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About Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (NS) |
Dartmouth, founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax
Regional Municipality, a provincially designated Metropolitan Area, and a former
city in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Downtown Dartmouth also home to
the eastern part of the Capital District of Nova Scotia.
On April 1, 1996 the provincial government amalgamated all the municipalities
within the boundaries of Halifax County into a single-tier regional government
named Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). While Dartmouth and its neighbouring
city of Halifax, the town of Bedford and the Municipality of the County of
Halifax were dissolved at this time, the former city forms part of the urban
core of the larger regional municipality and is officially labelled the "capital
district" by the HRM government. At the time that the City of Dartmouth was
dissolved, the provincial government altered its status to a separate community
to Halifax however its status as part of the metropolitan "Halifax" urban core
existed prior to municipal reorganization in 1996. Dartmouth still has the same
geographic name that is still used by the local residents and all levels of
government for mapping, 9-1-1, planning, and is recognized by Canada Post as a
municipality. The official place name did not change due to the confusion with
similar street names and planning set out by the "City of Dartmouth" and public
pressure. Today the same development planning for Downtown Dartmouth and the
rest of the community is still in force as well as specific bylaws created prior
to April 1, 1996. |
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Dartmouth NS