Halifax, NS, Canada

Halifax, NS, Canada is a submarine cable landing point in Canada (coordinates 44.6458°, -63.5740°). It serves 2 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Canada's international connectivity infrastructure.

Halifax, officially the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic provinces of Eastern Canada. It consists of four former municipalities that were amalgamated in 1996: Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, and Halifax County. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Halifax, NS, Canada

Cables landing at Halifax, NS, Canada are operated by 1 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including EXA Infrastructure. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Halifax, NS, Canada, international traffic can reach 3 countries through 2 cable systems. Destinations include Ireland, United Kingdom, United States.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Halifax, NS, Canada in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• EXA Express (2015) — EXA Express is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada. Its 3 landing points at Brean, Cork, Halifax bridge the networks of Europe, North America, providing an important path for international data traffic. The transatlantic corridor has been connected by submarine cables since 1858, when the first telegraph cable was laid between Ireland and Newfoundland. Read more →
• EXA North and South (2001) — EXA North and South is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, United States. Its 5 landing points at Coleraine, Dublin, Halifax, Lynn, Southport bridge the networks of Europe, North America, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.