Pilot Programs

Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP)

Eligibility:

To be eligible for the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP), you must

• Have qualifying work experience or have graduated from a publicly funded post-secondary institution in the recommending community
• Meet or exceed the 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
• Meet community-specific requirements
• Have temporary resident status (if you’re in Canada when you apply)

If you meet all of the requirements, you can start to look for an eligible job in the community.

Work experience

To calculate your hours of work experience

• Count the hours worked in part-time and full-time jobs
• The hours can be in more than 1 occupation and with different employers.
• The hours must be over a period of at least 12 months.
• The hours can be inside or outside Canada.

If you worked in Canada, you must have been allowed to work in Canada.

Don’t count hours you weren’t paid for (such as volunteering or unpaid internships) Don’t count hours when you were self-employed

If you work in more than 1 occupation or for more than 1 employer

Your work experience must meet the skill level requirement of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) provided in the job offer:

• NOC 0 job offer: your work experience must be in NOC 0 or A
• NOC A job offer: your work experience must be in NOC 0, A or B
• NOC B job offer: your work experience must be in NOC A, B or C
• NOC C job offer: your work experience must be in NOC B or C
• NOC D job offer: your work experience must be in NOC D

Your work experience must include

Most of the main duties and all the essential duties listed in your NOC
The activities listed in the lead statement of your NOC

You can read which duties are involved by searching your job title on the NOC web page.

Educational requirements

You must have one of the following:
A Canadian educational credentials, such as a

• Canadian secondary school (high school) diploma
• Canadian post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree
• An educational credential assessment (ECA) report from a designated organization or professional body that
• Is less than 5 years old on the date you apply
• Shows you completed a foreign credential equal to a
• Canadian secondary school (high school) diploma or
• Canadian post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree

Settlement funds

Unless you’re already working legally in Canada when you apply, you must prove you have enough money to support yourself and any family members while you get settled in your community.

You must prove you have enough money to support any family members you may have, even if they’re not coming to Canada with you.

Find out more about settlement funds.

Intend to live in the community

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

Community-specific requirements

Each community will have additional requirements for applicants.

Visit their websites to learn about their community-specific requirements.

Community websites

Community     Community websites

North Bay, ON     https://northbayrnip.ca/

Sudbury, ON      https://investsudbury.ca/why-sudbury/move-to-sudbury/rnip/

Timmins, ON      www.timminsedc.com

Sault Ste. Marie, ON     www.welcometossm.com

Thunder Bay, ON     Home

Brandon, MB    www.economicdevelopmentbrandon.com

Altona/Rhineland, MB    www.seedrgpa.com

Moose Jaw, SK    Home

Claresholm, AB    www.claresholm.ca

Vernon, BC    Home

West Kootenay, BC    Home

2.Agri-Food Pilot

The Agri-Food Pilot helps address the labour needs of the Canadian agri-food sector.

The pilot provides a pathway to permanent residence for experienced, non-seasonal workers in specific industries and occupations. It will run until May 2023.

About the process

To apply for permanent residence under the Agri-Food Pilot, you need

• Eligible Canadian work experience in one or more of the eligible industries and occupations
• A full-time, non-seasonal job offer from a Canadian employer in one of the eligible industries and occupations(outside of Quebec)
• To meet or exceed the language requirements
• To meet or exceed the educational requirements
• To have settlement funds (if applicable)
• To maintain temporary resident status (if already in Canada)

Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot

The Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) combines refugee resettlement and economic immigration. It’s a pathway that

Helps skilled refugees immigrate to Canada through existing economic programs

Gives employers access to a new pool of qualified candidates to fill job openings