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