Prince George saw a small decrease in the number of building permits and the value of those permits between July 2024 and July 2025, according to documents presented to city council on Monday, Aug. 18.
In July 2024, the city issued 46 building permits worth $37,449,330. This July, the city issued 43 permits worth $30,653,812.
A report from city staff said that in the commercial, industrial and institutional development category, three commercial building alteration permits worth $928,160 were issued in July, along with one industrial building alteration worth $1 million and one institutional building alternation worth $3,366,005.
Under the residential development category, these permits were issued:
- Nine new garage/carport permits worth $344,176
- Seven new secondary suites in single-family dwellings worth $449,407
- Six new single-family dwellings worth $3,388,440
- Seven new multi-family permits totalling 53 dwelling units worth $19,751,072
Development permits were issued for these projects in July:
- 137 row houses at 620 Ospika Blvd.
- Facade improvement for an apartment building at 3033 Ospika Blvd.
- Facade improvement for a commercial building at 1820 Third Ave.
However, when it comes to single-family dwellings, Prince George saw a lower number of permits but a higher total value.
There were 31 single-family dwelling permits worth $3,792,617 in July 2024. In July 2025, Prince George issued 28 single-family dwelling permits worth $4,471,319.
From January through the end of July this year, Prince George issued 238 permits worth a collective $214,655,620.
That’s a higher total value than the same time frame last year, when 249 permit worth $198,439,460 had been approved.
During the meeting, director of planning and buildings Deanna Wasnik said the city had met its first-year goals for the provincial government’s housing targets.
