These pages provide information about the main services offered by the Municipal Archives.
- Location and hours
- Services
- Holdings
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Source guides
- Africville sources
- Buildings and property research
- Civic Address History
- Cogswell Interchange/Harbour Drive
- Elected Officials Lists
- Genealogical sources
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Halifax Explosion sources
- Dartmouth Council
- Dartmouth Reports
- Halifax Annual Reports
- Halifax Board of Control
- Halifax Board of School Commissioners
- Halifax Clerk’s Office
- Halifax Council
- Halifax Engineering Plans
- Halifax Relief Commission Advisory Committee
- Halifax Town Planning Board
- Liquor Theft Special Committee
- Public Gardens
- Historical Annual Reports
- Historical Council Minutes
- Historical Fire Department records
- Mi'kmaq source guide
- Point Pleasant Park
- Public Gardens
- Reference maps and plans
- V-E Day Riot Source Guide
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Exhibits
- Anti-Chinese riots, 1919
- Bedford Magazine Explosion
- Bucky Adams Halifax G-7
- City Crest Needlepoint by Jamaican Nova Scotian Artist
- Dartmouth Bicentenary Time Capsule
- Dartmouth Neighbourhood Improvement Program Photographs, 1970s
- Featured archival photographs
- Featured maps and plans
- Grand Parade Flagpole
- Halifax & District Baseball League
- Halifax City Hall historical tour
- Halifax Common
- Halifax Explosion Memorial Bell Tower time capsule
- Halifax–Hakodate Twinning
- Halifax Police Department photographs
- Hallowe'en Mardi Gras
- Historical Aerial Photos
- Joseph Howe Festival, 1973-1985
- Keshen Sisters Overseas
- Match-maker Mayor: dateline 1939
- Memorial Tower Dedication, 1912
- Port of Halifax Exhibition
- Riot at City Hall - May 25, 1918
- Swimming in Halifax Harbour
- Urban Renewal photographs
- Women in municipal politics
- Women's Voluntary Services
- World War One
- Offensive material in archival records
- Contact the Municipal Archives
Contact Information
Municipal Archives
Email: archives@halifax.ca
Telephone: 902.490.4643