Mainland Halifax
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| Places and Communities in Halifax Regional Municipality |
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| Mainland Halifax | ||
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| Area Statistics | ||
| Area | km² | |
| Population | 72,105 * | |
| Year Founded | 1969 | |
| Communities & Neighbourhoods | ||
| Armdale, Clayton Park, Fairview, Rockingham, Purcell's Cove, Spryfield. | ||
| Government | ||
| Halifax Regional Council | Chebucto Community Council | |
| Municipal Districts | Last Election | |
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| Postal Code FSA Range | ||
| Telephone Exchanges Range | (902): | |
| HRM Community Planning Areas | ||
| Bedford, Chebucto Peninsula, Cole Harbour/Westphal, Cow Bay/Eastern Passage, Dartmouth, Eastern Shore East, Eastern Shore West, Halifax (Mainland), Halifax (Peninsula), Hammonds Plains/Upper Sackville/Beaver Bank, Lake Echo/ Porters Lake, Lawrencetown, Musquodoboit Valley\Dutch Settlement, Preston & Cherrybrook, Prospect, St. Margaret's Bay, Timberlea/Lakeside/Beechville | ||
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Mainland Halifax is a region in central Nova Scotia, Canada that refers to the central-eastern part of the Chebucto Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
The area lies west of the Northwest Arm and Bedford Basin and extends several kilometres inland, encompassing an area of Halifax County that the former City of Halifax had amalgamated in 1969 - this includes the former communities of Armdale, Clayton Park, Fairview, Rockingham, Purcell's Cove and Spryfield.
The term "Mainland Halifax" was developed after the municipal merger in 1996[citation needed] which saw the creation of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) as a single-tier municipal unit within Halifax County, resulting in the disincorporation of the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, as well as the town of Bedford and the Municipality of the County of Halifax. The new HRM regional government sought to divide the municipality into a variety of sub-regions for administrative and service purposes.
Mainland Halifax is further divided into "Mainland North" (Bayer's Lake, Clayton Park, Fairview, and Rockingham) and "Mainland South" (Armdale, Herring Cove, Purcell's Cove, Sambro, and Spryfield). Residents do not use the term "Mainland" or the north and south divisions at all, preferring to refer to their original community names which describe the geography of their area more appropriately to those familiar with the region.
