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{{Short description|Community in Nova Scotia, Canada}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2007}}
{{use Canadian English|date=April 2019}}
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| nicknames                       = City of Lakes, "The Darkside"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.localxpress.ca/columns/somethings-blooming-on-the-darkside-313573|title=JOHN DeMONT: Something's blooming on the Darkside - Local Xpress|access-date=2016-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808014017/https://www.localxpress.ca/columns/somethings-blooming-on-the-darkside-313573|archive-date=2016-08-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| subdivision_name1               = [[Nova Scotia]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
| established_title               = Founded
| established_date                = 1750
| established_title2              = Incorporated City
| established_date2               = January 1, 1961
| established_title3              = Amalgamated with [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
| established_date3               = April 1, 1996
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| population_total                = 72139
| population_as_of                = [[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]
| population_footnotes            = <ref>{{cite web |title=2001 Census Profile: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1209022&Geo2=PR&Code2=12&Data=Count&SearchText=Dartmouth&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref>
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| area_code                       = [[Area code 902|902]]
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| footnotes                       = {{center|Part of a series about [[List of communities in Nova Scotia|Places in Nova Scotia]]}}
| leader_title2                   = Districts
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3 - Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage
5 - Dartmouth Centre
6 - Harbourview - Burnside - Dartmouth East
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'''Dartmouth''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɑːr|t|m|ə|θ}} {{respell|DART|məth}}) is a [[Urban area|built-up]] community of the [[Halifax Regional Municipality]], Nova Scotia, Canada. Located on the eastern shore of [[Halifax Harbour]], Dartmouth has 72,139 residents [[2021 Canadian Census|as of 2021]].

==History==
{{Main|History of Dartmouth|History of the Halifax Regional Municipality}}
[[File:Alderney Landing Dartmouth (1).jpg|thumb|left|Alderney Landing, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]]

===18th century===
[[Father Le Loutre's War]] began when [[Edward Cornwallis]] arrived to establish [[Halifax (former city)|Halifax]] with 13 transports on June 21, 1749.<ref>Grenier, John. ''The Far Reaches of Empire. War in Nova Scotia, 1710-1760''. Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 2008; Thomas Beamish Akins. History of Halifax, Brookhouse Press. 1895. (2002 edition). p 7</ref> By unilaterally establishing Halifax, the British were violating earlier treaties with the [[Miꞌkmaq]] (1726), which were signed after [[Father Rale's War]].<ref>{{harvp|Wicken|2002|p=181}}; Griffith, p. 390; Also see {{cite web|title=Northeast Archaeological Research --|url=http://www.northeastarch.com/vieux_logis.html|website=northeastarch|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514082831/http://www.northeastarch.com/vieux_logis.html|archive-date=2013-05-14|access-date=2014-02-05}}</ref> The British quickly began to build other settlements. To guard against Miꞌkmaq, Acadian, and French attacks on the new Protestant settlements, British fortifications were erected in Halifax (1749), [[History of Dartmouth|Dartmouth]] (1750), [[Bedford, Nova Scotia|Bedford]] (Fort Sackville) (1751), [[Lunenburg, Nova Scotia|Lunenburg]] (1753), and [[Lawrencetown, Halifax County, Nova Scotia|Lawrencetown]] (1754).

In 1750, the sailing ship ''Alderney'' arrived with 151 immigrants. Municipal officials at Halifax decided that these new arrivals should be settled on the eastern side of [[Halifax Harbour]]. During the early years, eight  Acadian and Miꞌkmaq raids were made on the new British settlement, such as the [[Raid on Dartmouth (1751)]].

The original settlement was made in an area the Miꞌkmaq called Ponamogoatitjg<ref>{{cite book|last=Wicken|first=William C.|title=Mi'kmaq Treaties on Trial: History, Land and Donald Marshall Junior|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0MEQyYggQE8C&pg=PP1|year=2002|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-7665-6|page=174}}</ref> (Boonamoogwaddy), which has been varyingly translated as "Tomcod Ground" or "Salmon Place" in reference to the fish that were presumably caught in this part of Halifax Harbour. The community was later given the English name of Dartmouth in honour of [[William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth]], who was a former [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department|secretary of state]]. By 1752, 53 families consisting of 193 people lived in the community.

The oldest structure in Dartmouth is the [[Quaker Whaler House|house of William Ray]], a [[Quaker]] and [[Cooper (profession)|cooper]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3066|title=HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca|website=www.historicplaces.ca|language=en|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref> from Nantucket who moved to Dartmouth in 1785-86 as a [[whaler]]. Its materials and construction methods closely resemble Quaker architecture in [[Nantucket]], such as the asymmetrical façade design and stone foundation.<ref name="heritagemuseum">[http://www.dartmouthheritagemuseum.ns.ca/quaker-house/ Dartmouth Heritage Museum]</ref> It is located at 59 Ochterloney Street, and is believed to have been built around 1785 or 1786. Today, it is a museum, furnished as a typical modest dwelling of a merchant of that time.<ref name="heritagemuseum"/><ref>[http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3066 Historic Places Canada]</ref>

===19th century===
Dartmouth was initially a sawmill and agricultural outpost of Halifax. In the mid-19th century, though, it grew, first with the construction of the [[Shubenacadie Canal]] and more importantly with the rise of successful industrial firms such as the [[Dartmouth Marine Slips]], the Starr Manufacturing Company, and the Stairs Ropeworks.

In 1873, Dartmouth was incorporated as a town, and a town hall was established in 1877.

===20th century===
In 1955, the town was permanently linked to Halifax by the [[Angus L. Macdonald Bridge]], which led to rapid urban growth.

Dartmouth's city hall was built in the early 1960s on the waterfront adjacent to the Alderney Ferry Terminal. The building was declared surplus and sold to Starfish Properties, and was to be redeveloped.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1465950-former-dartmouth-city-hall-gets-a-new-lease-on-life|title = SaltWire &#124; Halifax}}</ref>

On 1 January 1961, the Town of Dartmouth officially amalgamated with several neighbouring villages into the ''City of Dartmouth''.

The [[A. Murray MacKay Bridge]] opened in 1970, furthering commercial and residential growth.

The [[Dartmouth General Hospital]] officially opened on 14 January 1977, at 325 Pleasant Street. The hospital provides care to a [[catchment area]] of approximately 120,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dartmouth General Hospital |url=https://www.nshealth.ca/locations-details/Dartmouth%20General%20Hospital |website=Nova Scotia Health |publisher=Nova Scotia Health Authority |access-date=20 May 2023}}</ref>

On April 1, 1996, the provincial government amalgamated all the municipalities within the boundaries of [[Halifax County, Nova Scotia|Halifax County]] into a single-tier regional government named the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). Dartmouth and its neighbouring city of Halifax, the town of [[Bedford, Nova Scotia|Bedford]] and the Municipality of the County of Halifax were dissolved. The city of Dartmouth forms part of the urban core of the larger regional municipality and is officially designated as part of the "capital district" by the Halifax Regional Municipality. 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 is still an official geographic name that is used by all levels of government for legal purposes, postal service, mapping, [[9-1-1]] emergency response, municipal planning, and is recognized by the Halifax Regional Municipality as a civic addressing community. The official place name did not change, due to the confusion with similar street names, land use planning set out by the former "City of Dartmouth", and significant public pressure. Today the same development planning for Downtown Dartmouth and the rest of the region is still in force, as well as specific bylaws created prior to April 1, 1996.

==Geography==
[[File:Dartmouth Boardwalk Scene 2.jpg|thumb|left|Display on Dartmouth waterfront, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.]]

Dartmouth covers an area of {{convert|60.339|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Electronic Area Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census96/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=199704&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=35782&PRID=0&PTYPE=3&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=1996&THEME=34&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |date = 29 October 1998|publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref>

Dartmouth boasts twenty-three lakes within its boundaries, Dartmouthians take pride in the chain of [[list of Canadian lakes#Nova Scotia|lakes]] within the community boundaries that form part of the [[Shubenacadie Canal]]. Most famous amongst these is [[Lake Banook]], which provides an excellent location for recreation and attractive vistas. Dartmouth's most historic body of water is the artificial [[Sullivan's Pond]], located north-east of the downtown area on Ochterloney Street. It was dug in the 1830s as part of the Shubenacadie Canal to connect Halifax Harbour with [[Cobequid Bay]] on the [[Bay of Fundy]].

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|[[Albro Lake, Nova Scotia|Albro Lake]]
|{{convert|147|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Austenville, Nova Scotia|Austenville]]
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Bel Ayr Park, Nova Scotia|Bel Ayr Park]]
|{{convert|120|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Brightwood, Nova Scotia|Brightwood]]
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|[[Burnside, Nova Scotia|Burnside]]
|{{convert|1376|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Burnside Industrial Park |url=https://www.halifax.ca/business/business-parks/business-industrial-parks/burnside-industrial-park |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Commodore Park, Nova Scotia|Commodore Park]]
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|[[Cranberry Lake, Nova Scotia|Cranberry]]
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|[[Crichton Park, Nova Scotia|Crichton Park]]
|{{convert|131|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Crystal Heights, Nova Scotia|Crystal Heights]]
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|[[Dartmouth Crossing]]
|{{convert|207|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Downtown Dartmouth|Downtown]]
|{{convert|36|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Ellenvale, Nova Scotia|Ellenvale]]
|{{convert|81|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Grahams Corner, Nova Scotia|Graham's Corner]]
|{{convert|84|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Greenough Settlement, Nova Scotia|Greenough Settlement]]
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|[[Harbourview, Nova Scotia|Harbourview]]
|{{convert|15|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Hawthorne, Nova Scotia|Hawthorne]]
|{{convert|32|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Highfield Park, Nova Scotia|Highfield Park]]
|{{convert|43|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Imperoyal, Nova Scotia|Imperoyal]]
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|[[Lakefront, Nova Scotia|Lakefront]]
|{{convert|11|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Manor Park, Nova Scotia|Manor Park]]
|{{convert|54|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Montebello, Nova Scotia|Montebello]]
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|[[Nantucket, Nova Scotia|Nantucket]]
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|[[Notting Park, Nova Scotia|Notting Park]]
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|[[Park Avenue, Nova Scotia|Park Avenue]]
|{{convert|25|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Port Wallace, Nova Scotia|Port Wallace]]
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|[[Portland Estates, Nova Scotia|Portland Estates]]
|{{convert|85|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Portland Hills, Nova Scotia|Portland Hills]]
|{{convert|133|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Russell Lake West, Nova Scotia|Russell Lake West]]
|{{convert|251|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Shannon Park, Nova Scotia|Shannon Park]]
|{{convert|34.8|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Shannon Park |url=https://www.clc-sic.ca/real-estate/shannon-park |website=Canada Lands Company |date=20 November 2020 |access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Southdale, Nova Scotia|Southdale]]
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|[[Tam O'Shanter Ridge, Nova Scotia|Tam O'Shanter]]
|{{convert|60|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Tuft's Cove, Nova Scotia|Tuft's Cove]]
|{{convert|76|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Wallace Heights, Nova Scotia|Wallace Heights]]
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|[[Westphal, Nova Scotia|Westphal]]
|{{convert|77|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Wildwood Lake, Nova Scotia|Wildwood Lake]]
|{{convert|98|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Woodlawn, Nova Scotia|Woodlawn]]
|{{convert|114|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Woodside, Nova Scotia|Woodside]]
|{{convert|528|ha|abbr=on}}
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|<ref>{{cite web |title=Halifax Regional Municipality Urban Forest Master Plan |url=https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/transportation/streets-sidewalks/HALREG%201246%20UrbanForestReport_HighRes_SINGLEPAGE_Mon20_Combined.pdf |website=halifax.ca |publisher=Dalhousie University, Government of the Halifax Regional Municipality |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
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[[File:BurnsidePark-1-2.jpg|thumb|right|Map of [[Burnside, Nova Scotia|Burnside Park]].]]

==Government==
Dartmouth is represented municipally in [[Halifax Regional Council]] by these three districts:

* District 3: ''Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage''
* District  5: ''Dartmouth Centre''
* District 6: ''Harbourview - Burnside - Dartmouth East''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Districts and Councillors |url=https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/districts-councillors |access-date=October 10, 2023 |website=Halifax Regional Municipality}}</ref>

The community council that represents Dartmouth is the ''Harbour East - Marine Drive Community Council''. The community council is held in various locations on the first Thursday of every month.

==Economy==
In the early 19th century, there was a [[molasses]] plant.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Shannon Baxter |title=Tales of Mott's Chocolate |url=https://www.dartmouthheritagemuseum.ns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DHM-Gazette_-Spring-2019Final.pdf |website=Dartmouth Heritage Museum Society |access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref> ''John P. Mott & Co.'' was established by John Prescott Mott sometime in 1844, and they made soap as well as other products.

On 11 June 1963, [[Prince Bertil]] inaugurated the [[Volvo Halifax Assembly]] factory in Dartmouth. Between 1963 and 1998, the plant built almost 350,000 cars.<ref>{{cite web |title=Production |url=https://volvoamazonpictures.se/wordpress/production/ |website=volvoamazonpictures.se |access-date=20 May 2023 |location=Dartmouth and Halifax, Canada}}</ref>

Dartmouth also had the first [[IKEA]] store in Canada and the Americas, which operated between 1975 and 1988.<ref>{{cite news|title=Company news: IKEA|work=The Globe and Mail|date=11 March 1988|page=B8|quote=North America's first IKEA store is closing. The Swedish furniture chain, whose Dartmouth, N.S., store opened in 1975, said it is shutting the doors on the store and warehouse in six months, putting 50 people out of work.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=For the love of Ikea|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/08/03/for_the_love_of_ikea.html|access-date=8 May 2014|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=Aug 3, 2012}}</ref> IKEA returned to Dartmouth in 2017 in a new location, billed as IKEA Halifax.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ikea-opens-halifax-dartmouth-1.4309016|title=4,000 customers line up for Ikea Halifax grand opening|work=[[CBC News|CBCNews.ca]]|date=September 27, 2017|accessdate=November 18, 2020}}</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:Dartmouth III Ferry.JPG|thumb|left| Ferry running between Halifax and Dartmouth, docked at Dartmouth Ferry Terminal.]]

Dartmouth is linked to Halifax by the oldest continuously operating saltwater ferry service in North America with the first crossing having taken place in 1752. Early ferries were powered by horses, which were replaced with steam engines in 1830. During the early 20th century, ferries shuttled pedestrians and vehicles between the downtown areas of Halifax and Dartmouth.

A [[Rail transport|railway trestle]] was built across Halifax Harbour in the late 19th century to bring rail service to Dartmouth, but it was destroyed by a storm, requiring the present railway connection built around [[Bedford Basin]].

During the early 1950s, construction began on the [[Angus L. Macdonald Bridge]], a [[suspension bridge]] crossing Halifax Harbour. It opened in 1955, ushering in an unprecedented development boom in Dartmouth. New [[Subdivision (land)|subdivision]]s, [[shopping centres]], [[office building]]s, and [[industrial park]]s have been built in recent decades. A second bridge, the [[A. Murray MacKay Bridge]], was opened in 1970 and the [[Nova Scotia Highway 111|Highway 111]] Circumferential Highway was built around Dartmouth to Woodside at this time.

==Demographics==
The community of Dartmouth is coterminous with the former City of Dartmouth. After 1 April 1996, the former city was turned into a community of the [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax Regional Municipality]]. The former city (and current community) consists of census tracts 2050100.00 to 2050114.00.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Statistics Canada |title=Metropolitan atlas series, Halifax = Série d'atlas métropolitains, Halifax. |url=https://archive.org/details/1981999231984engfra/page/n23/mode/2up |website=Internet Archive | date=1984 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=18 May 2023 |page=44}}</ref> As of 2021, the community has over 72,000 people within its boundaries.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Census Tract
!Land area (km<sup>2</sup>)
![[2021 Canadian Census|2021]] population<ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2021 Census Tracts |url=https://catalogue-hrm.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/89aeb7e05c0047ebaf511e72bd66620c_0/explore?location=44.588955%2C-61.953960%2C8.26 |website=HRM Open Data |publisher=Government of the Municipality of Halifax |access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref>
![[2016 Canadian Census|2016]] population<ref>{{cite web |title=Census 2016 Census Tracts |url=https://catalogue-hrm.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/d0bf3cb280154fefa938e4ca42127331_0/explore?location=44.580105%2C-61.953829%2C8.26 |website=HRM Open Data |publisher=Government of the Municipality of Halifax |access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref>
![[2021 Canadian Census|2021]] population Density (people per km<sup>2</sup>)
!Population change (%)
|-
|2050100.00
|5.84
|4,352
|3,855
|745
|{{gain}}12.89
|-
|2050101.00
|1.672
|3,476
|3,343
|2,078
|{{gain}}3.97
|-
|2050102.00
|1.32
|4,979
|4,623
|3,771
|{{gain}}7.7
|-
|2050103.00
|1.893
|4,281
|4,228
|2,261
|{{gain}}1.25
|-
|2050104.01
|1.245
|1,976
|2,015
|1,587
|{{loss}}1.98
|-
|2050104.03
|2.345
|3,116
|2,943
|1,328
|{{gain}}5.87
|-
|2050104.04
|1
|2,628
|2,549
|2,628
|{{gain}}3.09
|-
|2050104.05
|1.5
|2,862
|3,030
|1,908
|{{loss}}5.55
|-
|2050105.01
|1.191
|3,129
|3,082
|2,627
|{{gain}}1.52
|-
|2050105.02
|2.107
|4,569
|4,613
|2,168
|{{loss}}0.96
|-
|2050106.01
|1.56
|3,758
|3,538
|2,408
|{{gain}}6.21
|-
|2050106.02
|8.962
|5,117
|5,106
|570
|{{gain}}0.21
|-
|2050107.00
|1.538
|3,166
|3,000
|2,058
|{{gain}}5.53
|-
|2050108.00
|2.269
|4,859
|4,769
|2,141
|{{gain}}1.88
|-
|2050109.00
|1.267
|3,316
|3,200
|2,617
|{{gain}}3.62
|-
|2050110.00
|0.805
|1,819
|1,481
|2,259
|{{gain}}22.82
|-
|2050111.00
|0.971
|3,328
|3,132
|3,427
|{{gain}}6.25
|-
|2050112.00
|1.646
|2,505
|2,014
|1,521
|{{gain}}24.37
|-
|2050113.00
|3.052
|1,397
|1,317
|457
|{{gain}}6.07
|-
|2050114.00
|18.156
|7,506
|6,569
|413
|{{gain}}14.26
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''60.339'''
|'''72,139'''
|'''68,407'''
|'''1,195'''
|{{gain}}5.45
|-
|}

{{Historical populations|align=centre|footnote=<ref>[https://archive.today/20130307024500/http://estat.statcan.gc.ca/cgi-win/cnsmcgi.pgm 1762 Census]</ref><ref>[http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1932-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1932/193201420104_p. 104.pdf]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423170043/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1932-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1932%2F193201420104_p.|date=April 23, 2016}}, Canada Year Book 1932</ref><ref>[http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1955-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1955/195501660140_p. 140.pdf]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114051402/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1955-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1955%2F195501660140_p.|date=January 14, 2016}}, Canada Year Book 1955</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt%3D%2Feng%2F1967%2F196702210189_p.+189.pdf|title=Canada Year Book 1967|access-date=2014-08-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223151220/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1967%2F196702210189_p.%20189.pdf|archive-date=2014-12-23}}, Canada Year Book 1967</ref><ref>http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census96/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=1&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=35782&PRID=0&PTYPE=3&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=1996&THEME=34&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= , 1996 Census of Canada: Electronic Area Profiles</ref><ref>http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1209022&Geo2=PR&Code2=12&Data=Count&SearchText=Dartmouth&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813150438/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1209022&Geo2=PR&Code2=12&Data=Count&SearchText=Dartmouth&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |date=2020-08-13 }} , 2001 Community Profiles</ref>  Population figures reflect the 1961 amalgamation.
|1762|10
|1881|3786
|1891|6252
|1901|4806
|[[Canada 1911 Census|1911]]|5058
|1921|7899
|1931|9100
|1941|10847
|1951|15037
|1956|21093
|1961|46966
|1966|58745|1971|64770|1976|65341
|1981|62333
|1986|65243
|1991|67798|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]]|65629
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]]|65741|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]]|65634|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]]|67094|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]|68407|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]]|72,139}}

==Military==
Dartmouth has been home to several [[Canadian Forces]] installations:

* [[CFB Shearwater]], located on the southern border of Dartmouth, is an air force base, formerly known as [[Naval Air Station Halifax]], RCAF Station Dartmouth, RCAF Station Shearwater, HMCS Shearwater, and RCNAS Shearwater.
* HMC Naval Radio Station [[Albro Lake, Nova Scotia|Albro Lake]] is a radio transmitter/receiver facility.
* [[CFB Halifax]] adjunct is an area on the Dartmouth waterfront opposite HMC Dockyard.
* [[Wallace Heights, Nova Scotia|Wallace Heights]] is a former military housing area in north-end Dartmouth.
* [[Shannon Park, Nova Scotia|Shannon Park]] is an unused military housing area in north-end Dartmouth.
* Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Bedford is a munitions magazine for [[Royal Canadian Navy|Maritime Forces Atlantic]], located on the border between Dartmouth and [[Bedford, Nova Scotia|Bedford]].

==Culture==
===Events===
Dartmouth celebrates a number of festivals throughout the year, including the Ice Festival in January, Dart Music Fest in May, the [[Maritime Fiddle Festival]] in July, and the Christkindlemarket in December.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.novascotia.com/events/festivals-and-events/downtown-dartmouth-ice-festival/-7081 |title = Nova Scotia Tourism, Downtown Dartmouth Ice Festival. Retrieved 17 November 2023. }}</ref>

====Natal Day====
Dartmouthians celebrate a civic holiday known as ''Natal Day'' since August 1895. The concept originated as a means to celebrate the arrival of the railway, but construction of the railway tracks was incomplete on the appointed day. Since all the preparations for the festivities were ready, organizers decided to go ahead with a celebration of the municipality's birthday instead.

In 1941, the Dartmouth Natal Committee decided to erect a cairn in honour of the spirit and courage of the first English settlers to Dartmouth's shore. It is situated in Leighton Dillman Park, part of the common lands left to the community by the Quakers, and it overlooks the harbour where the first settlers built their homes. The monument stands {{convert|3|m|abbr=on}} high and is constructed from rocks gathered on Martinique Beach. A plaque in front of the cairn is inscribed and describes the arrival of the ''Alderney'' "on August 12, 1750 with 353 settlers."

====Sports====
The community hosted the [[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] in [[1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1997]], [[2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2009]], and [[2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|2022]]. Dartmouth co-hosted the initial [[Canada Summer Games]] in 1969.

The communities main sport centre is the Dartmouth ([[Joseph Zatzman|Zatzman]]) Sportsplex which hosts a pool, walking track, gym, and community spaces.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zatzman Sportsplex |url=https://zatzmansportsplex.com |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=zatzmansportsplex.com}}</ref>

===Media===
''[[Diggstown (TV series)|Diggstown]]'' was filmed in and around Dartmouth.

The television show ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'' was set in a fictional Dartmouth trailer park and was filmed in Dartmouth and its environs. The show featured actors (such as [[Robb Wells]]) and writers from Dartmouth. A documentary film about the creation and production of the ''Trailer Park Boys'' series is entitled ''Hearts of Dartmouth''.

===Symbols===
[[File:Dartmouth ns Police.jpg|thumb|200px|The City of Dartmouth Seal, located on a police badge.]]
[[File:Dartmouth, Nova Scotia logo.png|260px|left|thumb| Flag of the former City of Dartmouth]]

With twenty-three lakes within the community, Dartmouth is nicknamed ''The City of Lakes''. Dartmouth's community flower is the [[orchid]], and its latin motto is ''Amicitia Crescimus'', which is located on its community crest.

===Ties===
Before the [[amalgamation of the Halifax Regional Municipality|1996 amalgamation]], Dartmouth was [[Halifax (former city)|Halifax]]'s sister city.

==Notable people==
* [[Bobby Bass (wrestler)|Bobby Bass]], professional wrestler
* [[Scott Frederick Cameron]], 35th Canadian [[Surgeon General (Canada)|surgeon general]]
* [[Custio Clayton]], boxer
* [[Steve Giles]], Olympic paddler
* [[Vince Horsman]], former MLB pitcher
* [[Michael Jackson (actor)|Michael Jackson]], actor in ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]''
* [[Mike Johnston (ice hockey)|Mike Johnston]], NHL/WHL hockey coach
* [[Ruby Keeler]], 1930s Hollywood starlet
* [[Chris Kelades]], [[mixed martial arts]] and [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] fighter
* [[Don Koharski]], former NHL referee
* [[Wendy Lill]], playwright, represented Dartmouth as a two-term [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|member of Parliament]]
* [[Kevin MacMichael]], musician, [[Cutting Crew]] guitarist, attended Dartmouth High School
* [[Matt Mays]], indie rock musician
* [[Christian Murray]], actor, writer
* [[Arnie Patterson]], broadcaster ([[CFLT-FM|CFDR]] and [[CFRQ-FM|Q104]] radio) and former press secretary to Prime Minister of Canada [[Pierre Trudeau]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/arnie-patterson-trudeau-rock-n-roll-and-the-springhill-mine-disaster/article623990/|title=Arnie Patterson: Trudeau, rock 'n' roll and the Springhill Mine Disaster|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2014-04-26|date=March 30, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Constance Piers]] (1866–1939), journalist, poet, editor
* [[Joel Plaskett]], indie rock musician
* [[Andrew Russell (canoeist)|Andrew Russell]], Olympic sprint canoeist
* [[Pat Stay]], battle rapper
* [[John Paul Tremblay]], actor in ''Trailer Park Boys''
* [[James Tupper]], actor
* [[Maxine Tynes]], poet
* [[Robb Wells]], actor in ''Trailer Park Boys''
* [[Lindell Wigginton]], basketball player in the [[National Basketball Association]]
* [[Aisling Chin-Yee]], film director, writer, and producer.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.halifax.ca Official Halifax Municipal Government website]

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