List of buildings in the Halifax Regional Municipality
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The following is a list of buildings in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
with articles on Wikipedia.
Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Regional Municipality had a 2006 census population of 372,679, while the metropolitan area had a 2010 estimated population of 403,188, and the urban area of Halifax had a population of 282,924...
with articles on Wikipedia.
- 1801 Hollis Street1801 Hollis Street1801 Hollis Street is an office building located in downtown Halifax in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada and is home to many prominent businesses. It was built in 1985 and is one of the tallest buildings in Halifax, standing at 87 metres, with 22 floors...
(22 floors, 87 metres) - 1801 Hollis Street is an office building also located near Halifax's waterfront and is home to many prominent businesses. - Alderney LandingAlderney LandingAlderney Landing is a convention centre, art gallery, market, and theatre facility in Downtown Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It was opened in May, 1999...
- Bank of Commerce BuildingBank of Commerce (Halifax)The CIBC Building is an office building in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia built in 1977. The office tower stands at 66 metres and has 16 floors. Most of Halifax's office towers are lined along the city's harbour...
(16 floors, 66 metres) - Also known as the CIBC building. - Bank of Montreal BuildingBank of Montreal Building (Halifax)The Bank of Montreal Building is located near the waterfront, and is home to the Bank of Montreal in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The office tower stands at 73 meters with 18 floors...
(18 floors, 73 metres) - The BMO building is located near the waterfront, and is home to the Bank of Montreal in Halifax. - Dominion Public BuildingDominion Public Building (Halifax)The Dominion Public Building is an art deco-style office building located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Completed in 1936, it originally served as the central post office for the City of Halifax and contained various other government offices....
(13 floors) - Dalhousie UniversityDalhousie UniversityDalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...
- Fenwick Tower (32 floors, 98 metres) - Fenwick Tower (formerly known as Fenwick Place) was a residence for the nearby Dalhousie University, and is now a private apartment building.
- Halifax Metro CentreHalifax Metro CentreThe Halifax Metro Centre was built in 1978, in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The building is next to the World Trade and Convention Centre, at the foot of Citadel Hill. It is the largest arena in Halifax. It originally featured a full ring of bright orange seats around the playing surface,...
- Hockey arena home to the Halifax MooseheadsHalifax MooseheadsThe Halifax Mooseheads are a CHL ice hockey club in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The team was founded in 1994 and began play in the Dilio division of the QMJHL for the 1994-1995 season. While the franchise has never won a league championship, they have...
, with a capacity of 10,000-15,000, depending on the event. - Halifax Shopping CentreHalifax Shopping CentreHalifax Shopping Centre is a Canadian shopping mall located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The mall is owned by 20 VIC Management Inc., headquartered in Toronto, Ontario...
- Loyola Residence TowerLoyola Residence TowerThe Loyola Residence Tower in Halifax, Canada is a residence of Saint Mary's University and was completed in 1971. It is located on the main campus and stands at 67 meters...
(22 floors, 67 metres) - The Loyola Residence Tower is a residence of Saint Mary's UniversitySaint Mary's University (Halifax)Saint Mary's University is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. The school is best known for having nationally lead programs in Business, Astronomy and International Development Studies as well, one of the best football and Men's hockey programs in Canada .The campus is situated in Halifax's...
. - Maritime CentreMaritime Centre (Halifax)The Maritime Centre in Downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is an office building home to the regional telecommunications company Bell Aliant ....
(20 floors, 78 metres) - The Maritime Center is an office building that was formerly the headquarters of Maritime Telephone and Telegraph, which the building was named after. - Province HouseProvince House (Nova Scotia)Province House is where the Nova Scotia Legislature, known officially as the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, has met every year since 1819. The building is Canada's oldest house of government...
- Canada's oldest seat of government, built in 1819. - Purdy's WharfPurdy's WharfPurdy's Wharf is an office complex located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Built over the water at the edge of Halifax Harbour and resting on pilings, it consists of two office towers, and a smaller office structure called Purdy's Landing. Purdy's Landing is commonly referred to as the "Xerox...
- An office complex of two towers, a smaller office building, and a parkade located on the waterfront. They use the waters of Halifax HarbourHalifax HarbourHalifax Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, located in the Halifax Regional Municipality.-Harbour description:The harbour is called Jipugtug by the Mi'kmaq first nation, anglisized as Chebucto...
to cool the buildings.- Tower 1 (20 floors, 74 metres)
- Tower 2 (22 floors, 88 metres)
- Queen SquareQueen Square (Dartmouth)Queen Square is an office building located in downtown Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, part of the Halifax Regional Municipality. At 18 floors , Queen Square is the tallest building in the downtown Dartmouth area, and is located on Alderney Drive across from Alderney Gate...
- (19 floors) - The tallest building in the downtown core of Dartmouth, Nova ScotiaDartmouth, Nova ScotiaDartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...
. - Royal Centre is a 13 storey office tower in the downtown core of Halifax. It was built in 1960.
- Scotia Square ComplexScotia SquareScotia Square is a large commercial development in Downtown Halifax, in the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia managed by Halifax Developments Limited . It was built in the late sixties to mid seventies...
- A system of buildings connected by pedways and tunnels. It houses a mall, two hotels, and three offices towers. - Saint Mary's UniversitySaint Mary's University (Halifax)Saint Mary's University is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. The school is best known for having nationally lead programs in Business, Astronomy and International Development Studies as well, one of the best football and Men's hockey programs in Canada .The campus is situated in Halifax's...
- Shirreff HallShirreff hallShirreff Hall is the oldest residence hall still in use at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was utilized as a single-sex female dormitory until September 2005....
is presently the oldest university residence building in use at Dalhousie UniversityDalhousie UniversityDalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...
. - St. Mary's BasilicaSt. Mary's Basilica (Halifax)St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica is a Catholic cathedral located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The facade and spire are entirely of local granite, and its architectural design is said to have been inspired by Saint Martin in the Fields in London. Construction began in 1820 and it was...
- A Roman Catholic church in Downtown HalifaxDowntown HalifaxDowntown Halifax is the city centre of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern-central portion of the Halifax Peninsula, on Halifax Harbour, it serves as the business, entertainment, and tourism hub of the region.- Municipal:...
, built in 1820. Recently designated a National Historic Site. - TD TowerTD Tower (Halifax)TD Tower is an office building home to the Toronto-Dominion Bank in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. It was completed in 1974.The bank building stands at 73 metres with 18 floors and is next to Bank of Commerce...
(18 floors, 73 metres) The TD Tower is an office building home to the Toronto Dominion bank in Halifax. - Tuft's Cove Generating StationTuft's Cove Generating StationTufts Cove Generating Station is a Canadian electrical generating station located in the Dartmouth neighbourhood of Tufts Cove in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality....
(157 metres) - Distinctive striped smokestacks of a fossil-fuel burning electrical generating station. - Unnamed Hariri Pontarini Architects projectUnnamed Hariri Pontarini Architects projectThe Hariri Pontarini Architects project is a proposed "twin tower" project in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Construction has not yet started as they have just been approved by city council. They are two 27-storey towers that will cost approximately $150 million...
recently approved 27 storey twin buildings. - Veith HouseVeith HouseVeith House is a neighborhood house whose mission is to meet the needs of children, individuals and families, with empowerment as an ever present goal. It is located at 3115 Veith St in the North End of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada...
The former Halifax Protestant Children's Orphanage