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.
