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Halifax 2014
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By plane, Halifax, Nova Scotia is:
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hours west of London, England |
| 6.5 |
hours northeast of Barbados |
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hours east of Toronto, Canada |
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northeast of New York City, U.S.A. |
| 8 |
hours east of Vancouver, Canada |
Halifax Regional Municipality
- Population 359,100 (Statistics Canada 2001 Census)
Halifax International Airport
- Strategically located on Canada’s east coast, Halifax has daily air connections to major centres in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe
- Regular air connections to destinations in Africa, Asia and Oceania
- Enplaned/deplaned passengers in 2004: 3,242,389
Halifax Harbour
- Halifax Harbour is the second largest deep-water, ice-free port in the world after Sydney, Australia
- One of the largest commercial ports in Canada
- Shortest ocean voyage for ships operating the North Atlantic, round-the-world and Suez routes
- In 2006 will handle approximately 2,000 vessels
- More than 200,000 visitors come to the city annually by cruise ship alone
Our Geography
One big part of Nova Scotia is actually a huge island, called Cape Breton Island. Our neighbouring Canadian provinces are New Brunswick (which is bigger) and Prince Edward Island (which is smaller). Together, we are often called the Maritime provinces of Canada.
Nova Scotia is one of 10 provinces (and three territories) in Canada. It lies on the east coast of the country and is almost completely surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. Millions of years ago Nova Scotia was part of Africa. When the earth’s crust shifted, and Africa and North America separated, Nova Scotia got left behind.
The name of our province is Latin and it means New Scotland. It was given this name by the Scots, who were the first British settlers to come here.
Most of the province is covered with forests and lakes and most larger towns are along the seacoast.
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