Halifax commonly refers to:
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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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
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Halifax (bank), a British bank
Halifax may also refer to:
Places
Australia
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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 bl ...
, a coastal town in the Shire of Hinchinbrook
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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
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, the capital city of the province
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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 ...
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Halifax Peninsula, part of the core of the municipality
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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.
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, a region of the municipality
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Halifax (electoral district), a federal electoral district
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Halifax (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district
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Halifax County, Nova Scotia, the county dissolved into the regional municipality in 1996
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Halifax Harbour, a saltwater harbour
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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''
Eth ...
, a federal electoral district since 1979
Prince Edward Island
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Halifax Parish, Prince Edward Island
Halifax Parish was created as a civil parish in Prince County
Prince County is located in western Prince Edward Island, Canada. The county's defining geographic feature is Malpeque Bay, a sub-basin of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which creates the ...
British Columbia
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Halifax Range, a mountain range
United Kingdom
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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
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Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)
United States
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Halifax, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Allen County
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Halifax, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County
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Halifax (MBTA station)
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Halifax, Missouri
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Halifax, North Carolina
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Halifax County, North Carolina
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Halifax, Pennsylvania, a borough in Dauphin County
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Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
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Halifax, Vermont, in Windham County
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Halifax, Virginia
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Halifax County, Virginia (named for
George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
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Halifax area, in Florida
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Halifax River, in Florida (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
People
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Halifax (name), including a list of people and characters with the name
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Earl of Halifax
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
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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 W ...
, an American rock band
*"Halifax", a song by Pete Yorn from ''
ArrangingTime''
Brands and enterprises
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Halifax (bank), part of the Lloyds Banking Group
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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
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HMCS ''Halifax'' (FFH 330), the lead ship of the ''Halifax'' class
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''Halifax''-class frigate, of the Canadian Navy
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HMCS ''Halifax'' (K237), a World War II Flower-class corvette for convoy escort duties
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HMS Halifax (1756), a 22-gun sloop launched in 1756 and captured by the French in the same year at Oswego
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HMS ''Halifax'' (1768), a 10-gun schooner originally built for merchant service at Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1765
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HMS Halifax (1775), a schooner purchased in 1775 and sold 1780
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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,
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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
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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.
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HMS ''Halifax'' (1806), an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 at Halifax, Nova Scotia and broken up in 1814
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Handley Page Halifax, a British 4-engine heavy bomber of World War II
Sports
England
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F.C. Halifax Town, a professional football club
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Halifax Town A.F.C., a former professional football club
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Halifax Panthers, a professional rugby league club
Canada
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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
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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
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Halifax Mooseheads, a junior ice hockey team
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Halifax Wanderers FC, a professional soccer team
Other uses
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Halifax College, a college of the University of York, England
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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
See also
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Halifax Explosion, a 1917 explosion that leveled a large portion of Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine used in Halifax, West Yorkshire
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