Kitimat 2025: Industry, Opportunity, Community

Anchored by the nearly complete LNG Canada terminal, Kitimat will begin shipping Canadian liquefied natural gas to international markets by late 2025. This milestone, along with construction of the Cedar LNG project—an Indigenous-led initiative spearheaded by the Haisla Nation—highlights Kitimat’s vital role in advancing economic development in the region.

Originally built in the 1950s to serve the aluminium sector, Kitimat remains home to Rio Tinto’s recently modernized smelter and a skilled workforce. Today, the town is a vibrant hub where global investment opportunities meet a balanced, West Coast lifestyle.

Kitimat boasts an impressive combination of robust infrastructure and affordability. With high-speed internet, rail connections, highway access and an airport just a 30-minute drive away, Kitimat is well-equipped to support growth. And with an average home priced at just $393,413, Kitimat offers a rare chance to own property in B.C.’s desirable real estate market.

For residents, Kitimat’s short commutes mean more time to spend with loved ones in the easily accessible great outdoors or making new connections in the town’s many community gathering spaces. Kitimatians can hike, bike, boat or swim on the river, lake or ocean in summer; quench their thirst at the popular Two Peaks Brewery; perfect their swing at the Hirsch Creek Golf Club; work up a sweat at the town’s ample rec centres, yoga studios and ice rinks; or carve turns on the slopes of nearby Shames Mountain in winter. Whether you’re looking for the right place to launch a project, grow your career or raise a family, Kitimat offers it all.

Learn more at kitimatbound.ca.

Connect with us:
Walsham Tenshak
Director of Economic Development, District of Kitimat
250-632-8900 ext.2255
[email protected]

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