ily ▁at ▁about ▁ 2 % ▁a ▁year . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁census ▁recorded ▁ 1 6 , 0 3 4 ▁residents ▁living ▁in ▁ 6 , 1 5 5 ▁households ▁and ▁ 4 , 2 4 0 ▁families . ▁This ▁was ▁ 7 % ▁more ▁people ▁than ▁the ▁previous ▁census ▁five ▁years ▁earlier . ▁As ▁seen ▁by ▁the ▁median ▁age ▁almost ▁ten ▁years ▁younger ▁than ▁the ▁provincial ▁median ▁and ▁less ▁than ▁half ▁the ▁proportion ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁over ▁ 6 5 ▁years ▁old , ▁the ▁city ▁has ▁a ▁young ▁population . ▁Of ▁those ▁over ▁ 1 5 ▁years ▁of ▁age ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁ 5 1 % ▁were ▁married , ▁higher ▁than ▁the ▁ 4 5 % ▁provincial ▁average . ▁Fort ▁St . ▁John ▁has ▁ 9 4 % ▁of ▁residents ▁who ▁are ▁Canadian - born ▁and ▁ 9 3 % ▁with ▁an ▁English - only ▁mother ▁tongue . ▁The ▁town ▁has ▁few ▁visible ▁minor ities . ▁Though ▁not ▁included ▁as ▁visible ▁minor ities , ▁ 1 1 % ▁identified ▁themselves ▁as ▁Ab original , ▁a ▁higher ▁proportion ▁than ▁the ▁ 4 % ▁provincial ▁average . ▁ ▁Police ▁protection ▁is ▁contract ed ▁to ▁the ▁Royal ▁Canadian ▁Mount ed ▁Police ▁which ▁oper ates ▁a ▁ 2 6 ▁officer ▁municipal ▁det achment ▁and ▁a ▁ 1 0 - member ▁rural ▁det achment ▁from ▁the ▁city . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁the ▁municipal ▁det achment ▁reported ▁ 4 , 0 4 8 ▁C riminal