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| Country | Canada |
| Province | Nova Scotia |
| Municipality | Halifax Regional Municipality |
| Community | Halifax |
| Federal riding | Halifax |
| Provincial electoral district | Halifax Armdale |
| Municipal District | Halifax West Armdale |
| Postal code | |
| Area codes | 782,902 |
Armdale is a neighbourhood of the community ofHalifax,Nova Scotia, Canada.
Prior to European colonization, theMi'kmaq inhabited these lands for thousands of years.[1]
When Europeans began colonizing the land surrounding Halifax Harbour, they built blockhouses. In 1751, there were two attacks on blockhouses surrounding Halifax. The Mi'kmaq attacked the North Blockhouse (located at the north end of Joseph Howe Drive) and killed the men on guard. They also attacked near the South Blockhouse (located at the south end of Joseph Howe Drive), at a saw-mill on a stream flowing out ofChocolate Lake into theNorthwest Arm. They killed two men.[2]
In 1753, when Lawrence became governor, the Mi'kmaq attacked again upon the sawmills near the South Blockhouse on the Northwest Arm, where they killed three British. The Mi'kmaq made three attempts to retrieve the bodies for their scalps.[3]
The largest employer during the 20th century in the Armdale area wasSimpson's and laterSimpsons-Sears, which operated a large warehouse for its catalogue division beside the railway line. This was later superseded byMaritime Life Assurance Company, which was absorbed byManulife Financial in 2004. Armdale had its own post office, which no longer operates.
Original names for the community included Armdale District, Dutch Village, and North-West Arm. In 1969, the formercity of Halifax annexed Armdale,Clayton Park,Fairview,Rockingham, andSpryfield. From 1969 until the creation of theMunicipality of Halifax on 1 April 1996, Armdale,Clayton Park,Fairview,Rockingham, andSpryfield were grouped under the colloquial termMainland Halifax.
Armdale railway station was once located near the Chebucto Road underpass, but it closed in 1990.
Prior to and following amalgamation with the City of Halifax, Armdale developed into a residential neighborhood consisting of single family homes and smallapartment buildings. A nearby commercial district in West End Halifax centred on theHalifax Shopping Centre has kept Armdale relatively free from retail development.
On 1 April 1996, Halifax County was dissolved and all of its places (cities, suburbs, towns, and villages) were turned into communities of a single-tier municipality namedHalifax Regional Municipality. Subsequently, Armdale was kept as a neighbourhood--but of Community of Halifax, within the new Municipality ofHalifax.
Today, the name Armdale is mostly associated with a traffic circle located at the junction of Chebucto Road, Herring Cove Road, Joseph Howe Drive, Quinpool Road, and St. Margaret's Bay Road.
Armdale borders the southern part of anisthmus connecting theHalifax Peninsula with the largerChebucto Peninsula, and is at the head of theNorthwest Arm. The neighbourhood extends shortly up the Herring Cove Road, Purcell's Cove Road, and St. Margaret's Bay Road. For a small distance, the neighbourhood borders theCanadian National Railway tracks that lead to downtown Halifax.
Although a well-established neighbourhood within the community of Halifax, Armdale does not have any demographic estimates.
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