Portland Estates, Nova Scotia

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Portland Estates, Nova Scotia
Part of a series about Places in Nova Scotia

Places and Communities in Halifax Regional Municipality

Municipality:	Halifax Regional Municipality
Community Council:	Harbour East Community Council
Planning Area:	Dartmouth
Dartmouth Neighbourhoods or Villages
Albro Lake, Bell Ayr Park, Brightwood, Burnside, Commodore Park, Crichton Park, Crystal Heights, Downtown Dartmouth, Ellenvale, Grahams Corner, Greenough Settlement, Harbourview, Highfield Park, Imperoyal, Manor Park, Nantucket, Port Wallace, Portland Estates, Portland Hills, Shannon Park, Southdale, Tam O'Shanter Ridge, Tuft's Cove, Wallace Heights, Woodlawn, Woodside

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Portland Estates, as well as more recent Portland Hills is a community nestled in the eastern part of Dartmouth in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. It reaches from Eisener Blvd. in the west, all the way to Portland Hills in the east, and is located to the south of Portland Street (Route 207).

[edit] Transportation

Portland Estates is served by Metro Transit. One of the municipality's new bus rapid transit routes has a terminus in Portland Hills.

Adjacent to Portland Estates

Within a couple kilometres

Elementary (grades primary to 6) - Portland Estates Elementary School
Junior High (grades 7-9) -- Ellenvale Junior High School
High Schools (grades 10-12)
- English, with optional International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma program - Prince Andrew High School
- French Immersion - Dartmouth High School