Halifax

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

## Places
### 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

## People
### 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

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