Rated as being the “Best Community to Live in Canada” in the March 23, 1997 issue of Maclean’s magazine, Bedford, Nova Scotia has endeavoured to live up to that designation ever since. Situated in District 16 of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), Bedford is home to nearly 23,000 residents and is made up of well-established suburban neighbourhoods lying on the northwestern end of the Bedford Basin. The history of Bedford began when the Governor of England moved for the