Halifax

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Halifax (demonym Haligonian), commonly refers to

• Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
• Halifax (bank), a banking chain in the United Kingdom

Halifax may also refer to:

Places

Australia

• Halifax Bay, North Queensland
• Halifax, Queensland

Canada

British Columbia

• Halifax Range, a mountain range

Nova Scotia

• Halifax, Nova Scotia, capital of the province, established in 1749, which includes:
  • Halifax County, Nova Scotia, the county dissolved into the regional municipality in 1996
  • Mainland Halifax, a region of the municipality
  • Halifax Peninsula, part of the core of the municipality
  • Downtown Halifax
  • West End, Halifax
  • North End, Halifax
  • South End, Halifax
• Halifax (electoral district), a federal electoral district since Confederation
• Halifax (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district
• Halifax West, a federal electoral district since 1979
• Halifax Harbour, a saltwater harbour

Prince Edward Island

• Halifax Parish, Prince Edward Island

United Kingdom

• Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
  • Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)

United States

• Halifax, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky, United States
• Halifax, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County
  • Halifax (MBTA station)
• Halifax, North Carolina
  • Halifax County, North Carolina
• Halifax, Pennsylvania, a borough in Dauphin County
  • Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
• Halifax, Vermont, in Windham County
• Halifax, Virginia
  • Halifax County, Virginia (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
• Halifax River, in Florida (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
• Halifax area, in Florida

Companies

• Halifax (Ireland), part of the Lloyds Banking Group
• Halifax (bank), part of the Lloyds Banking Group

Art, entertainment, and media

Music

• Halifax (band), an American rock band
• The Halifax III, a 1960s Canadian folk music band

Television

• Halifax f.p., an Australian television drama series
• Last Tango in Halifax, a British television series

Military

• Halifax Regiment (Duke of Wellington's)
• Handley Page Halifax, a British 4-engine heavy bomber of World War II
• Halifax-class frigate, of the Canadian Navy
  • HMCS Halifax, the name of two Canadian naval vessels
  • HMCS Halifax (FFH 330), the lead ship of the Halifax class
  • HMCS Halifax (K237), a World War II Flower-class corvette for convoy escort duties
• HMS Halifax, the name of several Royal Navy ships
  • HMS Halifax (1756), a 22-gun sloop launched in 1756 and captured by the French in the same year at Oswego
  • HMS Halifax (1768), a 10-gun schooner originally built for merchant service at Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1765
  • HMS Halifax (1775), a schooner purchased in 1775 and sold 1780
  • HMS Halifax (1780), an -gun sloop, originally USS Ranger, renamed after the ship was captured from the United States Navy on 11 May 1780, and sold in 1781,
  • HMS Halifax (1782), a 10-gun schooner purchased in 1782 and sold in 1784
  • HMS Halifax (1806), an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 at Halifax, Nova Scotia and broken up in 1814

People

Surname

• Joan Halifax (born 1942), Zen Buddhist roshi

Titled

• Marquess of Halifax, a British title created once
  • George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695), English statesman, writer and politician
  • William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (1665–1700)
• Earl of Halifax, a British title created four times and held by, among others:
  • Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661–1715), English poet and statesman
  • George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (c. 1684–1739), British politician
  • George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1716–1771)
  • Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800–1885), British Whig politician
  • Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (1839–1934), British ecumenist
  • E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959), British Conservative politician
  • Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1912–1980), British politician and peer
  • Charles Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax (born 1944), British peer and Conservative politician

Fictional

• John Halifax, central character of John Halifax, Gentleman, 1856 novel

Sports

• Halifax RLFC, a rugby league club
• F.C. Halifax Town, a football club
• Halifax Town A.F.C., was an English football club, prior to 2009
• Halifax Mooseheads a QMJHL team

Other

• Halifax College, a college of the University of York, England
• Halifax Explosion, an explosion that leveled a large portion of Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1917 caused by a collision between two ships
• Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine used to enforce the Halifax Gibbet Law

See also

• All pages beginning with "Halifax"
• Hallifax (disambiguation)