Halifax
Halifax, officially the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada.
Halifax, officially the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. It consists of four former municipalities that were amalgamated in 1996: Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, and Halifax County.
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Worth seeing in and around Halifax
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, and two satellite medical school campuses, in Saint John, New Brunswick and in Cape Breton. Dalhousie offers over 200 degree programs in 13 undergraduate, graduate, and professional faculties.
1.2 km · public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 02University of King's College
The University of King's College is a public liberal arts university in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Established in 1789, it is the oldest chartered university in Canada, and the oldest English-language university in the Commonwealth outside the United Kingdom.
1.2 km · oldest chartered university in Canada, in Halifax, Nova Scotia · Wikipedia - 03Saint Mary's University
Saint Mary's University is a public university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The school is best known for having nationally leading programs in business and chemistry.
2 km · university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 04St. Mary's Basilica
St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica is a Gothic Revival Catholic cathedral located in the downtown core of Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia.
1.4 km · church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 05Mount Saint Vincent University
Mount Saint Vincent University, often referred to as the Mount, is a public, primarily undergraduate, university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was established in 1873. Mount Saint Vincent offers undergraduate programs in arts, science, education, and professional studies.
5.1 km · Canadian university · Wikipedia - 06Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is a public provincial art museum based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The art museum's primary building complex is located in downtown Halifax and takes up approximately 6,200 square metres of space.
1.4 km · art museum in Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 07Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery is a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is perhaps best known as the final resting place for over one hundred victims of the sinking of the Titanic.
2.9 km · cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 08Halifax Nova Scotia Temple
The Halifax Nova Scotia Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. The intent to build the temple was announced by the First Presidency on May 7, 1998.
8.4 km · temple of the LDS Church · Wikipedia - 09Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a maritime museum located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The museum is a member institution of the Nova Scotia Museum and is the oldest and largest maritime museum in Canada with a collection of over 30,000 artifacts including 70 small craft and a steamship: the CSS Acadia, a 180-foot steam-powered hydrographic survey ship launched in 1913.
1.5 km · maritime museum in Nova Scotia, Canada · Wikipedia - 10Halifax Public Gardens
The Halifax Public Gardens are Victorian-era public gardens formally established in 1867, the year of Canadian Confederation. The gardens are located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the Halifax Peninsula near the popular shopping district of Spring Garden Road and opposite Victoria Park.
800 m · public park in Halifax, Nova Scotia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Halifax
- Airports
- Halifax / Stanfield (YHZ), 27 km
- Stations
- Shearwater Heliport, 7.1 km · Georges Island, 2.6 km · Halifax Harbour, 4.4 km · Halifax railway station, 2 km · Port of Halifax, 2.1 km
- Quebec → Halifax640 km · quickest by air, 7h 25m · C$200–300
- Montréal → Halifax791 km · quickest by air, 5h 48m · C$210–330
- St. John's → Halifax898 km · quickest by air, 5h 39m · C$210–330
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Halifax
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Halifax. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inGoing east on 104 takes you to Cape Breton or, alternatively, the ferry to Prince Edward Island.
- Get aroundHalifax Transit operates two ferry routes that stop at .
- Get aroundThe Halifax to Dartmouth ferry dates back to 1752.
- Get aroundFor the same cost as bus fare, one can take the ferry back and forth between Dartmouth and Halifax, this is an excellent (and cheap) way to take in the skyline views, spot ships, and mingle with locals.
- Get aroundThe Halifax-Woodside Ferry only runs Monday to Friday, there is little to do, and few places to go from the Woodside terminal.
From Wikivoyage: Halifax, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Halifax
- Cole Harboursuburban community in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada8.4 km
- McNabs Islandhuman settlement and island in Nova Scotia, Canada7 km
- Africvilleneighborhood in Halifax in Canada3.7 km
- Shearwaterneighbourhood in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada6.8 km
- Hydrostonehuman settlement in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada1.7 km
- Mulgrave Parkhuman settlement in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada7 km