Living in the South End

Homes in South End

The South End began as farmland, mixed forest and large estates beside the old city, and its neighbourhoods grew beyond the original city boundary before being annexed. Housing today includes older heritage streetscapes near the Old South Suburb heritage district, where buildings are mostly low-rise and Georgian in style, along with newer apartment and condo buildings such as the Gorsebrook Park condos on Wellington Street. One South End census tract is the densest in Halifax. Halifax Water supplies the Halifax side from the J. Douglas Kline (Pockwock) water treatment plant.

Who South End suits

People who want to walk to the universities, hospitals or downtown, live near Point Pleasant Park and the Northwest Arm, and choose between older homes and newer apartments or condos.

Schools near South End

• Inglis Street ElementaryElementary (Pre-Primary to grade 6, English program), 5985 Inglis Street, Halifax
• LeMarchant-St. Thomas ElementaryElementary (Primary to grade 6, English and Early French Immersion; Pre-Primary at Sir Charles Tupper), 6141 Watt Street, Halifax
• Saint Mary's ElementaryElementary (Primary to grade 6; Pre-Primary at Inglis Street Elementary), 5614 Morris Street, Halifax
• Sir Charles Tupper ElementaryElementary (Pre-Primary to grade 6, English program), 1930 Cambridge Street, Halifax
• Gorsebrook Junior HighJunior high (grades 7-9; Early French Immersion), 5966 South Street, Halifax
• Halifax Central Junior HighJunior high (grades 7-9, English program), 1787 Preston Street, Halifax
• Citadel HighSenior high (grades 10-12, English and French programs), 1855 Trollope Street, Halifax

These HRCE schools are in the Citadel High family and are listed as South End schools in public sources. The South End also has École Mer et Monde (Conseil scolaire acadien provincial) and the Halifax School for the Blind (APSEA). Families should confirm the catchment for a specific address with HRCE's School Finder (Home Address Lookup), because boundaries can change.

Parks, lakes and recreation

• Point Pleasant Park, 75 hectares at the southern tip of the peninsula, with forest walks, harbour views and the Prince of Wales Tower (1796), the oldest Martello tower in North America
• Gorsebrook Park and the Gorsebrook Ball Field
• Marlborough Woods Park, Balcom Square, Grainery Park and Raymond Taavel Park
• Halifax Urban Greenway
• Northwest Arm shoreline, with clubs such as the Waegwoltic Club
• Dalplex and Huskies Stadium sports facilities

Shopping, transit and services

• Halifax Transit routes including 1 Spring Garden, 4 Universities (serving Dalhousie and Saint Mary's), 7A/7B Peninsula and 29 Barrington, plus express routes to the mainland
• Dalhousie University's Studley and Carleton campuses and Saint Mary's University at 923 Robie Street
• IWK Health Centre on University Avenue, the largest children's health facility in Atlantic Canada
• QEII Health Sciences Centre's Victoria General site (Tower Road, University Avenue and South Street block)
• VIA Rail Halifax station at 1161 Hollis Street
• Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
• Spring Garden Road shopping at the north edge of the neighbourhood

Commute from South End

The South End borders downtown, so many people walk, bike or take a short bus ride to work. Halifax Transit's 4 Universities route links Dalhousie and Saint Mary's to the Lacewood Terminal by way of Robie Street and Quinpool Road, and the 1 Spring Garden runs to downtown and across the bridge to Dartmouth. VIA Rail's Halifax station is on Hollis Street at the edge of the neighbourhood.

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