Although logging and other related employment take place outside of the Municipality, Sechelt's economy is directly affected, by spin-off employment in related secondary and service industries. The Ministry of Forests assists in providing opportunities for individuals and firms to acquire timber to support new businesses or existing operations. Timber rights are granted on a competition based on stumpage and awarded to the highest bidder. The Sunshine Coast Forest District covers an area approximately the same size as Northern Ireland or three times the area of Prince Edward Island. Owned equally by Canfor and Oji Paper of Japan.
Japan is the primary market for HSPP newsprint.
With 125 employees, Bayside is one of the larger scale operations on the Sunshine Coast. Since Bayside does not hold any tenure, most of the fibre supply is purchased from the open market. In 1999 approximately five percent of the fibre supply was harvested on the Sunshine Coast. In the early twentieth century, Thomas Ralph Nickson possessed a significant granite mining operation in West Sechelt. Today, Sechelt is home to the largest open pit mine and gravel mine operation in North America.