ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Tumbler Ridge’s Economic Development department works in collaboration with our municipal, regional and provincial partners to support the growth of our local and regional economy. Together, we develop the conditions to support the establishment of new businesses, expansion of existing businesses and the attraction of companies and new residents. We are pleased to assist business owners, investors, site selectors and individuals who are considering making Tumbler Ridge home.
Learn About Tumbler Ridge
Tumbler Ridge is a community in transition as our proud mining sector is increasingly supplemented by a diversifying economy. In particular, our international UNESCO designation, community forest expansion, growing world class renewable energy generating capacity and unique conferencing venues are creating opportunities that you’d be hard pressed to find elsewhere.
We invite you to read on and then to reach out to us at the economic development office. We’re excited to connect with you and to answer your questions about why Tumbler Ridge warrants a closer look.
Property & Land
Tumbler Ridge is in excellent shape to more than double its population without enduring major infrastructural challenges. All our residential areas and existing commercial and light industrial parcels are serviced and we’re in the process of expanding our commercial park to meet growing demand for business space. The municipality is also currently working on new subdivision opportunities for larger residential parcels and acreages that will provide substantial new lifestyle and business development opportunities.
Start & Grow a Business
Owning and operating your own business can be one of the most fulfilling experiences a person can undertake.
We recognize it can also be extremely daunting at times, especially during the early stages of planning and start-up when everything might seem confusing and a little over-whelming. It is important that you realize that you are not alone in your venture and that obstacles such as financing aren’t necessarily insurmountable.
Growth Industries
BC’s newest Instant Town is changing. Our unique natural environment is opening-up untold opportunities for professionals and innovators that are willing to explore. Look a little closer; you’ll be surprised by the unparalleled opportunities that lie just under the surface in this new and rapidly emerging market.
M.I.C.E.
This is a fledgling sector that is ripe with associated business development potential! Tumbler Ridge is garnering great reviews as an exciting and unique destination for small, niche conferences, meetings and corporate events.
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Tourism
Tourism is a thriving and rapidly growing sector in Tumbler Ridge where business development opportunities are seemingly limited only by your imagination!
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Medical & Alternative Health
Join our growing contingent of rural health practitioners who are in high demand from an active and outdoorsy resident and visitor clientele.
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Virtual Worker
Many Tumbler Ridge residents are remote workers who have chosen to bring their portable careers with them in order to live their chosen lifestyle. For them, paradise doesn’t have to be tropical!
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Natural Resources & Clean Energy
Business and employment opportunities abound in many sectors of our existing natural resource and clean energy industries: metallurgical coal mining, wind energy generation, natural gas extraction and forestry sectors.
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Get To Know Us
With some of the lowest commercial and residential tax rates in Canada, and some of the most affordable homes in British Columbia, Tumbler Ridge provides many competitive advantages to residents, investors and business start ups. As a well-managed community and one of the most financially stable in the country due primarily to our heavy industrial and resource tax base, Tumbler Ridge is well positioned for growth.
Latest news
Tumbler Ridge’s Conuma Challenge – How Go-Karts Improve Education Outcomes and Build Community
INTRO Declining coal prices had hit Tumbler Ridge hard, and students at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School were uncertain about their future. Less than one-third had plans to go on to trades or post-secondary education. School staff were working diligently on a way to...
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Tumbler Ridge Hosts 14th Annual Northeast BC Coal & Energy Forum
September 11th and 12th, 2019 saw over 100 delegates attend the 14th Annual Northeast BC Coal & Energy Forum in Tumbler Ridge. This annual event is co-hosted by Tumbler Ridge and Chetwynd and alternates between the two Districts. This two-day event is spearheaded...
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Tumbler Ridge, BC
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