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Peace River Regional District

Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Hudson's Hope, Pouce Coupe, Taylor and Tumbler Ridge and 4 electoral areas, 119,720 km² in all. 60,188 people lived in them in 2021, down 1.9% from 2016, not counting First Nations reserves, which the census counts on their own. 11% of the land is in the farmland reserve, and 12% has burned in a mapped wildfire since 1996.

The Peace River Regional District's places. Tap one for its page, or zoom in to see its lots and open one's dossier

Its places

Each place's page has its land, hazards, wells, climate, tax and census facts. Listed by name, not ranked.

PlacePeople, 2021LandIn the farmland reserveBurned since 1996
Chetwynd
district municipality		2,30264 km²5%0.3%
Dawson Creek
city		12,32327 km²18%under 0.1%
Fort St. John
city		21,46533 km²20%1.1%
Hudson's Hope
district municipality		841897 km²42%2.8%
Pouce Coupe
village		7622 km²11%none
Taylor
district municipality		1,31718 km²43%0.6%
Tumbler Ridge
district municipality		2,3991,571 km²none4.2%
Electoral Area B5,37987,997 km²7.8%14%
Electoral Area C5,947596 km²69%1.6%
Electoral Area D4,79311,819 km²20%9.9%
Electoral Area E2,66016,696 km²17%4.8%

Land and shares measured by us from the provincial maps (farmland reserve, BC Wildfire Service perimeters) over Statistics Canada's 2021 census subdivisions; people from the 2021 census.

Zoning

We have no open zoning map of the Peace River Regional District's electoral areas, so reports there don't name the zone; each area's page says what we know and whom to ask. Each of its 7 municipalities zones its own land; its page says what we show there.

Building permits

Where the Peace River Regional District's building inspection covers its electoral areas (Building Bylaw No. 2542, 2024 (Schedule A maps the mandatory permit areas)): there a building permit is needed and the work is inspected.

Electoral areaCovered by building inspection
Electoral Area BUnclear
The bylaw's maps draw no mandatory permit area here, though the PRRD names one around Hudson's Hope
Electoral Area CPart of the area
Around Charlie Lake, Fort St. John and Taylor
Electoral Area DPart of the area
Around Dawson Creek, Pouce Coupe, South Taylor, Swan Lake and Tomslake
Electoral Area EPart of the area
Around Chetwynd and Moberly Lake

Our reading of the Peace River Regional District's own page, checked 2026-10-07. Inside a municipality, the town or city runs its own building permits; the BC Building Code applies everywhere. Do you need a building permit on rural land?

Wildfire

Since 1990, 85 wildfires of 1,000 ha or more burned in the Peace River Regional District's places, in 19 seasons. The largest here:

  1. 2023Donnie Creek wildfire619,073 ha in all619,073 ha here
  2. 2025Pocket Knife Creek wildfire149,505 ha in all149,505 ha here
  3. 2016Siphon Creek wildfire84,574 ha in all61,965 ha here
  4. 2014Tenakihi - Mesilinka Complex wildfire61,285 ha in all52,095 ha here
  5. 2022Battleship Mountain wildfire34,753 ha in all34,752 ha here
  6. 2014Forres Mountain wildfire29,672 ha in all29,672 ha here

Each place's page lists every large and smaller mapped fire in it. Every BC season and large fire since 1990.

Major projects

The Environmental Assessment Office's register places 44 major projects in assessment or approved in the Peace River Regional District's places.

The register places each project at one point; a mine, pipeline or line can reach well past it. Every major project in BC by place.

Check one lot: is it in the ALR? · is it on a floodplain map? · has it burned? · how deep are the wells? · is there room for a septic field? · short-term rentals? · property tax?

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