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Dartmouth, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

Downtown Dartmouth

The compact central district along Alderney Drive, Portland Street and Ochterloney Street, with condominium highrises, older homes on nearby streets and waterfront parkland. Alderney Landing has the ferry terminal, a public library branch, a market and the Eastern Front Theatre, and Sullivan's Pond and Lake Banook are a short walk inland.

Crichton Park and Albro Lake

Established residential neighbourhoods in Dartmouth's north end, between Lake Banook and Highway 111. Housing includes single-family homes, duplexes, townhouses and apartment buildings, with the newer Lancaster Ridge development nearby. Both bridges to Halifax, Mic Mac Mall and Brightwood Golf and Country Club are close by.

Woodlawn

An area of eastern Dartmouth bounded by Highway 111, Portland Street and Main Street, settled in the 1700s and mostly farmland until a subdivision boom in the late 1940s and 1950s. Today it is mainly residential and retail, with post-war homes on established streets and shopping along its main roads.

Portland Estates and Portland Hills

Suburban neighbourhoods south of Portland Street, with Portland Estates opening in the 1980s and Portland Hills built out through the 2000s. Russell Lake and Russell Lake West were added around the same period. Portland Estates Elementary is on Portland Hills Drive, and a bus rapid transit route ends in Portland Hills.

Westphal

A Dartmouth community near Main Street and Caledonia Road, first settled by farmers in the late 1700s and named in 1935 for the Westphal brothers, both Royal Navy admirals. It grew quickly with the post-war building boom of the late 1940s and 1950s, so many homes date from that era. Admiral Westphal Elementary and Caledonia Junior High are in the area.

Dartmouth Crossing, Burnside and Port Wallace

Dartmouth Crossing, north of the Highway 111 and 118 interchange, is a large shopping district beside Burnside Industrial Park and also includes a residential area. Port Wallace, on the northeastern edge of Dartmouth near Lake Charles, is a provincially designated planning area approved in 2023 for up to 4,900 new homes on municipal water and sewer, including single-family homes, duplexes, townhouses and multi-unit buildings, to be built in phases.

The community of Dartmouth (the former City of Dartmouth boundaries) had 72,139 residents in the 2021 census, according to Wikipedia citing Statistics Canada.

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Schools in Dartmouth

• Dartmouth HighGrades 9 to 12 (English and French), 95 Victoria Road, Dartmouth B3A 1V2 · Dartmouth High
• Woodlawn HighGrades 10 to 12 (English), 31 Woodlawn Road, Dartmouth B2W 2R7 · Woodlawn
• Ellenvale Junior HighGrades 6 to 9 (English), late French Immersion 7 to 9, 88 Belle Vista Drive, Dartmouth B2W 2X7 · Woodlawn
• Caledonia Junior HighGrades 7 to 9 (English and late French Immersion), 38 Caledonia Road, Dartmouth B2X 1K8 · Woodlawn
• Dartmouth South AcademyPre-Primary to Grade 8 (English), early French Immersion, 111 Prince Arthur Avenue, Dartmouth B2Y 0C5 · Dartmouth High
• Crichton Park ElementaryPre-Primary to Grade 6, 49 Lyngby Avenue, Dartmouth B3A 3V1 · Dartmouth High
• Portland Estates ElementaryPre-Primary to Grade 5 (English), 45 Portland Hills Drive, Dartmouth B2W 6L5 · Woodlawn
• Admiral Westphal ElementaryPre-Primary to Grade 6 (English), 6 Fourth Street, Dartmouth B2X 3A5 · Woodlawn

These are a selection of HRCE schools located in Dartmouth, not confirmed catchments, and Dartmouth has many more. Check any address with the HRCE School Finder before you buy, since boundaries can change.

Parks, lakes and recreation

• Shubie Park: large wooded park off Locks Road with trails, restored Shubenacadie Canal locks and a seasonal campground
• Lake Banook: home to several canoe, kayak and rowing clubs and host of world canoe sprint championships
• Sunrise Beach on Lake MicMac: one of the city's few supervised beaches, with lifeguards in July and August
• Sullivan's Pond: linked to Lake Banook by a canal lock at the lake's south end
• Alderney Landing: waterfront market, theatre, library and events plaza at the Dartmouth ferry terminal
• Albro Lake Park and Golden Acres Park in the north end
• 23 lakes within the former city boundaries, the source of the City of Lakes nickname

Getting around from Dartmouth

Dartmouth connects to Halifax by the Angus L. Macdonald and A. Murray MacKay bridges, and Highway 111 circles the community with links to Highway 118 and Highway 107. Outside rush hour the drive to downtown Halifax is usually short, though bridge traffic at peak times can add time. Halifax Transit's Alderney ferry runs daily between Alderney Landing and downtown Halifax, and the Woodside ferry runs on weekdays. For the airport, Highway 118 runs north past Dartmouth Crossing and Shubie Park to Highway 102 near Fall River, which is signed for Halifax Stanfield.

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