Halifax, Nova Scotia The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 148 km² in 1971 to 467 km² in 2011, an increase of 217%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 168 km² in 1971 to 636 km² in 2011, an increase of 279%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (78%), water (7%) and other (15%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 50 km² of arable land and 297 km² of natural and semi-natural land were lost to settled area.
• Of the natural and semi-natural land converted to settled area from 1971 to 2011, 95.1% was forest, 0.6% was natural land for pasture and 4.3% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 50% from 260,672 to 390,328 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 156% from 69,192 to 177,295 between 1971 and 2011.

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