Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot
This program is specially designed to stimulate economic growth in smaller communities by attracting skilled workers with permanent residence of the resides in those areas.
Following are the participating Communities in the RNIP program:
• North Bay, ON
• Sudbury, ON
• Timmins, ON
• Sault Ste. Marie, ON
• Thunder Bay, ON
• Brandon, MB
• Altona/Rhineland, MB
• Moose Jaw, SK
• Claresholm, AB
• Vernon, BC
• West Kootenay (Trail, Castlegar,
Rossland, Nelson), BC
Communities requirements
A community is eligible for RNIP if it has population less than 50,000 and is located at least 75km away from the main city or a community having population of around 200,000 and is no where near the main city.