The City of Halifax (est. 1841) is the former capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County, and was the largest city in Atlantic Canada. , until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996. It is no longer an incorporated city.
The Town of Halifax was founded by the British government under the direction of the Board of Trade and Plantations under the command of Governor Edward Cornwallis in 1749.blank">http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35941 After a protracted struggle between residents and the Governor, the City of Halifax was incorporated in 1841.
On 1 April, 1996, the government of Nova Scotia dissolved the City of Halifax, and amalgamated the four municipalities within Halifax County and formed _Halifax Regional Municipality, a single-tier regional government covering that whole area.
Today the area of the former City of Halifax is now referred to as an unincorporated "provincial metropolitan area" by the provincial government's place name website,blank">http://142.176.62.102/scripts/esrimap.dll?name=nsplacenames&cmd=4&prov=true&objid=31224&lastplace=31224 and the area is referred to as "Halifax Nova Scotia" for civic addressing.
The area is now administered as two separate community planning areas by the regional government for development, _Halifax Peninsula and Mainland Halifax. It forms a significant part of the Halifax urban area. Residents of the former city are referred to as 'Haligonians'.
