Business trip to Canada, where?

Locations are as different as night and day.

Halifax, Nova Scotia is by the sea. Canada's version of Maine.

Calgary, Alberta is in cowboy country and has a very western American feel.

Nova Scotia is much more quaint, picturesque and has an English or Scottish feel.

It all depends on what you like.




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Edited by Millerp - 5/29/12 at 9:10am

Alberta is essentially a cold Texas where people are into hockey. Calgary is right next to the Rockies and visiting Banff / Lake Louise is very convenient and unbelievably beautiful. Calgary is not the most exciting city to visit as it is very suburban (although urban life is growing), but then i wouldn't necessarily consider Halifax to be a city (pop. 400K ). I'd personally go to Calgary, but it really depends on what you feel like

These are as opposite as can be. Maritimes vs. Rockies. 

 

I think Nova Scotia is Canada's prettiest province. You can do it all in a few days and each section is quite different. I find Cape Breton a pretty special place, but I like the cold grey Atlantic.

 

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lefty

Halifax can be a lot of fun. Lots of bars and pubs in the downtown, and a generally more hospitable atmosphere than Calgary. Despite its smaller size Halifax is still a port city, with port city problems; which is to say I wouldn't want to veer too far from the downtown core after dark.
Calgary has lots of money and lots of attitude, but is a short drive to some pretty spectacular sites. Like others have said, it depends what you're into.

Nova Scotians over Calgarians for a fun evening out.

 

Solo cycled/camped the Cabot Trail a number of years ago. One of the best trips of my life.

 

 

lefty

Another vote for Halifax though I am heavily biases as:

- I live in the Maritimes (next door to Nova Scotia in New Brunswick)
- I hate every version of cowboy; real and wannabe.

For Halifax, make sure you stay downtown, somewhere near Barrington and/or SpringGarden. I can give some restaurant, pub, shopping recommendations if you end up going here.

Halifax! Hands down my favourite city. I'd move there in a heartbeat.

Visit Peggy's Cove (in the picture with the lighthouse)

Good places to eat last time I was there: Gio, The Press Gang, Morris East, Ryan Duffy's.

Spend a day travelling down the coast - Halifax to Peggy's to Chester to Mahone Bay to Lunenburg.

 

lefty

Oooof.

I've never been to Halifax, but I lived in Calgary for a year. If I were you I'd go to Halifax.

The best part about Calgary was Banff. You're basically in BC by that point anyway.