Year round, the Town is home to over 4,700 residents while 1,600 additional residents settle in the surrounding Northern Rockies Regional District area including the Fort Nelson First Nations reserve. There are about 500 members living on the reserve, yet across our region, as a whole, Aboriginal people make up approximately 15% of our total population.

The community also experiences seasonal population increases. In winter, logging and oil rig activities bring in approximately 2,000 people and during the summer tourism season -April through September- about 140,000 visitors travel through the area.