Mulgrave Park is a residential neighbourhood in North End Halifax, Nova Scotia. It consists of local public housing along Barrington Street. It is also referred to as MGP by most residents.
Mulgrave Park | |
|---|---|
Neighbourhood | |
  Location within Nova Scotia | |
| Coordinates: 44°40′07″N 63°36′04″W / 44.6685°N 63.6010°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Nova Scotia |
| Municipality | Halifax Regional Municipality |
| Community | Halifax |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.5 ha (11.1 acres) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 680 |
| Area code | 782, 902 |
The 351 unit development was completed in October 1960, after which Mulgrave Park won numerous awards for its quality.[2] The neighbourhood houses several large murals, visible from Barrington Street, one of Halifax's main arterial roads.[3]
Geography
editThe neighbourhood of Mulgrave Park is walkable, and is about 11 acres (4.5 ha) in landmass.[4]
Demographics
editIn 2016, the neighbourhood (more specifically Census Dissemination Area 12090847) was home to 680 residents. The population is 62% Black, making it the neighbourhood with the highest concentration of African Canadians on the Halifax Peninsula.[5] Many of the community members are Black Nova Scotians with roots in Africville, a former settlement located across the street from Mulgrave Park. Africville was demolished by the former City of Halifax in the late 1960s, in the name of urban renewal.[6] Nearly 20% of Mulgrave Park residents were born outside of Canada, this includes those of Sudanese, Congolese, Irish, Italian, Hungarian, French, Arab and Jamaican origins.
References
edit- ^ "Design Concepts for Mulgrave Park" (PDF). cdn.dal.ca. Dalhousie University School of Planning. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Mulgrave Park". Built Halifax. 25 February 2016.
- ^ Burnside-Holmes, Mallory. "The murals of Mulgrave Park | Halifax Magazine".
- ^ "Design Concepts for Mulgrave Park" (PDF). cdn.dal.ca. Dalhousie University School of Planning. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Statistics Canada: 12090847 (DA)". Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Concordia professor says Halifax built on a foundation of racist urban planning". The Signal. Retrieved 12 April 2019.