Communities in the Halifax Regional Municipality

The Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia is composed of more than 200 communities and neighbourhoods.

Most communities of the Halifax Regional Municipality are marked with "Welcome to our Community" signs .

The urban area comprises the Halifax Metropolitan Area and the Dartmouth Metropolitan Area; the term "metropolitan area" was assigned by the government of Nova Scotia to refer to the geographic areas comprising the dissolved cities of Halifax and Dartmouth.[1]

The HRM "urban core" is the most built up areas of the region, on the Halifax Peninsula and inside the circumferential highway in Dartmouth.

The "urban area" describes the urban areas surrounding Halifax Harbour which overlap into built-up suburban areas such as Bedford and the Sackville River valley.

The "Capital District" is Nova Scotia's centre of business, government, events, and attractions. The district includes Downtown Halifax, the Quinpool District, Spring Garden, and Downtown Dartmouth areas. It comprises the metropolitan areas of Halifax and Dartmouth, which are the boundaries of these former cities.[2]

Urban area communities and neighbourhoods

Halifax Halifax Peninsula Downtown Halifax The Hydrostone North End Halifax West End, Halifax Quinpool district Richmond South End Halifax Spring Garden Mainland Halifax Armdale Boulderwood Clayton Park Cowie Hill Fairview Fairmount Jollimore Melville Cove Rockingham Spryfield

Dartmouth Albro Lake Crystal Heights Highfield Park Brightwood Burnside Crichton Park Downtown Dartmouth Imperoyal Manor Park Nantucket Portland Estates Portland Hills Portobello Port Wallace Shannon Park Tuft's Cove Wallace Heights Westphal Woodlawn Woodside

Bedford-Sackville Region Bedford Beaver Bank Birch Cove Fall River Glen Moir Hammonds Plains Lower Sackville Middle Sackville Princes Lodge Upper Sackville Waverley Wellington Windsor Junction

Outlying suburbs and rural communities

Communities in bold are major communities.

Antrim Bald Rock Bear Cove Barkhouse Settlement Bayside Beaver Dam Beaver Harbour Beaver Island Beech Hill Beechville Big Lake Black Point Blind Bay Boutliers Point Brookside Brookville Caribou Mines Carroll's Corner Centre Musquodoboit Chaplin Chaswood Clam Harbour Clam Bay Cole Harbour College Lake Conrod Settlement Crooks Brook Cow Bay Dean Debaies Cove Devon Devils Island Duncan's Cove Dutch Settlement East Chezzetcook East Dover East Jeddore, East Pennant East Preston East Lawrencetown East Loon Lake Village East Petpeswick East Quoddy East Ship Harbour Eastern Passage Ecum Secum Ecum Secum West Elderbank Elmsdale Elmsvale Enfield Fall River Falkland French Village Ferguson's Cove Fletchers Lake Gaetz Brook Glen Haven Glen Margaret Glenmore Goffs Greenwood Governor Lake Goodwood Grand Desert Grand Lake Halibut Bay

Harrietsfield Hackett's Cove Hatchet Lake Head of Chezzetcook Head of Jeddore Head of St. Margarets Bay Herring Cove Hubbards Higginsville Hubley Indian Harbour Ingramport Jacket Lake Jeddore Oyster Pond Ketch Harbour Kinsac Lake Charlotte Lake Echo Lake Egmont Lake Major Lakeside Lakeview Lawrencetown Lewis Lake Lindsey Lake Little Harbour Liscomb Sanctuary Lochaber Mines Long Lake Loon Lake Lower East Chezzetcook Lower Lawrencetown Lower Prospect Lower Ship Harbour Lower Three Fathom Harbour Lucasville McGraths Cove McNabs Island Marinette Malay Falls Meaghers Grant Middle Musquodoboit Middle Sackville 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 Newcomb Corner Necum Teuch North Beaver Bank North Preston 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 Portuguese Cove Porters Lake Popes Harbour Port Dufferin Prospect Prospect Bay Purcell's Cove Queensland River Lake Sable Island St.Margarets Bay Sambro Sambro Creek Sambro Head Salmon River Bridge Sambro Head Sandy Cove Seabright Seaforth Shad Bay Shearwater Sheet Harbour Sheet Harbour Passage Ship Harbour Simms Settlement Smiths Settlement Sober Island South Section Spry Bay Spry Harbour Stillwater Lake Tangier Tantallon Taylors Head Ten Mile Lake Terence Bay Three Fathom Harbour Third Lake Timberlea Trafalgar Upper Hammonds Plains Upper Lakeville Upper Musquodoboit Upper Tantallon Upper Lawrencetown Watt Section Williamswood West Chezzetcook West Dover West Jeddore West Pennant West Lawrencetown West Pennant West Petpeswick West Porters Lake West Quoddy Wellington Whites Lake Windsor Junction Wyses Corner Yankeetown

References

1. http://www.nsplacenames.ca
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-09-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

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