Halifax is…Easily Accessible: - Nearly fifty percent of the province’s population of 913,462 lives within a one-hour commute of Halifax. - Halifax Stanfield International Airport welcomes over 3.4 million passengers annually and is known as Canada’s 7th busiest airport. - Halifax is two hours closer geographically by air to Europe than any other North American destination, and Halifax is closer to New York and Boston than it is to any other major Canadian city.