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Economic Development

Building Statistic Reports
City of Fort St. John

Primary Document

Building Statistic Report - 2026

22 building permits (issued to April) with a construction value of $6 million issued across the City. In the same time last year, the City issued 27 permits (9 dwellings) with a value of $8 million.

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

351

Properties sold in the first half of the year

January 1 to June 30, 2026

BC Northern Real Estate Board (BCNREB)

$158.3 M

Properties sold

January 1 to June 30, 2026

168 single-family homes with a median selling price of $424,000 - 14 vacant plots, 44 half-duplexes, 26 homes on acreages, 6 manufactured homes in parks and 26 manufactured homes on land

467

Properties sold in the first half of 2026

$135.3 M

352 properties reported sold at the same time last year (first half 2025)

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NORTHBOUND & FOUND

ALL IN UPNORTH

Building Statistic Reports City of Fort St. John

Primary Document

Supporting Documents

Real Estate Sales

Fort St. John: Fuelling Business Growth in Northern BC

Fort St. John is Powering Possibility

B.C.'s Best-kept Secret: Fort St. John

Move Up Here

Move Up Here

Best-kept Secret of the North

The Best Cities for Work in B.C. 2020

Things to do in Fort St. John

Best Places to Live in B.C. and the Territories

Explore Rivers and Waterfalls in Tumbler Ridge, BC

Fort St. John Ranks Top 20 of Canada's most Livable Cities

Northeast BC & the Alaska Highway: Find the Paths Less Travelled

Spend Less, Live More in Fort St. John

10 of the Best Hikes Near Fort St. John, BC

Wildlife Spotting on the Alaska Highway

The 20 Best Cities in British Columbia to Work,

Tap into the incredible energy of Fort St. John!

Best Cities for Work in B.C. 2019

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Winter Adventure in Hudson's Hope

Building Statistic Reports
City of Fort St. John

B.C.'s Best-kept Secret:
Fort St. John

The Best Cities for Work
in B.C. 2020

Best Places to Live in B.C. and
the Territories

Explore Rivers and Waterfalls
in Tumbler Ridge, BC

Spend Less, Live More in
Fort St. John

10 of the Best Hikes Near
Fort St. John, BC

Wildlife Spotting on the
Alaska Highway

Tap into the incredible energy
of Fort St. John!

Winter Adventure in
Hudson's Hope