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**1837 First yacht squadron opened ([[Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron|The Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron]])
**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)
**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 City]] in 1863 to become the [[Central Park Zoo]])
**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
**1890 First all [[street light|electric street light]] city
**Oldest continuously operating [[farmer's market]] ([[Halifax Farmer's Market]])
**Oldest continuously operating [[farmer's market]] ([[Halifax Farmer's Market]])
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**North American centre for [[Buddhism]]
**North American centre for [[Buddhism]]
**World centre for [[Shambhala Buddhism]]
**World centre for [[Shambhala Buddhism]]
**Devastated by the greatest man-made explosion prior to the [[Nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]] (the [[Halifax Explosion]])
**Devastated by the greatest man-made explosion prior to the atomic bomb]] (the [[Halifax Explosion]])
**Canada's second largest scientific centre (after [[Ottawa, Ontario]])
**Canada's second largest scientific centre (after [[Ottawa, Ontario]])
==References==
==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]
[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

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Statistics Canada 2001