When did the oldest newspaper in Canada, Halifax Gazette, begin publication?

The Halifax Gazette was Canada's first newspaper, established on March 23, 1752, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was published weekly by John Bushell, who had been carrying out a project that had been initiated by his partner Bartholomew Green, Jr. The newspaper had been entirely dependent on the government for funding.

The Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston owns the only remaining copy of the first edition of Halifax Gazette.

Halifax was established as a city in 1749, three years before the newspaper was published, with a population of 4,000 residents. Because of the developing city and the low population, there was a shortage of local news or community news, and advertisements occupied a large portion of the newspaper. It contained news excerpts from the newspapers of Britain, Europe, and New England.