Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP)

a practical route to settling in Canada’s rural and small towns

The Government of Canada created the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP), a community-driven program, to encourage economic immigration to small and remote communities in Ontario, Western Canada, and the three territories by establishing a pathway for skilled foreign workers to obtain permanent residency.http://contact us tell:9738997388

In order to make it easier for foreign workers with different skill levels to get permanent residency in qualifying communities in the provinces and territories, the community-driven Rural and Northern Pilot builds on the success of the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP).

Communities interested in joining the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot must, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), meet certain eligibility requirements. These include being either a remote city with a population of no more than 200,000 or a city with a maximum population of 50,000 that is located at least 75 kilometres from the centre of a metropolitan area with a population of 100,000 or more.

Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot — Participating Communities

• North Bay, Ontario
• Sudbury, Ontario
• Timmins, Ontario
• Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
• Thunder Bay, Ontario
• Brandon, Manitoba

• Altona/Rhineland, Manitoba
• Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
• Claresholm, Alberta
• Vernon, British Columbia
• West Kootenay (Trail, Castlegar, Rossland, Nelson), British Columbia

Eligibility Requirements

Potential applicants must satisfy all IRCC eligibility standards as well as conditions set out by the participating community in order to be eligible for the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program (RNIP). The applicant must:

• have a recommendation from one of the designated communities
• have one year of qualifying work experience in the past three years (a minimum of 1,560 hours) or have graduated from a publicly funded post-secondary institution in the recommending community
• have a genuine job offer to work in one of the designated communities – The wage must meet the minimum wage listed for that NOC in the Canada Job Bank and the candidates’ previous experience must demonstrate that they can perform the duties of the job offered
• meet or exceed the educational requirements- A Canadian high school diploma or the foreign equivalent with an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) report from a designated organization
• meet or exceed the language threshold for the NOC skill type/level of the job being offered. The minimum requirements for each NOC skill type/level are as follows:
  1. NOC 0 and A: Minimum language score of a CLB 6 is required
  2. NOC B: Minimum language score of a CLB 5 is required
  3. NOC C and D: Minimum language score of a CLB 4 is required
• Intend to live in the community; and
• Prove that he/she has sufficient funds to support their and their family’s transition into the community. The minimum required amount is as follows:

NOTE: Candidates who are lawfully employed in Canada at the time of application are exempt from the obligation to provide settlement monies.