Fort St. JamesBritish Columbia

Violent crime weighs more where Fort St. James is policed than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 349

Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 113.5 per 1,000 a year, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (31) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violence across its police area runs at 76 per 1,000 residents a year. Fort St. James doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Fort St James detachment area.

Rent takes less of local pay in Fort St. James than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income

Owners make up two thirds of households. Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over one in ten households, below both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Fort St. James has colder winters than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −14.8°C

In July, daytime highs in Fort St. James average 22.1°C. Frosty days number 246 in a normal year, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (60) and Canadian towns (159). For the wettest month, look to November: 70 mm on average.

A flood study covers Fort St. James: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Northern Interior health region

Averaged over the years, quake damage costs $0.006 per $1,000 of buildings, below British Columbia’s towns ($0.36) and close to Canadian towns ($0.030). In Health Canada’s survey, just over one in ten homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Burn scars are few around Fort St. James, with 0.5% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.01% a year).

Lives run shorter around Fort St. James: 76.6 years, 4.9 below the typical Canadian town’s region

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Northern Interior Health Service Delivery Area

Adults who call their own health very good or excellent: 39%, below British Columbia’s towns (50%) and Canadian towns (52%) alike. The region has more smokers than British Columbia, just over one in ten adults to 8.9%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Fort St. James is well placed: 1.1 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

Trips to work from Fort St. James are shorter than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 19 min on average

2 of Fort St. James’s 3 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in British Columbia

The 3 km around Fort St. James counts 2 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 alternative or adult school.

More of Fort St. James’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 23%

19% are under 15, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (14%) and Canadian towns (16%). Over-65s are 16% of the population.

What November brings in Fort St. James: −8°C at night, 1°C by day

The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Vanderhoof. A normal November brings 70 mm of rain and snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of −4°C and lows of −14°C.

Skeena—Bulkley Valley, which takes in Fort St. James, is held by Ellis Ross (Conservative Party of Canada)

From British Columbia come 43 MPs, 20 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Fort St. James has one public library, Fort St. James Public Library

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Mount Pope Park reaches the edge of Fort St. James

There is no national park within 100 km of the town. The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 3.4%, below British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) but above Canadian towns (2.3%). The 10 km around town hold 4 protected areas.

3 top designations among Fort St. James’s 5 historic places

Its oldest building on the record is Fort St. James, from 1806. Among the places are 2 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings. Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for 5.9% of homes, below British Columbia’s towns (11%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.