Community Boundaries

Geographic outlines (polygons) that represent the official community boundaries within HRM.

Geographic outlines (polygons) that represent the official community boundaries within HRM. This is the official HRM dataset depicting the location of the community boundaries. Contains polygons representing each community as described by the E911 system and as determined by community consultation projects. There are still a few community boundaries that require further community consultation before finalization. Metadata: https://hrm.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/87d562e852a44e64ae268609e2cdc0d2/data

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Last Updated August 11, 2025, 10:23 (UTC)
Created August 11, 2025, 10:19 (UTC)
Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Boundaries
Title
Title for the Dataset.
Community Boundaries
Description
A description of the dataset.

Geographic outlines (polygons) that represent the official community boundaries within HRM.

Geographic outlines (polygons) that represent the official community boundaries within HRM. This is the official HRM dataset depicting the location of the community boundaries. Contains polygons representing each community as described by the E911 system and as determined by community consultation projects. There are still a few community boundaries that require further community consultation before finalization. Metadata: https://hrm.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/87d562e852a44e64ae268609e2cdc0d2/data
Tags / Keywords
Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
10
Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
/datasets/HRM::community-boundaries/about
Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
2014-10-24
Time Period Data Span (start date)
Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date)
End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span
A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.
Halifax
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Access category
Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
Open
License
License used to access the dataset.
Open Government Licence - Halifax
Limits on use
Limits on use of data.
Location
Location of the dataset.
https://data-hrm.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/HRM::community-boundaries/about
Data Service
Data service for accessing a dataset.
Esri
Owner
Owner of the dataset.
HRM Open Data
Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
Halifax Regional Municipality
Contact Point Email
The email to contact regarding access?
[email protected]
Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
Halifax Regional Municipality
Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
[email protected]
Author
Author of the dataset.
Halifax Regional Municipality
Author Email
Email of the author.
[email protected]
Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
2025-08-11
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
/datasets/HRM::community-boundaries/about
Language
Language(s) of the dataset
English
Link to dataset description
A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
https://hrm.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/87d562e852a44e64ae268609e2cdc0d2/data
Persistent Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
Yes
Globally Unique Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
Yes
Contains data about individuals
Does the data hold data about individuals?
No
Contains data about identifiable individuals
Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
No
Contains Indigenous Data
Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
No
Portal Type
Platform type of the source portal.
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Version
Version of the datatset
Source
Source of the dataset.
https://data-hrm.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/HRM::community-boundaries/about
Version notes
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Is version of another dataset
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Other versions
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Provenance Text
Provenance Text of the data.
Provenance URL
Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution
Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
Irregular
GeoSpatial resolution in meters
Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
esriMeters
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions)
Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.
City
Field Value
Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
Field Value
Number of data rows
If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
200
Number of data columns
If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
10
Number of data cells
If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
2000
Number of data relations
If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities
If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties
If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality
Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality
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