halifax Peninsula immediately north of Downtown Halifax.
Hydrostone
Neighborhood
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Hydrostone is a neighbourhood in the North End of the Halifax Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It consists of ten short parallel streets and is bordered by Duffus Street to the north, Young Street to the south, Isleville Street to the west and Novalea Drive to the east. Hydrostone is situated 3 km northwest of Downtown Halifax.
Tufts Cove
Suburb
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Tufts Cove is an urban neighbourhood in the community of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the North End of Dartmouth. Tufts Cove is situated 3½ km northwest of Downtown Halifax.
Downtown Halifax
- Type: Suburb with 25,600 residents
- Description: human settlement in Halifax Peninsula, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Categories: central business district and locality
- Location: Halifax, Halifax Region, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
44.64618° or 44° 38′ 46″ northLongitude
-63.57252° or 63° 34′ 21″ westPopulation
25,600Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)Open location code
87PRJCWG+FXOpenStreetMap ID
node 4575415185OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
12076998Wikidata ID
Q5303450
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In Other Languages
“Downtown Halifax” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “哈利法克斯下城”
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