• Halifax is home to one of the world's longest downtown boardwalks
• The 100 Wild Islands is one of the last remaining intact and ecologically rich island groups of its size in North America
• The Sambro Lighthouse is the oldest functioning lighthouse in North America
• The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is the oldest and largest Maritime museum in Canada.
• The Discovery Centre is the largest science centre in Atlantic Canada and home to Atlantic Canada’s first immersive Dome Theatre
• The Halifax Citadel National Historic Site has FREE entry for the entire year in celebration of Canada 150
• The Canadian Museum of Immigration is Atlantic Canada’s only national museum
• The Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market is the longest continuously operating farmers’ market in North America.
• The Halifax Transit Ferry is the oldest salt-water passenger ferry service in North America.
• The Halifax Public Gardens is one of the finest surviving examples of a Victorian Garden in North America.
• The Halifax Waterfront is the most visited attraction in Nova Scotia.
• Peggy’s Cove is one of the most photographed lighthouses in the world
• Halifax is home to the greatest man made explosion before the atomic bomb - the Halifax Explosion on Dec. 6, 1917
• Halifax is home to the First Supreme Court in North America (Oct 21, 1754)
• The Fairview Lawn Cemetery has the world’s largest collective group of graves from the Titanic tragedy
• Halifax leases Point Pleasant Park from the British for 1 shilling a year and has a 999 year lease
• St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Parade Square is the oldest building in Halifax
• Maugher’s Beach lighthouse, located on McNabs Island was the first lighthouse to be lit with Kerosene
• There are 6 “Corner Cannons” (half-buried cannons) situated around Halifax and Dartmouth (two are located at Historic Properties!)
• Canada’s first covered skating rink was opened in the Halifax public gardens in 1883
• Ambassatours has the largest collection of Antique Double Deckers in the world!
• The Halifax Citadel National Historic Site is one of the most visited National Historic Site in Canada
• The Halifax Harbour is one of the deepest and largest natural, ice-free harbours in the world

More Halifax Facts:

• First public school in Canada
• Canada's first law school and art college
• First printed book (1752) and first newspaper in Canada (Halifax Gazette)
• First place of free speech and freedom of the press in the British Commonwealth
• First all-electric city lights in North America
• First naval dockyard in North America and largest on the eastern seaboard north of Norfolk, Virginia
• Oldest intact executive mansion in North America (Government House circa. 1800)
• First seat of democratic government in Canada (1758)
• Location of the first official rules for ice hockey