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Originally Posted by balletomane
Yes, I guess Halifax underwent two "mega amalgamations", the first being in 1962. My numbers for Halifax up to 1961 are technically only for the peninsula, which has only about 60,000 residents now.
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There was another merger in 1959 which was the creation of the municipality of the County of Halifax. In 1995 there weren't many municipalities in the Halifax area. I think it was just Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, and the county. By the 1960's and 70's, the county included some built up areas like Sackville that could have been administered as independent cities. This made amalgamation in 1996 a lot simpler.