According to our analyses, the Halifax region does indeed have a large number of francophones who use French at home and francophiles. It therefore meets two of the criteria for potential demand for French-language services. However, it doesn't meet the first part of the third criterion in the draft regulations: There is no potential demand for French-language services from 30,000 people in the Halifax region. We're close, but we're slightly below 30,000 people. The Halifax region also doesn't meet the other criteria. For example, it doesn't have at least 20% in a census division. This is strictly a matter of population density, according to the established criteria.
