Halifax commonly refers to: * Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada *

Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax () is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough, and the headquarters of Calderdale Council. In the 15th cen ...

, England * Halifax (bank), a British bank Halifax may also refer to:

Places

Australia

Halifax, Queensland Halifax is a town and a coastal locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Halifax had a population of 462 people. Geography Halifax is on the Herbert River, northeast of Ingham. History August Anderssen, a black ...

, a coastal town in the Shire of Hinchinbrook *

Halifax Bay Halifax Bay is a region located around a bay in the Coral Sea, situated on the Australian coast in Far North Queensland. It is bordered by the town of Ingham to the north, city of Townsville to the south and Great Palm Island off the coast to ...

, a bay south of the town of Halifax

Canada

Nova Scotia

* Halifax, Nova Scotia, the capital city of the province **

Downtown Halifax Downtown Halifax is the primary central business district of the Halifax, Nova Scotia, Municipality of Halifax. Located on the central-eastern portion of the Halifax Peninsula, on Halifax Harbour. Along with Downtown Dartmouth, and other de facto ...

Halifax Peninsula The Halifax Peninsula is peninsula within the urban area of the Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The town of Halifax was founded by the British government under the direction of the Board of Trade and Plantations under the com ...

, part of the core of the municipality **

Mainland Halifax Mainland Halifax is the remaining portion of the community of Halifax, without the Halifax Peninsula. History For thousands of years, and currently, Mainland Halifax has been, is, and will be on the unceded ancestral lands of the Mi'kmaq. On ...

, a region of the municipality *

Halifax (electoral district) Halifax is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is one of a handful of ridings which has been represented continuously (albeit with different boundaries) in the House of Commons since Confederation in 1867. The riding of Hal ...

, a federal electoral district *

Halifax (provincial electoral district) Halifax was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected three, and then five members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1933, at which point Halifax County was divided into five separate electoral ...

, a provincial electoral district ** Halifax County, Nova Scotia, the county dissolved into the regional municipality in 1996 * Halifax Harbour, a saltwater harbour *

Halifax West Halifax West (french: Halifax-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Its population in 2021 was 111,944. Demographics ''From the 2016 census'' E ...

, a federal electoral district since 1979

Prince Edward Island

Halifax Parish, Prince Edward Island Halifax Parish was created as a civil parish in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, during the 1764–1766 survey of Samuel Holland. It contains the following townships: * Lot 8 * Lot 9 * Lot 10 Having been a key player and an ico ...

British Columbia

Halifax Range The Halifax Range is a small mountain range on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, adjacent to Johnstone Strait, between Amor de Cosmos Creek and Pye Creek. It consists of hills and has an area of 51 km2 and is a subrange of the Vanc ...

, a mountain range

United Kingdom

, England ** Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)

United States

* Halifax, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Allen County * Halifax, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County **

Halifax (MBTA station) Halifax station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Halifax, Massachusetts. It serves the Plymouth/Kingston Line. It is located off Holmes Street ( Massachusetts Route 36) in northeastern Halifax. It opened when service was restored on the Old C ...

* Halifax, Missouri * Halifax, North Carolina ** Halifax County, North Carolina * Halifax, Pennsylvania, a borough in Dauphin County ** Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania * Halifax, Vermont, in Windham County * Halifax, Virginia ** Halifax County, Virginia (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax) * Halifax area, in Florida * Halifax River, in Florida (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)

People

* Halifax (name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Earl of Halifax

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Halifax (band) Halifax is a four-piece rock band from Thousand Oaks, California. They formed in 2003 and are currently unsigned. Their 2004 EP ''A Writer's Reference'' has sold over 60,000 copies to date, after making a cameo appearance on MTV's '' The Real ...

, an American rock band *"Halifax", a song by Pete Yorn from ''

ArrangingTime ''ArrangingTime'' is a 2016 studio album by American rock singer-songwriter Pete Yorn, released on Capitol Records. Critical reception ''ArrangingTime'' received generally favorable reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. I ...

Brands and enterprises

* Halifax (bank), part of the Lloyds Banking Group *

Halifax (Ireland) Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Limited was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank of Scotland, which later became part of Lloyds Banking Group. It offered commercial and corporate banking services under the Bank of Scotland brand and retail banking se ...

, part of the Lloyds Banking Group

Military

*, the name of two Canadian naval vessels ** HMCS ''Halifax'' (FFH 330), the lead ship of the ''Halifax'' class *** ''Halifax''-class frigate, of the Canadian Navy ** HMCS ''Halifax'' (K237), a World War II Flower-class corvette for convoy escort duties *, the name of several Royal Navy ships **

HMS Halifax (1756) Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Halifax'', after the English town of Halifax, West Yorkshire and the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. * HMS ''Halifax'' (1756) was a 22-gun sloop launched in 1756 and captured by the French in ...

, a 22-gun sloop launched in 1756 and captured by the French in the same year at Oswego ** HMS ''Halifax'' (1768), a 10-gun schooner originally built for merchant service at Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1765 ** HMS Halifax (1775), a schooner purchased in 1775 and sold 1780 **

HMS Halifax (1780) USS ''Ranger'' was a sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy in active service in 1777–1780, the first to bear her name. Built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on Badger's Island in Kittery, Maine, she is famed for the one-ship raiding campaign by ...

, an 18-gun sloop, originally USS ''Ranger'', renamed after the ship was captured from the United States Navy on 11 May 1780, and sold in 1781, **

HMS Halifax (1782) Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Halifax'', after the English town of Halifax, West Yorkshire and the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. * HMS ''Halifax'' (1756) was a 22-gun sloop launched in 1756 and captured by the French in th ...

, a 10-gun schooner purchased in 1782 and sold in 1784 **

HMS Halifax (1800) Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Halifax'', after the English town of Halifax, West Yorkshire and the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. * HMS ''Halifax'' (1756) was a 22-gun sloop launched in 1756 and captured by the French in th ...

, a 10-gun brig, the captured French ''Marie'', renamed from in 1800 and sold in 1802. ** HMS ''Halifax'' (1806), an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 at Halifax, Nova Scotia and broken up in 1814 * Handley Page Halifax, a British 4-engine heavy bomber of World War II

Sports

England

F.C. Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. ...

, a professional football club **

Halifax Town A.F.C. Halifax Town Association Football Club was an English football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire. They played in the Football League from 1921–1993 and 1998–2002. The club was dissolved in 2008, but reformed that July under the name ...

, a former professional football club * Halifax Panthers, a professional rugby league club

Canada

Halifax Thunderbirds The Halifax Thunderbirds are a professional box lacrosse team in the North Division of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). They play at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History On September 13, 2018, the NLL approved a franchise reloc ...

, a professional box lacrosse team *

Halifax Hurricanes The Halifax Hurricanes are a professional basketball team based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Hurricanes were founded as members of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC) to replace the Halifax Rainmen, who declared bankruptcy in July 201 ...

, a professional basketball team * Halifax Mooseheads, a junior ice hockey team * Halifax Wanderers FC, a professional soccer team

Other uses

Halifax College , mottoeng = Scholarship, Activity and Community , established = 1996 – as Halifax Court 2001 – as Halifax College , named_for = Lord Halifax , sister_colleges = The County College, Lancaster (2015 - present) Van Mildert ...

, a college of the University of York, England *

Halifax station (disambiguation) Halifax station may refer to: Transportation: *Halifax bus station, in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England *Halifax railway station (England), in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England * Halifax North Bridge railway station, a former station in Halifax, Wes ...

, stations of the name

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