Halifax facts for kids

Halifax (demonym Haligonian) may refer to:

Places

Australia

• Halifax Bay, North Queensland

Canada

British Columbia

• Halifax Range, a mountain range

Nova Scotia

• Halifax (electoral district), a federal electoral district since Confederation
• Halifax Regional Municipality, capital of Nova Scotia, established in 1996, which includes:
  • Halifax (former city), the former city
  • Halifax County, Nova Scotia, the former county
  • Mainland Halifax, a region of the Municipality
  • Halifax Peninsula, part of the core of the Municipality
  • Metropolitan Halifax, urban part of the Municipality
• Halifax Stanfield International Airport, built in Enfield in 1960
• Halifax West, a federal electoral district since 1979

Prince Edward Island

• Halifax Parish, Prince Edward Island

United Kingdom

• Halifax, West Yorkshire, England (original source of the word "Halifax")
  • Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)

United States

• Halifax, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County
  • Halifax (MBTA station)
• Halifax County, North Carolina (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
  • Halifax, North Carolina
• Halifax Township, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County
  • Halifax, Pennsylvania
• Halifax, Vermont, in Windham County
• Halifax County, Virginia (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
  • Halifax, Virginia
• Halifax River, in Florida (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)

Companies

• Halifax (United Kingdom bank), part of the Lloyds Banking Group
• Halifax (Irish bank), part of the Lloyds Banking Group

Music and television

• Halifax f.p., an Australian television drama series
• Halifax (band), an American rock band
• The Halifax III, a 1960s Canadian folk music band

Military

• Halifax Regiment (Duke of Wellington's)
• Handley Page Halifax, a British bomber plane during World War II
• Halifax-class frigate, of the Canadian Navy
  • HMCS Halifax, the name of two Canadian naval vessels
  • HMCS Halifax (FFH 330), the lead ship of the Halifax class
  • 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. Purchased in 1768 by the British Royal Navy and wrecked in 1775
  • HMS Halifax (1775), a schooner purchased in 1775 and sold 1780
  • HMS Halifax (1780), an 18-gun sloop, originally called the 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 (1806), an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 at Halifax, Nova Scotia and broken up in 1814

People

Surname

• William Halifax, Lord Stirling (1786–1871)
• Joan Halifax (born 1942), Zen Buddhist roshi

Titled

• Marquess of Halifax, a British title created once
  • George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695)
• Earl of Halifax, a British title created four times and held by, among others:
  • Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661–1715)
  • George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1685–1739)
  • George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1716–1771)
  • Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800–1885)
  • Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (1839–1934)
  • E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959) (created Earl of Halifax in 1944)
  • Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1912–1980)
  • Charles Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax (1944- )

Fictional

• John Halifax, central character of John Halifax, Gentleman, 1856 novel

Sports

• Halifax RLFC, a rugby league club
• F.C. Halifax Town, a football club
• Halifax Town A.F.C., was an English football club, prior to 2009
• Halifax Mooseheads a QMJHL team

Other

• Halifax College, a college of the University of York, England
• Halifax Explosion, a 1917 explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia caused by a ship collision
• Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine

Related pages

• All pages beginning with Halifax

See also

In Spanish: Halifax (desambiguación) para niños