Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The municipality is commonly called HRM or informally, Halifax (pronounced /ˈhælɨfæks/).
The population in 2006 was 372,679; the urban area of HRM had a population of 282,924, giving the municipality the largest urban area in Atlantic Canada and largest population centre in Canada east of Quebec City. According to Statistics Canada the census metropolitan area of...
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Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The municipality is commonly called HRM or informally, Halifax (pronounced /ˈhælɨfæks/).
The population in 2006 was 372,679; the urban area of HRM had a population of 282,924, giving the municipality the largest urban area in Atlantic Canada and largest population centre in Canada east of Quebec City. According to Statistics Canada the census metropolitan area of Halifax reached 394,600 in 2008
HRM's urban area is a major economic centre in eastern Canada with a large concentration of government services and private sector companies. Major employers and economic generators include the Department of National Defence, various levels of government, and the Port of Halifax. Agriculture, fishing, mining, forestry and natural gas extraction are major resource industries found in the rural areas of HRM.
The area comprising present day Halifax County was settled for thousands of years by the Mi'kmaq. Those...
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