Halifax's small business mix is fishing-and-tourism-adjacent — restaurants on Argyle and Lower Water, lobster shops near the harbour, B&Bs along Inglis Street, plus the long tail of marine-services suppliers around the docks. Most of the websites in this mix were built once by a relative or a freelancer and haven't been touched since.
Maritimes agency rates run $7 000–$25 000 CAD plus retainer — modest by national standards, but still a non-trivial chunk of a small business's marketing budget. For a six-room B&B in the South End or a four-person family restaurant on Quinpool, that money buys a season of marketing or a needed kitchen hire.
We replace the agency-and-Wix dilemma with a fixed monthly CAD price. Design, hosting on a global edge network, the .ca domain, ongoing content updates, and PIPEDA-aligned data handling are all in one bill — built for the cruise-ship visitor and the in-from-Mainland tourist alike.