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Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program (RNIP)
The Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot is a community-driven program. It’s designed to spread the benefits of economic immigration to smaller communities by creating a path to permanent residence for skilled foreign workers who want to work and live in one of the participating communities.
Participating communities:
- Claresholm, Alberta
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Vernon, British Columbia
- Altona/Rhineland, Manitoba
- Brandon, Manitoba
- Sault Ste-Marie, Ontario
- Timmins, Ontario
- North Bay, ON
- Moose Jaw, SK
- Sudbury, Ontario
- West Kootenay Region, British Columbia
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible for the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program, you must meet all these requirements:
- Get a recommendation from a designated community economic development organization.
- Have qualifying work experience or have graduated from a publicly funded post-secondary institution in the recommending community.
- Have a qualifying job offer.
- Meet or exceed the minimum language requirements.
- Meet or exceed the educational requirements.
- Prove you have enough money to support your transition into the community.
- Intend to live in the community.
Recommendation from a designated community
You must get a recommendation from one of the communities participating in this pilot.
The recommendation will be based on:
- Your intent to live in the community
- Your job offer in the community and the economic needs of the community
- Your work experience and skill set
- Your ties to the community
Job offer:
- You must have a genuine job offer to work from one of the participating communities.
- The job you’re offered must meet all the requirements.
- The job must be full-time.
- The job must be non-seasonal.
- Your employment is permanent.
- The wage must meet or exceed the Job Bank’s minimum wage for your job offer’s NOC.
- Your experience must demonstrate that you can perform the duties of the job offered.
- Skill level.
- Your job offer can be at the same skill level, or one level above or below the NOC that applies to your work experience.
Settlement funds
Unless you’re already working legally in Canada when you apply, you must prove that you have enough fund to support yourself and any family members while you get settled in that community.
You must prove you have enough fund to support any family members you may have, even if they’re not coming to Canada with you.
Intend to live in the community
To participate in the pilot, you must plan to live in the community.
