---
title: "Halifax Regional Municipality"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/halifax-regional-municipality"
description: "Halifax Regional Municipality: Halifax is a regional municipality in Nova Scotia with a population of 439,819 (2021 Census). Official website: halifax.ca."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
updated: "2026-10-14"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Halifax Regional Municipality

Nova Scotia · Local government

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, updated 14 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## About

Halifax is a regional municipality in Nova Scotia with a population of 439,819 (2021 Census).

Written by Canada Service Map from [Statistics Canada 2021 Census data](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000201). Data licence: Statistics Canada Open Licence.

## Facts

- Jurisdiction: Nova Scotia
- Layer: Local government
- Class: Regional and county
- Population: 439,819 (2021 Census)
- City page: [Halifax, NS](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/nova-scotia/halifax)
- Wikidata: [Q2141](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2141)

## Official websites

- [halifax.ca](https://www.halifax.ca)
- [fr.halifax.ca](https://fr.halifax.ca/)

## Places on record

Operator on record for 996 places, from open data, by type. Each type links every place of that type in Halifax. Operators are matched from the source records and may be approximate.

- Libraries: 13 ([Libraries in Halifax](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/nova-scotia/halifax/libraries))
- Arenas: 10 ([Arenas in Halifax](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/nova-scotia/halifax/arenas))
- Pools: 9 ([Pools in Halifax](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/nova-scotia/halifax/pools))
- Community and recreation centres: 75 ([Community and recreation centres in Halifax](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/nova-scotia/halifax/community-centres))
- Parks: 889 ([Parks in Halifax](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/nova-scotia/halifax/parks))

## Related bodies

More bodies of the same class (Regional and county) in Nova Scotia.

- [Cape Breton Regional Municipality](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/cape-breton-regional-municipality)
- [Municipality of the County of Annapolis](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipality-of-the-county-of-annapolis)
- [Municipality of the County of Antigonish](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipality-of-the-county-of-antigonish)
- [Municipality of the County of Colchester](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipality-of-the-county-of-colchester)
- [Municipality of the County of Cumberland](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipality-of-the-county-of-cumberland)
- [Municipality of the County of Inverness](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipality-of-the-county-of-inverness)
- [Municipality of the County of Kings](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipality-of-the-county-of-kings)
- [Municipality of the County of Richmond](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipality-of-the-county-of-richmond)
- [Municipality of the County of Victoria](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/municipality-of-the-county-of-victoria)
- [Region of Queens Municipality](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/region-of-queens-municipality)
- [West Hants Regional Municipality](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/west-hants-regional-municipality)

## Sources

- Description written by Canada Service Map from [Statistics Canada 2021 Census data](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000201). Data licence: Statistics Canada Open Licence.
- Record from: [Statistics Canada, Public Sector Universe](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/68-516-x/68-516-x2016001-eng.htm). Licence: Statistics Canada Open Licence.

## More

- [View it in the explorer](https://canadaservicemap.ca/explore?sel=psu:2146483490), with the sources of its record.
- [Places and services in Halifax, NS](https://canadaservicemap.ca/places/nova-scotia/halifax)
- [Public services in Nova Scotia](https://canadaservicemap.ca/provinces/nova-scotia)
- [Data and sources](https://canadaservicemap.ca/data): every record keeps the licence of its source.

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Halifax Regional Municipality", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/halifax-regional-municipality