[4] Major employers in Lumby include forestry companies such as Tolko Industries, Gudeit Brothers Contracting, and Kineshanko Logging; retail outlets such as Super A Foods, Ace Hardware, and Scotiabank; and organizations providing social services such as the local government, school district, and healthcare facilities.

He had a varied career throughout his life, including serving as a government agent in Vernon, British Columbia and Vice-President of the Shuswap and Okanagan Railway.

[6]: 157 The community was previously home to the Lumby Fighting Saints of the now defunct WHA Junior West Hockey League.

On October 8, 2014, a WWII-era Japanese balloon bomb was discovered by forestry workers in the mountains near Lumby, nearly 70 years after it was launched.

[11] The "Lumby Days" family fair takes place annually in the beginning of summer, attracting attendees from across the Okanagan Valley.