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These community-based pilots steer skilled newcomers toward smaller and northern communities, and toward French-speaking communities outside Quebec, that need workers. A participating community recommends the candidate before they apply for permanent residence. They are aimed at spreading immigration beyond big cities. (The earlier Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot closed; successor community pilots carry the model forward.)
Skilled workers with a job offer in a participating rural, northern, or francophone-minority community who want to settle there.
Our licensed advisors assess your eligibility, build a strategy to strengthen your application, and manage the process end to end, so you submit a complete, competitive application with confidence.
Yes. Applicants under either pilot may be eligible for an optional 2-year work permit, and a spouse or partner can apply for an open work permit limited to the same community.
Minimum language scores depend on your job offer's occupation (TEER/NOC). The Francophone pilot requires a minimum of NCLC 5 in French across all four abilities.
Both pilots require an approved Recommendation Certificate from a participating community's economic development organization before you can apply for permanent residence.
You must show settlement funds based on your family size, set at 50% of the rural Low Income Cut-Off (LICO). You are exempt if you are already working in Canada on a valid work permit.
The key requirements for Rural and Francophone Community Immigration Pilots include a full-time job offer, qualifying work experience, meeting language and education levels, and obtaining a community recommendation, with varying costs and processing times.
The Rural and Francophone Community Immigration Pilots are community-based programs designed to attract skilled workers to smaller and northern communities, as well as French-speaking communities outside of Quebec.
You need a genuine, full-time, non-seasonal job offer from an employer in a participating community, paying at or above the Job Bank prevailing wage for the occupation.
You generally need at least 1 year (1,560 hours) of related, paid work experience within the past 3 years. Volunteer work and unpaid internships do not count.
