Meetings and event rentals

Imagine your event under tent and sky, surrounded by the rich history and mighty walls of the Halifax Citadel.

Use the parade square alone, or add the Halifax Citadel’s fully appointed rooms to transform your dinner, reception, wedding, trade show or gala into a truly unique event. Events begin after the site has closed to the public.

We are happy to help facilitate tent rentals, which are not available directly from the Halifax Citadel. The parade square can accommodate tents up to 120’ x 80’.

Warm breezes, sunshine and grass underfoot - the Halifax Citadel offers the perfect setting. Situated at the base of Citadel Hill, the Garrison Grounds offer a spacious, central location for festivals, concerts or other large outdoor events. This flexible, natural amphitheatre can accommodate audiences from a few hundred up to 30,000.

The North Magazine is the most modern venue within the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site. This converted gunpowder magazine has been carefully renovated with three distinct rooms and is perfect for intimate dinners, receptions, meetings and breakout sessions.

Three rooms:

• The largest room in the North Magazine, the Garrison Room, can be set up in a variety of ways to accommodate your event.
• The building’s lobby adjacent to the Garrison Room offers an additional space perfect for networking or standing reception.
• The Naval Room features a large boardroom table that seats 12, perfect for meetings and/or dinners.
• The Artillery Room is the smallest room accommodating 6 for an intimate dinner.

All three can be combined including the lobby area.

Host an intimate wedding ceremony, small seated dinners, large receptions, or a combination of all of these in the North Front Casemates. Four adjoining historic barracks rooms featuring in-floor lighting, vaulted ceilings, and historic ambiance provide an event space that you can truly make your own.

The room set up most commonly used for a wedding ceremony, dinner and reception includes the following:

• Casemate #26 – seated or stand up reception style dinner
• Casemate #27 – bar and dancing
• Casemate #28 – food stations or catering preparation
• Casemate #29 – wedding ceremony

The Soldiers’ Library is a historic and intimate space, while the Coffee Bar is an open room with an equipped bar suitable for a pre-dinner reception or a small dance floor. Both rooms are located on the lower level of the historic Cavalier Building and feature original hardwood floors, historic pictures, antique tables and chairs.