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Halifax is one of Canada's top 5 "Smart" cities and is home to home to seven degree-granting universities, houses 8 major hospitals and has Canada's second largest scientific centre
Population:
372,679
Average household income:
$55,885
Unemployment rate:
5.6%*(below national average)
Source: www.statcan.ca
Tourism is an important sector in the economy of Nova Scotia. Total tourism receipts exceed $800 million and over 30,000 are employed in the industry. More than a million persons visit the province each year, with almost one quarter of these coming from outside Canada.
Over 80 percent of Nova Scotia's population of 936,092 can trace their ancestry either wholly or partly to the British Isles. Those with French origin rank second with 18 percent of all residents having some French ancestry. The next largest groups by ancestry are German and Dutch.