Fort St. John Age Friendly Assessment and Action Plan
As of the 2016 Census, Fort St. John seniors, persons aged 65 years and over, constituted 7.25% of the population. This is a smaller proportion compared to the seniors populations at provincial (18%) and national levels (17%). However, as with many northern and remote communities in British Columbia (Hanlon and Halseth 2005), seniors are the fastest growing demographic in Fort St. John.
The City of Fort St. John has taken a proactive approach to “age-friendly planning” which means ensuring that the community has the social and physical infrastructure necessary to accommodate this growing number of Fort St. John seniors, and that steps are taken to address barriers to healthy and active aging.
This Report contains the results of an Age-Friendly Assessment and Action Plan (AFAAP) project that was carried out in Fort St. John from September to November 2018. This Report fulfills a strategy set out in the Official Community Plan (City of Fort St. John 2018: 105). The Report follows the framework set out by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its 2007 Global Age-friendly Cities Guide. As a result, the assessment is organized according to the eight dimensions of the WHO age-friendly communities, and an analysis is made in each dimension of Fort St. John’s age-friendly “assets” and “barriers.”
Fort St. John Age Friendly Assessment and Action Plan: Summary Report
Fort St. John Age Friendly Assessment and Action Plan: Methodology Report
Fort St. John Age Friendly Assessment and Action Plan: Survey Report