Halifax

Halifax commonly refers to:

• Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
• Halifax (bank), a British bank

Halifax may also refer to:

Places

Australia

• Halifax, Queensland, a coastal town in the Shire of Hinchinbrook
• Halifax Bay, a bay south of the town of Halifax

Canada

Nova Scotia

• Halifax, Nova Scotia, the capital city of the province
  • Downtown Halifax
  • Halifax Peninsula, part of the core of the municipality
  • Mainland Halifax, a region of the municipality
• Halifax County, Nova Scotia, the county dissolved into the regional municipality in 1996
• Halifax (federal electoral district), a federal electoral district
• Halifax (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district
• Halifax Harbour, a saltwater harbour
• Halifax West, a federal electoral district since 1979

Prince Edward Island

• Halifax Parish, Prince Edward Island

British Columbia

• Halifax Range, a mountain range

United Kingdom

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

United States

• Halifax, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Allen County
• Halifax, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County
  • Halifax (MBTA station)
• Halifax, Missouri
• 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 area, in Florida
• Halifax River, in Florida (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)

People

• Halifax (name), including a list of people and characters with the name
• Earl of Halifax

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

• Halifax (band), an American rock band
• "Halifax", a song by Pete Yorn from ArrangingTime

Television

• Halifax f.p., an Australian television crime series

Brands and enterprises

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

Military

• HMCS Halifax, the name of two Canadian naval vessels
  • HMCS Halifax (FFH 330), the lead ship of the Halifax class
    • Halifax-class frigate, of the Canadian Navy
  • 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 18-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 (1800), a 10-gun brig, the captured French Marie, renamed from HMS Mary in 1800 and sold in 1802.
  • HMS Halifax (1806), an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 at Halifax, Nova Scotia and broken up in 1814
• Handley Page Halifax, a British 4-engine heavy bomber of World War II

Sports

England

• F.C. Halifax Town, a professional football club
  • Halifax Town A.F.C., a former professional football club
• Halifax Panthers, a professional rugby league club

Canada

• Halifax Thunderbirds, a professional box lacrosse team
• Halifax Hurricanes, a professional basketball team
• Halifax Mooseheads, a junior ice hockey team
• Halifax Wanderers FC, a professional soccer team

Other uses

• Halifax College, a college of the University of York, England
• Halifax station (disambiguation), stations of the name

See also

• Halifax Explosion, a 1917 explosion that leveled a large portion of Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine used in Halifax, West Yorkshire

1. Halifax, Nova Scotia
2. Halifax (bank)
3. Halifax, West Yorkshire
4. Halifax Explosion
5. Earl of Halifax
6. Halifax Resolves
7. Handley Page Halifax
8. Halifax f.p.
9. FC Halifax Town
10. Halifax Stanfield International Airport
11. Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
12. Halifax, Pennsylvania
13. Joan Halifax
14. CFB Halifax
15. Halifax-class frigate
16. Halifax Health
17. Halifax County
18. Last Tango in Halifax
19. Halifax Harbour
20. HMCS Halifax