Tumbler Ridge
Tumbler Ridge is a community embracing change and growth as our proud mining sector is increasingly supplemented by a diversifying economy. Our international UNESCO designation as a Geopark, community forest expansion, world-class renewable energy generating capacity and pristine outdoor adventure is a gateway to opportunity for the entrepreneurial spirit.
Latest news
Official Launch of TRORA – Tumbler Ridge Outdoor Recreation Association
Exciting news for Tumbler Ridge. Over the past few years, a group of passionate and hardworking individuals has been working tirelessly to drive outdoor recreation and tourism growth in our amazing town. This team, known as the Tumbler Ridge Outdoor Recreation...
Business Façade Improvement Program
2023 Business Façade Improvement Program Guidelines Program Purpose and Goals The physical environment in which we live and work greatly affects us. A community that is more appealing to the eye gives its citizens a greater sense of place and pride while also...
Community Grant Writer – 2023
The District of Tumbler Ridge, with funding from the Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT), has contracted a part-time community Grant Researcher/Writer. The Grant Writing Support program provides annual funding to support a grant-writing position in a local...
Tumbler Ridge – Where the Pros Come to Play!
Snowmobiling in the Tumbler Ridge UNESCO Global Geopark! Where the Pro's come to Play! In March 2021, world-class snowmobilers Brett Turcotte and Brock Hoyer spent a jam-packed weekend in Tumbler Ridge. The weekend was filmed by a professional videographer and...
NEW: Community Grant Writer for Tumbler Ridge
Sherry Berringer, a long-time resident of Tumbler Ridge since 2001 has many years of experience in the community working in the school environment as a teacher and a School Board Trustee for Tumbler Ridge. Sherry knows this role well, having been the Community Grant...
A “Beary” Great Collaboration – A Tumbler Ridge Business Inspiration Story
Success is best when it is shared. Great minds think alike, and Christie Burlingame and Jenna McQueen are no exception. The pair have created a collaborative project, bringing together Christie’s artisanal soap company, “Bear Naked Soap Co.” and the Tumbler Ridge...
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 a business in Tumbler Ridge.
Entrepreneur Immigration (EI) Regional Pilot.
British Columbia welcomes entrepreneurs from around the world to discover the many business opportunities across all regions of the province. Entrepreneurs can open a business in one of B.C.’s smaller communities and experience first-hand why many choose to live outside of a large urban center for their families.
Through the Entrepreneur Immigration (EI) Regional Pilot, the Province offers an immigration pathway for enterprising individuals who are looking to start a new business in a small community and make B.C. their new home.
Growth Industries
BC’s newest instant town is changing. Our unique natural environment creates opportunities for entrepreneurs and innovators that are willing to explore, be bold and create a LIFE-WORK balance that is just right for you and/or your family.
Outdoor Recreation
Tourism is a thriving and rapidly growing sector in Tumbler Ridge where business development opportunities are untapped.
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Medical & Personal Services
Bolster our contingent of rural health practitioners who are in high demand from an active and outdoorsy resident and visitor clientele.
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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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Team Building Venue
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 team building events.
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Remote 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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