Colleen Baxter with JDI says 87 percent of those jobs will be filled in Atlantic Canada, with 74 percent in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Dobbelsteyn says a full report will come back to the council in the spring. He says the results will help the city make informed policy decisions, and in turn, grow the population.
Centennial Heritage Properties Inc plans to invest more than $48 million to complete the development. The project is expected to create more than 450 jobs.
Payouts are based on how long a passenger is delayed. A large airline will have to pay a passenger $400 for delays between three and six hours and up to $1,000 if the flight is grounded for more than nine hours.
The cafe opened a week ago and is owned by Mark Aljabban, who moved to Toronto from Syria in 2007. He moved to Saint John in 2017. When he got here, he noticed the variety of sweets and snacks in the city was lacking.