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'''Halifax''' (2001 pop.: 119,292) is  the largest urban community in [[Atlantic Canada]].
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Halifax was founded by the [[British]] goverment under the direction of the Board of Trade and Plantations under the command of Governor Edward Cornwallis in [[1749]]
 
After a protracted struggle between residents and the Executive Council, the city was incorporated in 1841. Halifax was also the shire town of Halifax County. On [[April 1]],[[1996]] the government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the four municipalities within Halifax County, among them the City of Halifax, and formed the [[Halifax Regional Municipality]], a single-tier regional government covering that whole area. The City of Halifax ceased to be a legal entity, but the city of Halifax now referred to as an unincorporated "Metropolitan Area" by the provincial government. Residents of Halifax are called Haligonians.
'''Halifax''' (2001 pop.: 119,292) (Area :79.22 SQ Km)  is  the largest urban community in [[Atlantic Canada]].
Halifax was founded by the [[Great Britain | British]] government under the direction of the Board of Trade and Plantations under the command of Governor Edward Cornwallis in 1749
After a protracted struggle between residents and the Executive Council, the city was incorporated in 1841. Halifax was also the shire town of Halifax County. On [[April 1]],1996 the government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the four municipalities within Halifax County, among them the City of Halifax, and formed the [[Halifax Regional Municipality]], a single-tier regional government covering that whole area. The City of Halifax ceased to be a legal entity, but the city of Halifax now referred to as an unincorporated "Metropolitan Area" by the provincial government. Residents of Halifax are called Haligonians.
Halifax and the neighbouring metropolitan area of [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]] form the urban core of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM).
Halifax and the neighbouring metropolitan area of [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]] form the urban core of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM).
==Halifax "firsts" and other records==
*Within Canada
**1750 Oldest Anglican Church ([[St. Paul's Church (Halifax)|St. Paul's Church]] on the Grand Parade)
**1752 First printing press, printed book and newspaper (the [[Halifax Gazette]])
**1756 Oldest Lutheran Church ([[Little Dutch Church|Little Dutch (Deutsch) Church]])
**1758 First seat of [[Democracy|democratic government]] in Canada
**1789 First University ([[University of King's College]])
**1813 First [[Sunday school]] for [[African American]] peoples
**1819 First [[Legislature]] ([[Province House (Nova Scotia)|Province House]])
**1825 Founding of the Halifax Banking Company (now [[Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce]])
**1832 Founding of the [[Scotiabank|Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank)]]
**1846 First decorated English [[Christmas tree]]
**1862 First science institute (the [[Nova Scotian Institute of Science]])
**1864 Founding of the Merchant Bank (now [[Royal Bank of Canada]])
**1876 First lawn tennis game
**1884 First [[law school]] (at [[Dalhousie University]])
**1887 First [[art college]], Victoria School of Art and Design (now the [[Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University]] founded by [[Anna Leonowens]])
**1970 First common-user [[container terminal]] with the opening of [[South End, Halifax|Halifax's South End]] container terminal
**First [[public school]]
**Largest [[Kidney transplantation|kidney transplant]] program
*Within North America
**1752 Oldest salt water [[ferry]] service
**1752 First [[Board of Trade]]
**1755 First [[post office]]
**1758 First [[naval]] [[dockyard]] (Halifax was founded as a naval base in 1749, and has had a naval dockyard since 1758)
**1767 First naval [[clock]]
**1794 First [[Martello tower]]
**1800-1801 First Round church ([[St. George Round Church]] - commissioned by [[Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn|Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]], the only one designed by a member of the [[British Royal Family]])
**1799-1805 Oldest consecutively occupied government residence, since the [[White House]] was evacuated and burned during the [[War of 1812]]
**1837 First yacht squadron opened ([[Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron|The Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron]])
**1838-1840 [[Cunard Line|Cunard Steamship Line]] founded in Halifax (see article for records set by Cunard Line)
**1847 First zoo (sold to [[New York, New York|New York City]] in 1863 to become the [[Central Park Zoo]])
**1890 First all [[street light|electric street light]] city
**Oldest continuously operating [[farmer's market]] ([[Halifax Farmer's Market]])
*World-wide
**[[1800s]] The sport of hockey was refined and developed in and around Halifax, [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth]] and [[Windsor, Nova Scotia|Windsor]] (first official rules in Halifax)
**1840 First use of [[wood pulp]] to make [[paper]]
**1846-1850 [[Abraham Pineo Gesner|Dr. Abraham Gesner]], developed the distillation of [[kerosene]] from [[crude oil]] and [[bitumen]], driving the [[Petroleum industry]]
**1936 First live [[Broadcasting|radio]] news coverage in Canada and largest broadcast hookup originating on this continent (on coverage of [[Moose River Mine Disaster]], April 1936) [http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/halifax/exhibit.asp?ID=56]
**World's first skyscrapers to use seawater for air-conditioning ([[Purdy's Wharf]] Office Towers)
**World's longest downtown boardwalk (runs for over 4 km alongside the harbour)
*Other
**1836 Victorian Garden ([[Halifax Public Gardens|Public Gardens]]) established and remain today in urban centre
**1998 First east coast North American port to welcome a [[Panamax]] vessel, the [[Regina Maersk]]
**Largest naval dockyard on the eastern seaboard north of [[Norfolk, Virginia]], USA
**Set a precedence in free speech and freedom of the press for Canada and the [[British Empire]] [http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/Facts/howepaper.htm] [http://www.twrsoft.com/trivia/hist01.htm] [http://www.angelfire.com/ns/agalley/famousns.htm] (see [[Joseph Howe]] [http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/Facts/Howebio.html])
**World’s second largest ice free natural harbour
**North American centre for [[Buddhism]]
**World centre for [[Shambhala Buddhism]]
**Devastated by the greatest man-made explosion prior to the atomic bomb]] (the [[Halifax Explosion]])
**Canada's second largest scientific centre (after [[Ottawa, Ontario]])
==References==
[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1209021&Geo2=PR&Code2=12&Data=Count&SearchText=Halifax&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Statistics Canada 2001]

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Halifax (2001 pop.: 119,292) (Area :79.22 SQ Km) is the largest urban community in Atlantic Canada. Halifax was founded by the British government under the direction of the Board of Trade and Plantations under the command of Governor Edward Cornwallis in 1749 After a protracted struggle between residents and the Executive Council, the city was incorporated in 1841. Halifax was also the shire town of Halifax County. On April 1,1996 the government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the four municipalities within Halifax County, among them the City of Halifax, and formed the Halifax Regional Municipality, a single-tier regional government covering that whole area. The City of Halifax ceased to be a legal entity, but the city of Halifax now referred to as an unincorporated "Metropolitan Area" by the provincial government. Residents of Halifax are called Haligonians. Halifax and the neighbouring metropolitan area of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia form the urban core of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM).

Halifax "firsts" and other records

References

Statistics Canada 2001