Building Statistic Reports
City of Fort St. John

Primary Document

Building Statistic Report - 2025

52 building permits (issued to July) with a construction value of $16 million issued across the City. In the same time last year, the City issued 47 permits (131 dwellings) with a value of $47 million.

Supporting Documents

Building Statistic Report - 2024

95 building permits (158 dwellings) with a construction value $65 million issued across the City. In the same time last year, the City issued 100 permits (45 dwellings). This represents a 350% increase in dwellings.

Building Statistic Report - 2023

100 building permits (45 dwellings) with a construction value of $32 million issued across the City.

Building Statistic Report - 2022

114 building permits (46 dwellings) with a construction value $32 million issued across the City.

Building Statistic Report - 2021

103 building permits (99 dwellings) with a construction value $44 million issued across the City.

Building Statistic Report - 2020

113 building permits (64 dwellings) with a construction value of $80 million. In the same time 2019, the City issued 106 building permits (48 dwellings) with a construction value of $57 million.

Reports are sourced from City of Fort St. John website.

Real Estate Sales

352

Properties sold in the first half of the year

January 1 to June 30, 2025

$135.3 M

Properties sold

January 1 to June 30, 2025

158 single-family homes with a median selling price of $393,750 - 16 vacant plots, 45 half-duplexes, 31 homes on acreages, 8 manufactured homes in parks and 29 manufactured homes on land

329

Properties sold in the first half of 2024.

$119.5 M

reported at the same time last year (first half 2024)

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Building Statistic Reports City of Fort St. John

Primary Document

Supporting Documents

Real Estate Sales

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Building Statistic Reports
City of Fort St. John

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Fort St. John, BC

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Alaska Highway

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