Downtown Halifax is the primary central business district of the Municipality of Halifax. Located on the central-eastern portion of the Halifax Peninsula, on Halifax Harbour. Along with Downtown Dartmouth, and other de facto central business districts within the Municipality, Downtown Halifax serves as the business, entertainment, and tourism hub of the region.
Downtown Halifax as from Halifax Harbour
TD Centre on Barrington and George Street.
Granville Mall is a pedestrian mall surrounded by Victorian era buildings.
Bars on Argyle Street. Downtown Halifax is home to approximately 200 restaurants and bars.
Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2022, it is estimated that the population of the Halifax CMA was 480,582, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The regional municipality consists of four former municipalities that were amalgamated in 1996: Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, and Halifax County.
From top, left to right: Downtown Halifax skyline, Macdonald Bridge, Crystal Crescent Beach, Peggy's Cove, Central Library, Sullivan's Pond
Halifax, Nova Scotia c. 1762, by Dominic Serres
View of Purdy's Wharf, an office complex in Downtown Halifax
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the largest art gallery in Atlantic Canada