Was Halifax NS at one time the biggest city in North America?

Answer 1

No, never, of course not.

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Answer 2

Never.  For one, it wasn't incorporated as a city until 1842. In 1793, the estimated population was 4,000, which put it behind at least ten US cities, and behind the 1700 population numbers for Philadelphia, Boston and New York. You will note that Halifax did not exist in 1700.

In 1842, the population of all of Canada was 487,000.  In 1830, the population of just the top four US cities, New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore, was 500,000.

Answer 3

I'm pretty sure: no.

Halifax did not exist until the 1740s.

In the late 1700s

according to this info

https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-largest-cities...

Philly, New York City and Boston all had more than 10,000 people

while Halifax had a mere 4,000 in 1793.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Halifax,...