Business
The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality's resilient economy has been tested with the economic downturn that has affected all aspects of the global marketplace since the fall of 2008. The encouraging optimism in the Horn River Basin unconventional gas play is tempered by hard and challenging circumstances for our Forestry Sector. Tourism, buoyed by exciting National Geographic coverage of the Muskwa-Kechika Special Management Area saw only slight decline in visitors in 2008.
In these times, our diverse business and resource base has again been called upon and delivered with jobs, investment, and opportunity remaining relatively steady; a dependable light in a world of uncertainty. A favorite metaphor for the economy of the NRRM is that it is a three-legged stool, and though the legs may grow an diminish as factors affect Forestry, Oil and Gas, and Tourism, there always remains a steady base for our citizens to depend up on as jobs and activities migrate to and from the three industries over time.
This section of our website will provide you with information on our economy, the services we provide to businesses, information on business and building licenses, and links to other organizations that may be useful. Please feel free to contact us with any specific questions using our Contact Us page.
BizPaL - Online Business Permits and Licences
BizPaL ia a web-based service that allows business clients to easily generate a customized list of the permits and licences they require from three levels of government - Local, Provincial, and Federal - by answering some simple, generic questions about the business.
This service is the result of strong collaboration between the Government of Canada and participating provincial/territorial, regional and municipal governments
See more information and statistics in our latest Economic Snapshot [PDF - 1.9 MB] or browse through our Economic Development page.
You may also be interested in a local business directory operated by our local chamber of commerce.
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