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Unparalleled Lifestyle

In Prince George, YOU decide how to find perfect balance in your life! Choose Northern BC’s centre of recreation and wilderness adventure, where you can enjoy year-round outdoor activities and still be within minutes of first-rate city amenities. If you prefer a more urban lifestyle, live in one of the city’s established family neighborhoods and enjoy festivals, exceptional organized sports programs, great shopping and restaurants and more. This is a city where residents plan to stay two years and end up staying twenty. Why? It’s simple…incredible quality of life!

Affordable to Live Here

In Prince George, YOU will be in the land of opportunity, and you will NOT be burdened by a never ending mortgage. Prince George offers the lowest costs of living for a city of its size in the province and it is the centre of business, education, health and culture for the North. Extremely affordable rent, real estate, land prices, transportation costs and short commutes are only a few of the perks of living in this great region. You need to get up here!

Infinite Job Opportunities

In Prince George, YOU will have endless employment options at competitive wages that will allow you to enjoy extras that are hard to afford elsewhere; Prince George offers a high standard of living for both you and your family. Scroll further down the page to find a long list with only a fraction of the employment opportunities you can secure here Northern BC. You will be pleasantly surprised!

Healthy Lifestyles

In Prince George YOU will have access to the highest quality medical centre, the University Hospital of Northern BC; It was recently improved with a $50m capital expansion, providing a new patient complex and expanded patient care services. Also located in the city, the Northern Health Authority employs 6000 physicians, nurses, administrators and other health care professionals and manages the care of 300,000 people within its territories. Advances in technology, new equipment and the launch of the Northern Medical Program at UNBC for training a local supply of physicians has put Prince George on the leading edge of northern and rural health care excellence.

Educational Centre of Excellence

In Prince George YOU will have access to a learning centre of excellence. Prince George offers a variety of life-long learning options ranging from childrens’ public and private schools to trades and technical training institutes to world-class medical training programs and facilities. With a large multi-ethnic population, English language training is also widely available along with upgrading, career preparation and continuing education programs. From pre-schoolers to seniors, there’s something for everyone in Prince George!

Employment Opportunities by Sector:

Forestry:

There is a significant shortage of forestry professionals, forest-related engineers (civil, bridge) and technicians in the province resulting from retirement and low educational enrollment rates. Northern BC is the ideal location for any forestry professional looking for employment and the opportunity to develop a life-long career.

Occupations in high demand:

Process operators
Harvesting and logging machinery operators
Professional foresters and engineers
Technologists and technicians
Silviculture and forestry works
Supervisors and managers
Skilled trades

Millwrights
Stationary engineers
Sawfilers
Electricians

Mining and Mineral Exploration:

British Columbia's mineral exploration and mining industry is an integral part of the provincial economy, and this industry has potential for major growth in Northern BC. Many Northern BC mining and mineral exploration companies have international operations as well, providing international working opportunities for their local and regional employees while injecting foreign dollars into the BC economy through their Northern BC headquarters.

Occupations in high demand:

Drillers
Drilling helpers
Heavy equipment operators
Truck drivers
Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
Underground production and development miners
Primary production managers
Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
Geologists, geochemists and geophysicists
Geological and mineral technologists and technicians
Supervisors, mining and quarrying
Welders and related machine operators

Oil and Gas:

The oil and gas sector is beginning to take off in Northern BC and Prince George is poised to take full advantage of regional projects, given the city’s position as a regional supply and service hub.

Occupations in high demand:

Oil and gas drilling and service field workers
Operators (steam and non-steam)
Supervisors for oil and gas drilling and services
Supervisors for oil and gas processing
Quality assurance analysts
Drilling coordinators/production manager
Geologists and geophysicists
Inspectors in public and environmental health and safety
Landmen/purchasing agents
Industrial engineering technologists
Petroleum/mining/geological engineering technologists
Drafting technologists and technicians
Instrumentation engineering technologists
Petroleum reservoir and Mechanical engineers
Industrial electricians
Millwrights and machinists
Electrical/instrumentation engineers
Mechanical engineering technologists
Heavy Equipment operators

Skilled Trades and Construction:

With commercial projects from transportation and logistics infrastructure developments to downtown revitalization, construction projects are beginning to boom in Prince George. Regional projects such as mining and oil & gas, among other sectors, are also creating skilled trades and construction jobs in Prince George as the regional service and supply hub to the North.

Occupations in high demand:

Boilermakers
Carpenters
Construction millwrights
Drillers and blasters
Electricians
Plumbers
Sheet metal works
Steamfitters and pipefitters

Tourism Prince George

Your Genuine Experience starts here... in Prince George, British Columbia. Whether you're visiting for a week, a weekend or just passing through, Tourism Prince George can help you make the most of your northern getaway.