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Counties in Nova Scotia exist for legal purposes at a Provincial level, so it is inappropriate to merge these items. Reduce duplication, sure, but not merge.WayeMason 02:49, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I agree with WayeMason. It wouldn't make much sense to merge these articles as it would probably add confusion and 2 seperate articles are just fine. Theyab 22:00, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

i agree too that there should be separate pages without duplicate info Mayumashu 23:15, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

If someone does not make a reasoned and articulate arguement about this proposal in the next short while I will assume the discussion is closed and remove the tag... cool? WayeMason 00:44, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is not a place name like Dartmouth or Enfield but as name of an area . The government calls it county in order make it represent an area like a county . Nor is it a municipality

See the Weekly Traffic Advisories from the Department of Transportation and Public Works [1] , they do not refer Cape Breton RM nor Halifax RM nor Queens RM as counties but as a Regional Municipality.

No there is no argument with that, but its still Halifax Regional Municipality in Halifax County on legal documents. WayeMason 17:54, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Was" or "Is"?[edit]

Is it appropriate to say that "Halifax County WAS a county...", or "Halifax County IS a county..."? Clearly, there is no longer any independent municipal government at the County level, so it is true to say that the Municipality of the County of Halifax no longer exists. However, the County itself still exists as a legally recognized place name, and its borders are not identical with the borders of HRM, because HC encompasses several Indian Reserves that are not technically part of HRM.

The Queens County, Nova Scotia article still uses the present tense, even though the Municipality of the County of Queens was merged with the incorporated town of Liverpool to form the Region of Queens Municipality.Goosnarrggh (talk) 22:35, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Towns/Municipal Districts[edit]

Though I guess never included in the municipal county, what were the names (and types) of the divisions it surrounded as it relates to any incorporated towns or municipal districts? I'd imagine one was called Halifax, but what were the others? Seems like they'd at least deserve a mention by name, here. --Criticalthinker (talk) 20:41, 19 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In terms of incorporated municipal divisions, there was the City of Halifax, the City of Dartmouth, and the Town of Bedford. All the other communities were unincorporated, and fell under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of the County of Halifax.Goosnarrggh (talk) 20:09, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]