The city of Greater Sudbury in Ontario has revealed its list of designated employers for the Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP) and the Francophone Community Immigration Pilot (FCIP).
Under these pilots, eligible foreign nationals can apply for Canadian permanent residency if they have a community-endorsed job offer from a designated employer.
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Greater Sudbury is one of the few communities participating in both pilots. According to reports, it has received 525 nomination slots for the RCIP, and 45 slots for the FCIP in 2025.
Greater Sudbury is the largest city in Ontario by land area. Its boundaries for the RCIP and FCIP include surrounding communities such as Killarney, St. Charles, and Noelville, among others.
Greater Sudbury RCIP designated employers
Health sector:
- Autumnwood Mature Lifestyle Communities Inc.
- Behaviour Analysis North.
- CJay Medicals.
- Extendicare York.
- Home Instead / Wirta Home Care Ltd.
- Imagine Therapeutic Services Inc.
- Karis Disability Services.
- March of Dimes.
- Mark G. Reich Dentistry Professional Corporation.
- Northwood Medical Clinics Inc.
- Paramed Inc.
- Red Oak Villa LP.
- Rehoboth Family Care.
- Sudbury Dental Clinic (Azim Casim Parekh Dentistry).
- Sudbury Hyperbarics and Wound Care.
- The Amberwood Suites GP Inc.
Education, social, community & government services
- 1425169 Ontario Limited – Summit Human Services Sudbury.
- 2762354 Ontario Inc – Adult & Youth Enrichment Center.
- Canadian Mental Health Association – Sudbury/Manitoulin.
- City of Greater Sudbury.
- Discover Early Learning & Care.
- Elizabeth Fry Society of Northern Ontario.
- Larch Street Kids.
- Laurentian Child and Family Care.
- Magic Triangle.
- Maple Tree Preschool Non Profit.
- Northern Youth Services.
- Our Children, Our Future – Family Resources.
- Sudbury Christian Academy.
- Sudbury First Nations Church.
- Sudbury Food Bank.
- Sudbury Jubilee Heritage Daycare.
- Victorian Order of Nurses (VON).
- YMCA of Northeastern Ontario.
Trades and transport sector
- 2430808 Ontario Limited, SLV Homes.
- 772289 Ontario Limited – Northern Nissan.
- ARC Coatings.
- Anmar Mechanical & Electrical Contractors Limited.
- B & D Manufacturing.
- Barne Building and Construction Inc.
- Bristol Machine Works LTD.
- Cambrian Ford Sales.
- Carriere Industrial Supply Limited.
- Comet Contracting Ltd.
- Dan Courville Chevrolet Ltd.
- Dominion Construction.
- Equipment North Inc.
- Fisher Wavy Inc.
- Fountain Tire (Val Caron) LTD.
- Friends Freight Solutions Inc.
- Gardewine.
- Garson Pipe Contractors Limited.
- GFL Environmental Services.
- Greater City Concrete Works Ltd.
- Joy Global (Canada) Ltd. – Komatsu Mining.
- Kaidyle International Trade Inc.
- Keith R. Thompson Inc.
- Lacroix Construction.
- Great toyota.
- Mansour Canadian Rail Motive Power Services Inc.
- Mansour Group Inc.
- Mansour Logistics.
- Marona Kitchen Manufacturing / La Cuisine.
- Martin Roy Transport.
- Mike Witherell Mechanical Ltd.
- New Sudbury Volkswagen Ltd.
- Northern Rebar Inc.
- Patrick Mechanical Limited.
- Pioneer Construction Inc.
- Prospec Steel Fabrication.
- PSL Patrick burst limited.
- R.M. Belanger Limited – Belanger Construction.
- Sudbury Service Center.
- Talos Steel Limited.
- Teranorth Construction & Engineering Limited.
- Viacore Solutions Inc.
- Victory Lube.
- White Metal Sandblasting and Industrial Painting Limited.
Other priority sectors listed by Greater Sudbury’s RCIP are Natural Applied Sciences, and Natural Resources and Agriculture. No designated employers have been listed under these sectors as of time of publishing.
Greater Sudbury FCIP designated employers
Business, finance and administration
- Highland Bookkeeping and Tax Prep.
- Scotiabank (2040 Algonquin Road, Unit 14, Sudbury).
Health
- Behaviour Analysis North.
- Home Instead / Wirta Home Care Ltd.
- Northwood Medical Clinics Inc.
- Rehoboth Family Care.
- Warden Store Inc / Elgin Street Pharmacy.
Education, Social, Community & Government Services
- Canadian Mental Health Association – Sudbury/Manitoulin.
- City of Greater Sudbury.
- Daycare center touches everything from Sudbury.
- The friendly club of the new Sudbury.
- Magic Triangle.
- Northern Youth Services.
- Our Children, Our Future – Family Resources.
- Sudbury Student Services Consortium.
- YMCA of Northeastern Ontario.
Trades & Transport
- 772289 Ontario Limited – Northern Nissan.
- Barne Building and Construction Inc.
- Dominion Construction.
- Gardewine.
- R.M. Belanger Limited – Belanger Construction.
- Sudbury Service Center.
- Viacore Solutions Inc.
Another priority sector listed by Greater Sudbury’s FCIP is Arts, Culture, Recreation and Sport. No designated employer has been listed under this sector at time of publishing.
The list of designated employers for the RCIP and FCIP comes just weeks after Great Sudbury revealed its list of priority sectors and occupations for both pilots.
The significance of designated employers for the RCIP and FCIP
The RCIP is an immigration pilot that launched earlier this year. It aims to help employers in select rural communities in Canada fill labour gaps.
In order to be eligible, a foreign national must have a job offer from a designated employer in a participating rural community. The job offer must also be within the list of priority occupations listed by the community.
Meanwhile, the FCIP is a pilot launched earlier this year to support the growth of Francophone communities outside Quebec.
To be eligible, a foreign national must receive a job offer from a designated employer in a participating Francophone community. The job offer must also fall within that community’s list of priority occupations.
For both pilots, apart from having a qualifying job offer from a designated employer in the community that is also within a priority occupation, foreign nationals need to meet other criteria.
These include
- Demonstrating related work experience, or meeting the criteria for the international graduate exemption;
- Meeting language proficiency requirements (for the FCIP, this means demonstrating French language proficiency by getting NCLC 5 or higher in all four abilities);
- Meeting educational credential requirements; and
- Demonstrating sufficient funds to support the settlement process.
Candidates who meet all the criteria and receive a valid certificate of recommendation from the community can directly apply to the federal government for permanent residence (PR).
