Census Profile · BC North
2021 Census of Population, Fort St. John, City, British Columbia.
By the Numbers
Regional average $86,660 (marked). This area is above it.
Regional average 1,002 (marked). This area is below it.
Regional average across the 83 communities in our guides. Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
What the data says
Fort St. John was home to 21,465 residents in 2021, up 5.9% from 2016. The median age is 32.4, and the typical household has 2.4 people.
Of the area's 8,780 households, 57.7% own their home and 42.3% rent. The median total household income in 2020 was $102,000.
Fort St. John sits high on the Alaska Highway in BC's Peace River country, a fast moving oil, gas and agriculture town with some of the province's highest average incomes.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, Fort St. John, City, British Columbia, British Columbia. Reproduced and distributed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence. Median income is the median total income of households in 2020. Figures are rounded by Statistics Canada and are provided for general information only.
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