Guide - Rural And Northern Immigration Pilot Program

Published: 17-12-2022

Guide - Rural And Northern Immigration Pilot Program

The Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program is designed to help bring new skilled worker immigrants to smaller communities.

The five-year federal immigration pilot is designed to help smaller communities with aging populations and labour shortages, which struggle to attract and retain new immigrants.

It is a community-driven program that aims to spread out the benefit of immigration.

To be included in the pilot, communities must:

Steps to Permanent Residence

  1. Candidates must check they meet both the federal government eligibility requirements and community-specific requirements (see below).
  2. Find an eligible job with an employer in one of the participating communities (listed below).
  3. Candidates with a job offer can submit an application for recommendation to the community.
  4. Candidates with a community recommendation can apply for permanent residence.

          RNIP Participating Communities

Community

Community website

North Bay, ON

www.northbayrnip.ca

Sudbury, ON

www.investsudbury.ca/how-can-we-help/immigration-options/

Timmins, ON

Timmins RNIP

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

www.welcometossm.com

Thunder Bay, ON

www.gothunderbay.com

Brandon, MB

www.economicdevelopmentbrandon.com

Altona/Rhineland, MB

www.seedrgpa.com

Moose Jaw, SK

www.moosejawrnip.ca

Claresholm, AB

www.claresholm.ca/rural-northern-immigration-pilot

Vernon, BC

www.rnip-vernon.ca

West Kootenay (Trail, Castlegar, Rossland, Nelson), BC

www.wk-rnip.ca

 

Federal Government Eligibility Requirements

1) Work Experience/International Student Exemption

Candidates must have qualifying work experience or have graduated from a publicly-funded post-secondary institution in the recommending community.

Work Experience

International Students

Candidates who are international students are exempt from needing work experience provided they meet the following requirements:

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

2) Language Requirements

Candidates must meet the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) or Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens (NCLC) based on the National Occupational Classification of their job.

The minimum language requirements for each NOC category are

3) Educational Requirements

Candidates must have a Canadian high school diploma or an equivalent foreign credential with an accredited educational credential assessment (ECA) report.

4) Settlement Funds

Candidates must prove they have enough money to support themselves and family members while they get settled in their community. This includes family members who may not be coming to Canada.

Candidates already working legally in Canada are exempt from settlement fund requirements.

Number of family members

Funds you need
(in Canadian dollars)

1

$8,722

2

$10,858

3

$13,348

4

$16,206

5

$18,380

6

$20,731

7 or more

$23,080

5) Intention to Reside

To participate in the pilot, you must plan to live in the community.

Community-Specific Requirements

Each community included in the pilot has its own set of community-specific requirements.

Please visit the website of each community (listed in the table above) to research community-specific requirements.

 

 

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