Trail is a great place to live, work and raise a family. The community has developed around one of the world’s largest lead and zinc smelters that has been operating for more than a century. Living next door to a smelter has created unique challenges in terms of minimizing exposure to lead in house dust and soil, mainly caused by historical emissions. Significant improvements to reduce emissions from the smelter and address historical impacts to soils have been made.

The community is welcoming, warm and has a great spirit. The City has excellent programs in place to support economic development, social cohesion and a healthy environment. Trail is a place of opportunity and there are many supports available to families to live a healthy life.