Goods and Services sectors
Share of employment in Goods and Service sectors (2020)
Goods Services
Source: 2020 Labour Force Survey
The Thompson-Okanagan region accounts for the third largest percentage of provincial employment.
Service sector
With its hot, dry summers, Thompson-Okanagan is popular as both a vacation destination and a place for retirees to live. These factors play a role in the region’s relatively large share of provincial employment in some Service sector industries.
Goods sector
Thompson-Okanagan has some of the best agricultural land in the province and is a prime location for vineyards and orchards. There are also some cattle ranches in the region. Thompson-Okanagan accounts for a moderate proportion of provincial employment in the Goods-producing sector (agriculture, forestry, mining, oil and gas, fishing, hunting and trapping, utilities, construction and manufacturing). Agricultural employment in high in this region.