Make Waves
We are always one thought away from
an idea that can change the world.
Where mountains meet the lake, opportunity flows.
The Shuswap invites builders, dreamers, and doers to thrive in a place where business, balance, and beauty live as one. Grow your business well here. Your investment in Shuswap is an investment in a better life.
Columbia Shuswap Regional District
Advantage Shuswap
The Shuswap offers entrepreneurs a compelling combination of space, access, and quality of life that supports business growth and long-term sustainability.
Located between key Interior BC and Western Canadian markets, the region provides strategic connectivity, available land, and competitive operating costs in flexible rural and small-community settings. This dynamic supports a wide range of enterprises, including manufacturing, agrifood, tourism, professional services, and location-independent businesses — without the pressures and overhead of major urban centres.
Just as important is the environment in which businesses are built. Short commutes, strong community connections, and immediate access to lakes, trails, and open space create the balance that fuels focus, creativity, and leadership.
With a business-ready regional district and communities that welcome innovation, the Shuswap offers entrepreneurs the freedom to build with intention — and the opportunity to make waves on their own terms.
Life-Work
Balance
Lakes. Orchards. Vineyards. Farm-fresh everything. Need we say more. Read more…
Growing
Population
17% population growth 2011-2021. Read more…
Transportation
Access
Mid-point between Calgary and Vancouver with efficient road, air, and rail connectivity. Read more…
Lower
Business Costs
Entrepreneur-enabling land, lease, taxes, housing, cost of living. Read more…
Vision
The Shuswap is a lifestyle-led community inspired by its lake(s) and pastoral setting.
With ease of access to major urban market, a growing population, leading construction, tourism and agriculture sectors, and one-third of workforce who are self-employed, the Shuswap offers soulful work-life balance to entrepreneurs.
The Shuswap is a complete, connected community, enabled by our efforts to create housing choice and affordability, village centres mixed-use densification, water/wastewater servicing, additional industrial and commercial land, spaces that nurture entrepreneurship, and gigabit broadband.
The Shuswap is an investment-friendly community, enabled by planning policy and a streamlined development approvals process.
The Shuswap By The Numbers
17.3%
Population Growth
2011-2021
31%
Recreational Property Ownership
3
Lakes
1000
Beaches on Shuswap Lake
60
Developed Parks
86km
of Trails
22%
Representative House Value of City of Vancouver
56%
Representative House Value of City of Kelowna
39%
of the Shuswap Workforce is Self-Employed
1950
Businesses
760
Fixed Roof and Camping Rooms/Sites
50%
Employment Growth 2015-2025
Investment Guide
With a mind free to imagine possibilities, there’s a deep enterprise “meaning of life” to be found in a Shuswap location. Read more in our Investment Guide.
* This Investment Guide is produced by the Shuswap Economic Development Society, representing Columbia Shuswap Regional District Areas C, D, F, and G.
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