Top Kootenay Employers

Kootenay Business presents its annual list of the Top 120 Kootenay employers based on employee numbers—congratulations all

Each year in December, Kootenay Business compiles its list of the Top 120 employers in the region, ranked by number of regular employees. When you add them all up, there is great diversity represented here, and we are proud to salute the employers and their employees for making the Kootenays a livable place with opportunities for a healthy lifestyle.

In our research to track down the most accurate information for our Top 120 list, we attempt to be fair and inclusive. If, however, you feel we have missed a business or organization, please email us and we will consider it for inclusion on next year's list.

Rank Company Location Employees
1 Interior Health East & West Kootenay 4,360
2 Teck Coal Sparwood & Elkford 2,775
3 BC Government & Service Employees Union East & West Kootenay 2,157
4 Teck - Trail Trail 1,500
5 College of the Rockies East Kootenay 834
6 Tembec Enterprises Inc. Cranbrook/Elko/Canal Flats/Skookumchuck 800 (est.)
7 School District 8 Nelson (Kootenay Lake) 700
8 Golden Life Management East Kootenay 694
9 School District 5 (Southeast Kootenay) Cranbrook & Elk Valley 623
10 Fernie Alpine Resort Fernie 600 (winter)
11 Selkirk College Castlegar/Trail/Nelson/Grand Forks/Kaslo/Nakusp 589
12 FortisBC Inc. East & West Kootenay 550
13 CPR East & West Kootenay 540
14 Panorama Mountain Village Panorama 500 (winter)
15 Canadian Mountain Holidays Inc. East & Central B.C. 486
16 School District 6 (Rocky Mountain) Kimberley/Invermere/Golden 459
17 School District 20 (Kootenay-Columbia) Trail/Castlegar/Rossland/ Fruitvale/Robson 450
18 Zellstoff Celgar Limited Partnership Castlegar 410
19 Kimberley Alpine Resort Kimberley 320 (winter)
20 School District 51 (Boundary) Christina Lake/Grand Forks/Greenwood/Midway/Rock Creek/Beaverdell/Big White 320
21 Tamarack Centre Cranbrook 300-350
22 St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino Cranbrook 290
23 Kootenay Savings Credit Union 13 Kootenay locations 273
24 Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd. Golden & Malakwa 265
25 Kicking Horse Mountain Resort Golden 262 (winter)
26 BC Hydro Kootenays 250
27 Regional District of Central Kootenay Nelson/Creston/Kootenay Lake 240
28 Real Canadian Superstore Cranbrook 221
29 Wal-Mart Cranbrook 216
30 Red Mountain Resort Rossland 215
31 City of Cranbrook Cranbrook 210
32 Pacific Insight Electronics Corp. Nelson 185
33 Ferraro Foods Trail & Rossland 175
34 Vic Van Isle Construction Ltd. Revelstoke 175
35 Wal-Mart Nelson 170
36 City of Nelson Nelson 165
37 Wal-Mart Trail 165
38 Whitewater Ski Resort Nelson 165 (winter)
39 Martin Hotel Group (Hume Hotel & Best Western Baker Street Inn) Nelson 154
40 Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Fairmont Hot Springs 151
41 Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd. Thrums 150
42 Ktunaxa Nation Council Windermere/Cranbrook/Grasmere/Creston 150
43 Wynndel Box & Lumber Co. Ltd. Wynndel 149
44 Columbia Brewery (Labatts) Creston 143
45 Yellowhead Road & Bridge (Kootenay) Ltd. West Kootenay (Nelson) 141
46 Canada Safeway Cranbrook 125
47 Glen Transport (A Division of DCT Chambers Trucking) Skookumchuck 120
48 Save-On-Foods Nelson 120
49 School District 10 (Arrow Lakes) Nakusp 120
50 Canada Safeway Castlegar 110
51 Canada Safeway Nelson 110
52 City of Trail Trail 110
53 Save-On-Foods Cranbrook 101
54 City of Revelstoke Revelstoke 100
55 Home Depot Cranbrook 100
56 J.H. Huscroft Ltd. Creston 97
57 Porcupine Wood Products Ltd. Salmo 96
58 Falkins Insurance Group East & West Kootenay 95
59 Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Trail & Grand Forks 95
60 Royal LePage East Kootenay Realty & Insurance East Kootenay 94
61 Zellers Cranbrook 93
62 Amec Americas Limited Trail 92
63 Meadow Creek Cedar Ltd. Kaslo 90
64 Maglio Building Centre Ltd. Nelson & Trail 83
65 Canadian Tire Castlegar 77
66 Eagle Ranch Golf Resort Invermere 76
67 Northstar Motors Ltd. Cranbrook & Creston 76
68 Selkirk Paving Crescent Valley 75
69 Zellers Trail 71
70 Certified Coating Specialists Inc. Castlegar 70
71 The Kootenay Import Auto Group Cranbrook 66
72 Kootenay Country Store Co-op Nelson 65
73 Nelson & District Credit Union Nelson/Rossland/Crawford Bay 65
74 EK Community Credit Union Financial Services & Insurance Cranbrook/Fernie/Elkford 62
75 Overwaitea Foods Fernie 61
76 Canada Safeway Trail 60
77 Galena Contractors Nakusp 60
78 Overwaitea Foods Golden 60
79 Currier Contracting Cranbrook 56
80 Mainroad East Kootenay Contracting Cranrook/Yahk/Kimberley/Invermere/Jaffray/Fernie/Sparwood 55-120
81 Canadian Tire Cranbrook 55
82 Home Hardware Building Centre Cranbrook 55
83 Black Press (Kootenay Advertiser) Cranbrook 54
84 Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Child & Family Services Cranbrook/Creston/Windermere 54
85 Regional District of East Kootenay Cranbrook/Columbia Valley 54
86 BC Timber Sales Nelson/Castlegar/Cranbrook/Grand Forks/Nakusp 53
87 City of Fernie Fernie 53
88 Fab-Rite Services Ltd. Cranbrook 52
89 Atco Wood Products Ltd. Fruitvale 50
90 Grand Forks District Savings Credit Union Grand Forks 50
91 Canadian Tire Trail 49
92 Heritage Credit Union Castlegar/Slocan Park/Greenwood 48
93 City of Castlegar Castlegar 47
94 Selkirk Signs & Services Ltd. Cranbrook 47
95 City of Grand Forks Grand Forks 45
96 Investors Group Financial Services East & West Kootenay 45
97 Revelstoke Credit Union Revelstoke 45
98 A.M. Ford Sales Ltd. Trail 42
99 Columbia Basin Trust Kootenays/Columbia 40
100 Hamill Creek Timberwrights Inc. Meadow Creek 40
101 Kicking Horse Coffee Invermere 40
102 Koocanusa Publications Inc. Cranbrook 40
103 Purcell Resources Inc. Cranbrook 38
104 New Dawn Developments Ltd. Cranbrook & Kimberley 36
105 Brisco Wood Preservers Ltd. Brisco 35
106 Columbia Power Corporation Castlegar 35
107 BDO Canada LLP Cranbrook 34
108 Town of Golden Golden 32
109 Unifab Industries Ltd. Grand Forks 31
110 Cranbrook Dodge Cranbrook 30
111 Nohels Group of Companies Sparwood 30
112 Overwaitea Foods Creston 30
113 Parastone Developments Fernie 30
114 Denham Ford (BC) Ltd. Cranbrook 27
115 Box Lake Lumber Products Ltd. Nakusp 25
116 Giant Tiger Store Cranbrook 25
117 Joe Kozek Sawmills Ltd. Revelstoke 25
118 Nelson Chrysler Nelson 25
119 District of Invermere Invermere 24
120 Imasco Sirdar & Crawford Bay 24

Think your business should be on our list? Email Kootenaybiz and let us know how many employees your business has.