Halifax

**Halifax** (demonym **Haligonian**) may refer to:

### 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
    - , 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

### 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