Community
Fort St. John (pop. 19,000) is known as "The Energetic City" due to its resource base of oil, natural gas, forestry and agriculture. Are you considering a move? Check out the Move Up Here video and Brochure.
Activities in and near the city include:
- Visiting the new cultural centre and library, which includes theatre and art space
- Golfing
- Hiking and camping
- Watching wildlife and birds
- Fishing and boating
- Back-country adventure tours
- Horseback riding
- Cross-country skiing
- Snowmobiling, and dog-sledding
- Using the facilities at the Pomeroy Sport Centre , which include two NHL-sized ice rinks, an Olympic-sized speed-skating oval, and an indoor year-round walking track
Fort St. John is home to a campus of Northern Lights College.
Facilities
Fort St. John Hospital provides:
- 44 acute-care beds
- 124 residential care beds in Peace Villa, the adjoining residential care facility
- Endoscopy suite, two state-of-the-art operating rooms plus procedure room
- Ambulatory clinics, including cancer clinics and hemodialysis
- Medical and surgical inpatient rooms (40 beds)
- 3 intensive care units
- Minor surgeries
- We have 7 single maternity rooms for labour, delivery and post-partum
Fort St. John Health Unit:
- Public Health
- Home Care Nursing
- Home Support
- Community rehabilitation
- Nutrition and social worker services
- Environmental health
- Audiology
- Dental Health
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