OUR DIVERSIFYING ECONOMY
Best known as a single-industry metallurgical coal mining town with a cyclical resource-based economy, Tumbler Ridge is increasingly challenging these perceptions as dynamic new entrepreneurial opportunities and economic sectors emerge. Our diversifying economy is positioning the community to off set and cushion the local economy from future resource downturns.
Word is spreading about Tumbler Ridge! Our status as an international visitor destination and savvy investor hotspot has been enhanced exponentially by our 2014 UNESCO Global Geopark designation. Add to that, our growing reputation as a hub for world-class wind energy generation and scientific research and the pieces are slotting into place for our community.
We invite you to read on to find out more about some of our key economic sectors and some of the gaps in those sectors. You will notice that some of these industry sectors, particularly metallurgical coal mining, are well established in the community, while others will afford you incredible opportunities to genuinely shape the future.
TOURISM
Tumbler Ridge has unrivaled recreational and tourism business growth potential. There are opportunities for growth in accommodation, restaurant and retail sectors; more specialists in outdoor recreation and education, photography, art courses and wildlife viewing as well as guides and businesses that support and build upon our UNESCO Global Geopark designation.
VIRTUAL WORKER
Tumbler Ridge recognizes how virtual workers and entrepreneurs contribute to the local economy. We have developed tools and resources to support those interested in either working from Tumbler Ridge or that want to start their own business.
NATURAL Resources AND CLEAN ENERGY
Tumbler Ridge has an expanding and diversifying natural resource sector which, in turn is attracting innovative and dynamic companies and an increasingly skilled labour force to service these diverse sectors. Our most prominent existing natural resource and clean energy assets can be found in the metallurgical coal mining, wind energy generation, natural gas extraction and forestry sectors.
Our resource sector has recently received an additional boost by the announcement of the $40 billion Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) pipeline that will be built near Tumbler Ridge. Additional LNG projects are also in the works together with the expansion of the Tumbler Ridge Community Forest which will undoubtedly create substantial economic opportunities in Tumbler Ridge.
M.I.C.E.
Tumbler Ridge is a relatively new destination for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events (MICE) in northern BC.
Medical & Alternative Health
Rural health practitioners are in high demand from an active and outdoorsy clientele. Join our growing contingent of medical and other health care practitioners who are finding that their careers are flourishing while also living the dream lifestyle!
- chiropractors
- naturopaths
- physiotherapists
- and more!