North Bay releases priority sectors and occupations for RCIP

North Bay has published its list of priority sectors and occupations under the Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP).

The RCIP is a pathway to permanent residence for workers with job offers from designated employers in participating rural communities in Canada.

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Priority Sectors

Each participating community has been allowed to choose five sectors under which occupations can be eligible for the RCIP.

North Bay will be focusing on the following sectors:

Business, finances and administration;
Health;
Education, law and social, community, and government services;
Sales and service; and
Trades and transport.

North Bay is a city in Northern Ontario. The region covered by the North Bay RCIP includes the Nipissing and Parry Sound districts, along with the Town of Latchford.

Priority Occupations

North Bay’s eligible occupations, with the corresponding Classification (NOC) codes, can be seen below:

Occupation Name	NOC Code
Accounting technicians and bookkeepers	12200
Administrative assistants	13110
Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors	72404
Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers	72410
Banking, insurance and other financial clerks	14201
Carpenters (includes apprentices)	72310
Construction trades helpers and labourers	75110
Corporate sales managers	60010
Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants	33100
Early childhood educators and assistants	42202
Electricians (except industrial and power system)	72200
Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants	43100
Financial auditors and accountants	11100
Heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning mechanics	72402
Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations	44101
Hotel front desk clerks	64314
Human resources professionals	11200
Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors	72100
Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates	33102
Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants	33103
Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses	31301
Security guards and related security service occupations	64410
Shippers and Receivers	14400
Social and community service workers	42201
Welders and related machine operators	72106

The list of eligible occupations included in the RCIP will be reassessed at the end of each year.

Why are priority sectors and occupations significant for the RCIP?

The RCIP is an employer-driven pathway which means that foreign workers need a job offer in order to be eligible to apply for permanent residence.

This job offer needs to come from a designated employer — one that is approved by an economic development organization in a participating community.

Only employers in the identified priority sectors are eligible for designation. Once designated, these employers can offer jobs to foreign workers, making them eligible to apply for PR through the pilot.

Similarly, the NOC code associated with the job offer must be approved under the North Bay RCIP for the foreign national to be eligible.

As of time of publication, the following communities have revealed their priority sectors:

Timmins;
Brandon;
Sault Ste. Marie;
Thunder Bay; and
North Okanagan-Shuswap.

There are 14 communities participating in the pilot in total, with many others set to release their priority sectors in the near future.

Workers eligible through the RCIP

Apart from having a qualifying job offer from a designated employer in the community, foreign nationals need to meet other criteria:

Have at least 1 year (1,560 hours) of related work experience in the past three years, or meet the criteria for the international graduate exemption.
Meet language proficiency requirements.
Have a Canadian educational credential or the foreign equivalent.
Have enough money to support the transition for themselves and their family to the community.

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