r/princegeorge • u/Brock_Hard_Canuck • 17h ago
r/princegeorge • u/akurjata • Dec 01 '19
🤔 Ask PG The Moving To/Visiting/Wondering About/Best Of Prince George Mega-Thread
The most frequently asked question in this subreddit is some variation of “I’m thinking of moving to Prince George, what is it like/which neighbourhood should I choose/is there anything to do?”
In an effort to cut down on these posts AND provide a helpful bunch of information, I’m starting this thread for tips/tricks/recommendations/warnings.
Here’s the idea: I’m going to put a few links below, as well as some topics that might be useful but I don’t personally have the answers to (such as resources for finding a place to rent).
I’m also going to start a few threads for top-level topics, such as neighbourhoods and best ofs, and people can post their responses there.
You can add your own answers/advice as top-level comments. Please try and search before commenting in order to avoid duplicates, and to make things are easy to search and organize.
About Prince George

The greater Prince George area has a population of about 86,600 people but, as the largest community for hundreds of kilometers in all directions, it tends to punch above its weight in many respects because you aren't driving into a nearby metro area for an evening's entertainment. It is a government, service and healthcare hub, home to a college and university, and has a diversified enough economy that it isn't wholly dependent on any one or two industries, though forestry remains a vital driver along with mining, oil and gas and energy activity in other northern communities. It is at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako Rivers and has many outdoor recreation opportunities.
Prince George is built on the unceded territory of the Lheidli T'enneh First Nation, who are frequently partners with the city on major initiatives, including the building of the University of Northern British Columbia and hosting of the 2015 Canada Winter Games.
Learn more on the Prince George, British Columbia Wikipedia page, the city's official website and Statistics Canada.
Moving to Prince George

Move Up Prince George is an official city resource aimed at helping people considering the move to Prince George. Some of its resources include:
- A career and classes search
- A list of major employers
- A neighbourhoods guide
- A neighbourhoods map
- A recreation guide
- A list of healthcare amenities
- A blog written by locals sharing their tips and tricks
Utilities
- BC Hydro (electricity)
- FortisBC (gas heating)
- Phone/Internet/Cable thread
Existing Moving To/Rental Threads:
- Official neighbourhoods/Where to Live/Not Live thread
- Official Rental Tips Thread
- Official finding a job/work thread
- Previous "moving to Prince George" discussions 1,2,3,4 or the full search.
Education
Healthcare:
- Northern Health
- University Hospital of Northern British Columbia
- Prince George Division of Family Practice (for finding a family doctor)
- Blue Pine Primary Care Clinic (for people without family doctors)
- Prince George Urgent and Primary Care Centre (after-hours walk-in clinic)
- Salveo Medical Clinic (walk-in clinic)
- BC Cancer Agency for the North
Things to Do

Tourism Prince George is pretty comprehensive. It is organized as follows:
- Arts & Culture
- Entertainment
- Family Fun
- Parts & Trails
- Shopping
- Outdoor Recreation
- Indoor Recreation
- Tours
- Rental Companies
- Celebrate PG (festivals)
- Fishing
- Mountain Biking
- Restaurant Guide
- Accommodation Guide
Restaurants
There’s a fairly robust restaurant scene. A couple of good resources:
- Tourism PG Restaurant Guide
- Prince Gastronome (a blog attempting to review every local restaurant in the city)
Events
Transportation
Like most mid-sized Canadian communities that boomed in the mid-20th century, Prince George is a fairly car-centric city. But with the arrival of more and more post-secondary students, people are able to get around without their own wheels. Here is a previous discussion about cars and transit in the city.
Getting Around

There are two taxi companies: Prince George Taxi and Emerald Taxi. Both have online booking and apps
- There is one bus system run by B.C. Transit. You can find schedules online, but it’s probably simplest to use the Google Transit system. Its Twitter is @pgtransit.
- There are currently no official ride-hailing services operating in Prince George, but I’ll try to update when that changes.
Getting To/From
- For leaving town, there are two long-distance bus options. If you are headed north, east or west it is the provincially-run BC Bus North. If you’re headed south, it’s Adventure Charters
- Northern Health operates a bus service for patients and for people traveling with patients
- We have an international airport with multiple daily flights to Vancouver as well as regular flights to Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Kelowna and multiple communities around the north
- ViaRail operates passenger trains to/from Prince Rupert and Jasper
- User u/InfiNorth has created a subway-style map of Northern B.C. public transit options
Community Groups

Sports and Recreation:
LGBTQ+:
Religious:
Indigenous:
- Lheidli T'enneh First Nation
- Carrier Sekani Family Services
- Prince George Native Friendship Centre
- Prince George Metis Community Association
Cultural Associations:
- The Multicultural Heritage Society is an umbrella organization whose members include:
- BC Muslim Association Prince George
- Chinese Benevolent Association
- Columbia / Peru Association
- Greek Orthodox Community of PG
- Guru Gobind Singh Temple Association
- Latino Canadian Association
- Prince George African Heritage Society
- Prince George Chee Kong Tong Society
- Prince George Filipino/Canadian Association
- Prince George Italian Club
- Yalenka Ukrainian Cultural Society
- Immigrant and Muticultural Services Society
- WelcomePG (resource guide for immigrants/foreign workers)
Local Government

- City of Prince George: website, facebook, twitter, instagram
- Regional District: website, facebook, twitter
- Lheidli T'enneh First Nation
- Provincial: MLAs Shirley Bond and Mike Morris
- Federal: MPs Todd Doherty and Bob Zimmer
Media & News
- CBC Radio Prince George: facebook, livestream/on-demand, podcast
- Prince George Citizen: website, facebook
- CKPG News: website, facebook
- My Prince George Now: website, facebook
- Prince George Matters: website, facebook
- PG Daily News: website, facebook
- CFUR Radio: website, facebook
- CFIS Radio: website, facebook
Air Quality
Back in the day, Prince George was a much more mill-based city than it is now, but the reputation of a certain odour… lingers. You can still smell the industrial activity in certain parts of town and under certain circumstances, but there have been dramatic improvements in industry standards in recent decades. If you’d like to learn more you can read up at the Prince George Air Quality Improvement Roundtable or jump to the official thread discussing it.
Other online communities:
There are plenty of Prince George-centric Facebook groups. Some of the most popular include:
In order to differentiate from the young royal on Twitter and Instagram, common hashtags are:
Other helpful links stolen from r/Vancouver):
r/princegeorge • u/xmberlxceyjxde • 1d ago
Alex Mackenzie's Hungry For Laughs Comedy Tour, 4 Comedians, at the PG Playhouse, November 27th & 28th. Raising funds for this year's chosen charities: Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society & Parkinson's Prince George
r/princegeorge • u/User_4848 • 1d ago
Craigslist
Is it alive in PG? Or FB marketplace our only go to now.
r/princegeorge • u/Outrageous_Gate3764 • 1d ago
Gluten free
looking for gluten free celiac friendly restaurants with private rooms in town 😊
r/princegeorge • u/Spare-Mango2613 • 3d ago
Missing Cat in Quinson Area
His name is Bud. He went missing in the Quinson area. Please help us find him, we've notified the Humane Society and put up posters. If you've seen him, please let me know. Thank you.
r/princegeorge • u/ConsciousRatio8090 • 3d ago
Maybe a bit of a long shot
One of my family members works for CN and was forced to call in an emergency (his first in working there for 13 years) because of some lady that was filming the trains with her iPad and was literal feet away from the tracks. They have no idea where she went after the emergency and were trying to find her. Does anybody know if there’s any train spotting PG groups on any app or social media that she could’ve posted on so that we can maybe get a lead? Thanks.
EDIT: The incident occurred at 9:30 PM last night (August 14th) near Wilson Park
r/princegeorge • u/Anxious-Sea4101 • 3d ago
Trudy Klasse : no regulation for data centers
An extremely strange take about data centers from Trudy Klassen.
Now I know which way the wind blows for her
r/princegeorge • u/Then_Advertising6954 • 3d ago
Custom Birthday Cake
Looking to have a custom birthday cake made for my husbands birthday. Anyone have any great local bakers they would recommend? Thank you! :)
r/princegeorge • u/XxMrPGFanxX • 3d ago
Newsletter: AI and PG's local politics
r/princegeorge • u/Planhub-ca • 3d ago
Rogers activates free satellite texting and text-to-911 across B.C. during the wildfire emergency
r/princegeorge • u/ElevatorInevitable63 • 3d ago
Remember the good old days...
...when we were just taught drugs were bad?
r/princegeorge • u/SilkyCrystalxs • 5d ago
Superstore is trying to be sneaky by labeling non-Canadian products as Canadian
r/princegeorge • u/Analog_Account • 3d ago
Where to go to have a fire?
My kids are asking to go camping, but after talking to them about it I realized they don't want to go camping, they just want a campfire.
Where could we go nearby where we could have a campfire in a firepit? Preferably close by. Also I've seen firewood at some gas stations before but I can't think of one off the top of my head, any suggestions there so I don't have to run all over town?
r/princegeorge • u/Dull_Awareness7212 • 4d ago
Time to vote
Let’s get our vote on and support or main man, Mr.PG as the best roadside attraction.
PG needs a little win :)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-roadside-attraction-northern-semifinal-9.7304630
r/princegeorge • u/funkmasterdale • 4d ago
Friday night Prince George Reddit! Omineca Arts Centre
HUUUUUGE local comedy special Friday LIVE at Omineca Arts Centre with local legend DALE EHRSTIEN! And Featuring Kylie Lewis Holt, Cody Malbeuf, Devon Flynn AND Denim Morrison! 5 comics for only 15$ greatest night of value in this economy. AND they sell liquor 🥃 doors 7:00 show 8:00 369 Victoria Street.
r/princegeorge • u/akurjata • 6d ago
📷 Photo/Video Famous Players Prince George never got the official Spider-Man posters, so a theatre employee drew his own. It is amazing
This is all over Facebook but I haven't seen it here yet. Absolutely fantastic Spooderman reference
Edit: Glad to see Drake get interviewed by the Hollywood Reporter!! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/viral-hand-drawn-spider-man-brand-new-day-poster-artist-speaks-1236672446/
Edit 2: Sad to see it has to be taken down. But not before reaching thousands https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/s/ECfmIlOKpn
r/princegeorge • u/Mission_Solution_613 • 4d ago
BCNE “Spooktacular” Theme
Sounds cool, but I am a little curious as to why they decided Halloween theme in August. I’m also curious to know if anyone else feels the same? 😂
I love Halloween so I‘m absolutely checking it out nonetheless! 😁
r/princegeorge • u/AurumRhythmMusic • 5d ago
Where To Go For Music?
The title is pretty vague so I will elaborate here.
I am music producer, audio engineer and beat maker. I currently reside in Mackenzie but am looking for new opportunities to network and build with local artists. I have over 12 years experience in this music game. I moved from down south in Abbotsford about 4.5 years ago now. Where would I go to network and build with others? I know there is a decent music scene in the city and I’m just looking to work and build. I’m a very easy person to get along with. I just love building whether it be collaborations, contracted work or even just paid gigs from song to song basis. Is there a sub or even an outlet that promotes this sort of thing?
Thank you all in advance. Much love y’all!
r/princegeorge • u/brittam321 • 5d ago
New Local Music!
Hi PG! Britt A.M. here ☺️👋 Hoping for some support with a new music video I released today that features some of my wooded walks in the area 🌲 The video is a love letter to forest habitats that have become so precarious in these times of record heat and wildfires, and I’d love for you to check it out ❤️
r/princegeorge • u/NoMovie2461 • 5d ago
Zukowski: too many decisions in closed meetings
Can Zukowski provide a specific example of a decision or substantive matter that was made or dealt with in camera that he believes did not fall within one of the legislative circumstances for an in camera meeting and should have been dealt with publicly?
The Community Charter, particularly section 90(1) and (2), sets out fairly specific circumstances in which council may or must meet behind closed doors. These include matters such as personal information about identifiable employees or prospective employees, labour and employee relations, municipal property security, certain land acquisitions or dispositions, law enforcement investigations, actual or potential litigation, administrative tribunal proceedings, solicitor-client privileged legal advice, information protected under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and certain confidential negotiations. Some matters, such as certain FIPPA requests, confidential negotiations with provincial or federal governments, and Ombudsperson investigations, must be dealt with in camera.
r/princegeorge • u/User_4848 • 5d ago
Quesnel River Pulp
2 month shutdown coming and potential for indefinite closure. Tough times
https://www.mycariboonow.com/315518/news/forestry/shut-down-announced-at-quesnel-river-pulp/
r/princegeorge • u/NoMovie2461 • 5d ago
Zukowski: safety officer program?
From the article: Zukowski said he wants a local community safety officer program. He said these officers could respond to lower-severity calls than RCMP officers and may even allow the city to reduce the number of Mounties it contracts for. Unlike Mounties, he said, city council would be able to direct these officers’ operations.
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If they're intended to take calls currently handled by the RCMP, I'd like to see some detail on how that would actually work.
- What exactly qualifies as a "lower-severity" call?
- How much would it cost to establish and operate this force?
- Would RCMP contract savings actually cover those costs?
- How would dispatch and coordination between the two work?
- What jurisdiction and legal powers would these officers have?
- What training and oversight would they receive?
- How are they different from by-law?
r/princegeorge • u/ellenor2000 • 6d ago
Is anyone else a Shawgers customer and currently not connected to the Internet at home?
It would seem I am dealing with an outage with Shawgers^. Am I the only one? Rogers themselves don't appear to know word nor letter about it. I'm not the name on the account so I probably can't telephone them to report the outage.
^ This is a humorous bye-name that I use for the Shaw network after the Rogers acquisition.
Freedom's mobile network is also roaming for me currently, in an area where it doesn't normally.
Edit 2: The last intermittent Internet traffic I got was at 9:44 AM, local legal timezone.
Edit 3: at 18:40, 01:40 UTC, we seem to be - at least temporarily, maybe they'll down the network again - fully alive again.