Indeed. St. John's is actually in spitting distance of Halifax in terms of absolute dollar value for building permits issued, despite the fact that Halifax is twice as large. Halifax had better watch out!
It's good to see three of the four Atlantic CMA's well in the top half of all Canadian CMA's in terms of building permit value per capita.
The larger cities in the region are all doing well. Now, if only we could kick start the rural hinterland as well.......