Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 17:21:20 +0000
Over the past twenty years, Canada has sought to encourage more immigrants to move to its smaller cities. The main tool it has used to pursue this goal has been the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). The PNP enables provinces and territories across the country to develop their own eligibility criteria for economic class immigrants and […]
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Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 21:52:24 +0000
Since a 2012 reform to Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), Canada’s immigration minister has had the legal authority to introduce new economic class pilot programs to welcome immigrants that can help address economic and labour force priority areas across the country. Other than one exception, every new federal economic class program since that […]
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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 21:31:45 +0000
Five of the 11 communities taking part in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) were set to begin accepting applications on January 1, but CIC News has learned that it will be at least another month before they actually start the intake process. The communities that were scheduled to start the pilot program on […]
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Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:39:35 +0000
Millions of new Canadians will arrive through Canada’s various immigration programs during the new decade and several expected policy updates will help to pave the way in 2020. Here’s a look at some of the notable developments that we can expect over the next 12 months both in Canada and beyond that could help shape […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:15:28 +0000
Canada’s anticipated Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot is finally opening to applications. Once fully operational, the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) will allow employers in 11 participating communities in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia to recruit eligible foreign workers. Candidates who are recommended by a participating community will be able to apply […]
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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:09:43 +0000
Canada’s private sector job vacancy rate is maintaining record high levels, and a non-profit business organization is calling for all political parties in the upcoming Canadian federal election to take measures to tackle the labour shortage. The average job vacancy rate in Canada has been at 3.2 per cent for four consecutive quarters, according to […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 21:44:53 +0000
The Government of Canada has named 11 Canadian communities that have been selected to take part in its new Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot. The pilot is designed to help smaller rural and remote communities attract foreign workers of various skill levels and provide them with permanent residence. Canada’s rural communities employ over four million […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:42:20 +0000
Rural communities around Alberta could get a boost of around 40,000 newcomers over the next four years under policies being proposed by the province’s United Conservative Party. Albertans will vote for a new provincial government this spring and a number of polls have shown the United Conservative Party (UCP) and its leader, Jason Kenney, leading […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:35:00 +0000
Communities in Northern British Columbia are hoping a new federal immigration pilot will help them grow their populations and fill job vacancies. Unveiled by the Government of Canada last month, the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot will facilitate permanent residence for foreign workers of various skill levels in selected communities in Canada’s three northern territories […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 22:51:23 +0000
Communities can now apply to be part of new Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot It’s common knowledge that many immigrants are attracted to the big cities, with Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal still the most desirable, and smaller centres like Calgary and Winnipeg coming up close behind. But it’s actually often the smaller, rural communities that are […]
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