Source guides

These source guides will help you access Municipal Archives' holdings that have been digitized, or require a more complex search tool beyond the Archives Database.

Africville sources

A guide to Municipal Archives records about Africville

Buildings and property research

A guide for researching buildings and properties using Municipal Archives records.

Civic address history

A look at the evolution of civic addressing in Halifax. Includes a tool to cross reference new and old City of Halifax civic addresses

Cogswell Interchange/Harbour Drive

A guide to Municipal Archives records about the Cogswell Interchange and Harbour Drive projects

Genealogical sources

A guide for doing your family history using Municipal Archives records

Halifax Explosion sources

A guide to Municipal Archives records about the Halifax Explosion

Historical Annual Reports

A guide to searching digitized historical Annual Reports held by the Municipal Archives

Historical Council minutes

A guide to searching digitized pre-amalgamation (1996) Council minutes

Historical Halifax Fire Department records

A guide to historical fire department records held by the Municipal Archives

Mayors, councillors and aldermen: 1841-present

Searchable listings of mayors, wardens, aldermen, and councillors

Mi'kmaq source guide

A guide to Municipal Archives records relating to Mi'kmaq in the Halifax region

Point Pleasant Park

A guide to Municipal Archives records about Point Pleasant Park

Public Gardens

A guide to Municipal Archives records about the Halifax Public Gardens

VE Day Riot Source Guide

A guide to Municipal Archives records about the 1945 VE Day riots