More support than most people expect.

Helping employers attract and keep skilled newcomers

A community-driven path to permanent residency for skilled workers who live and work in the North Okanagan Shuswap. Known as the Rural Community Immigration Pilot.

Visit the pilot site

Reading the local labour market

The Workforce Hub is a jointly supported local resource for employers and job seekers working through labour-market conditions in the region.

Visit the Workforce Hub

Passing a good business on to its next owner

BC Business Match supports succession planning and business transition, connecting buyers, sellers and communities so the doors stay open.

Visit BC Business Match

Workshops and webinars at no cost

myCommunityFutures carries live workshops, upcoming webinars and an on-demand library, free to residents, entrepreneurs, businesses and community organizations.

Browse the sessions

Selling beyond British Columbia

Export Navigator gives local businesses step-by-step export guidance, market information and an advisor, at no cost.

Visit Export Navigator

Business support that accounts for disability

Accessible Entrepreneurship recognizes the barriers people with disabilities can face in starting and growing a business, and includes BizAble lending.

See the program