North Bay in Ontario has revealed its list of designated employers for the Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP).
North Bay is a city located in Northeastern Ontario. Its RCIP boundary includes the census division of the Nipissing District, the Parry Sound District, and the Town of Latchford.
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The RCIP is an employer-driven immigration pilot that gives foreign workers with job offers from designated employers in select communities a pathway to permanent residence (PR) in Canada.
North Bay is one of 14 communities participating in the pilot.
North Bay RCIP Designated Employers
| Employer | Priority Sector(s) |
| Accounting Measures | Business, Finance and Administration |
| Algonquin Nursing Home | Health |
| Bay Glass Contracting | Trades, Transportation, and Equipment Operators |
| Bay Roofing & Exteriors | Trades, Transportation, and Equipment Operators |
| Best Value Inn & Suites | Sales and Service |
| Burger World (Hammond) | Sales and Service |
| Canada Bread | Education, Law and Social, Community and Government Services |
| Casey’s Bar & Grill | Sales and Service |
| Cash Money | Business, Finance and Administration |
| Cassellholme | Health |
| Community Living North Bay | Education, Law and Social, Community and Government Services |
| Dawson Dental | Health |
| Designed Roofing Inc | Trades, Transportation, and Equipment Operators |
| DGS Distribution | Sales and Service |
| Dr. Karim Dentistry | Health |
| Employment North (South River) | Education, Law and Social, Community and Government Services |
| LN Figures | Business, Finance and Administration |
| Ministry of Public & Business Service Delivery and Procurement | Education, Law and Social, Community and Government Services |
| North Bay Military Family Resource Centre (Little Wings Childcare Centre) | Education, Law and Social, Community and Government Services |
| ParaMed Home Health Care | Health |
| The Lindsay Weld Centre | Education, Law and Social, Community and Government Services |
North Bay & Area RCIP will continue to update the the list on its website as more employers become designated.
Who can apply for the North Bay RCIP?
Apart from having a job offer from one of the above-mentioned employers in the region, foreign nationals will need to meet other criteria in order to qualify for the RCIP.
The job offer must be in an occupation that is under the region’s priority occupations list.
Candidates must also meet requirements regarding education, work experience, language proficiency, and settlement funds.
Prior to applying for PR, a qualifying candidate must get a community recommendation. For this step, their employer must submit an application for community recommendation during a monthly intake period.
These periods are generally during the last week of the month for the North Bay RCIP.
If a community recommendation application is approved, a foreign national will receive a recommendation certificate that allows them to apply to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for PR.
Applicants can also apply for a work permit while their PR application is being processed by IRCC.
