Fort St. John

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Fort St. John

Total population

21,465

Coordinates56.25°, -120.85°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Fort St. John is a city located in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The most populous municipality in the Peace River Regional District, the city encompasses a total area of about 22 km2 (8.5 sq mi) with 21,465 residents recorded in the 2021 Census. Located at Mile 47 of the Alaska Highway, it is one of the largest cities between Dawson Creek, British Columbia and Delta Junction, Alaska. Established in 1794 as a trading post, Fort St. John is the oldest European-established settlement in present-day British Columbia. The city is served by the Fort St. John Airport. The municipal slogan is Fort St. John: The Energetic City.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

M

Michelle Kelly

Canadian skeleton racer

Brad Fast

Canadian ice hockey player

John van 't Schip

Dutch association football player and manager

D

David Daniels

Canadian basketball player (born 1971)

B

Brian Jungen

Canadian artist (born 1970)

Jay Hill

Canadian politician

I

Ina Forrest

Canadian wheelchair curler

A

Alan Stewart

Canadian ice hockey player

A

Alexis Mazurin

Canadian comedian and radio personality (1978-2005)

C

Chris Jensen

Canadian ice hockey player

G

Gale Katchur

Canadian politician

Greg Kolodziejzyk

Canadian racing cyclist

J

James S. McAleney

Canadian jockey

J

Jim Hughson

Canadian sportscaster

Pat Pimm

Canadian politician

R

Randall Weber

Canadian ice hockey player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Baldonnel
  6.5 mi away
• Rose Prairie
  17.8 mi away
• Pine Valley
  18.6 mi away
• Peace View Hutterite Colony
  20.9 mi away
• South Peace Hutterite Colony
  25.8 mi away
• Goodlow
  27.8 mi away
• Milligan Creek Christian Community
  33.1 mi away
• East Pine
  39.3 mi away
• Fellers Heights
  46.5 mi away
• Oetco Flats
  60.5 mi away
• Hasler Flat
  62.3 mi away
• Nig Creek
  63.2 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Fort St. John

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

Seen 2026-09-24

Boreal Tufted Jumping Spider

Phidippus borealis

Seen 2026-09-21

Cat-faced Orbweaver

Araneus gemmoides

Seen 2026-09-21

Larder Beetle

Dermestes lardarius

Seen 2026-09-18

White-crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys

Seen 2026-09-18

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Seen 2026-09-18

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Seen 2026-09-17

Black-billed Magpie

Pica hudsonia

Seen 2026-09-16

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers