Rural and Northern Community Immigration pilot class created

Policy effect

Canada established the Rural and Northern Community Immigration Class as part of the economic immigration class, creating a new permanent residence pathway for foreign nationals recommended by designated economic development organizations in participating rural and northern communities.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: The five-year pilot required a designated-community recommendation plus the applicable employment, language and education criteria.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

… t (i) not have been revoked by the issuing economic development organization, and (ii) have been made within the period set out in column 3 of the schedule for the corresponding economic development organization set out in column 1, except in the case of an economic development organization that is removed from the schedule, in which case the period ends on the day of removal. Permanent resident visa 13 For the purposes of subsection 14.1(5) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act , subsections 70(1), (2), (4) and (5) of the Regulations apply to permanent resident visa applications made by an applicant. Not agent of Her Majesty 14 Economic development organizations are not agents of Her Majesty or Crown corporations , as defined in section 2 of the Financial Administration Act , and their officers and employees are not part of the federal public administration. Effective period 15 These Instructions have effect for a period of five years beginning on September 1, 2019, but if they are given after that day, the period begins on the day on which they are given. SCHEDULE (Subsections 2(2) and (3) and 8(1) and (3) and subparagraph 12(b)(ii)) List of Economic Development Organizations Item Column 1 Economic Development Organization Column 2 Community Column 3 Period 1 Brandon Immigration Pilot Board An area in Manitoba bounded by a radius of 55 km centred on latitude 49°50′35.4″ North and longitude 99°57′01.6″ West November 1, 2019 to October 31, 2022 2 Claresholm Economic Development Committee An area in Alberta bounded by a radius of 25 km centred on latitude 50°01′12.6″ North and longitude 113°35′00.6″ West January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022 3 Community Futures Development Corporation of Central Kootenay In British Columbia, an area bounded by a radius of 35 km centred on latitude 49°34′13.1″ North and longitude 117°14′10.4″ West and an area bound …

Review method

Official-source recall audit with Gemini 3.8 Flash and evidence-supervisor publication adjudication

Other Canada changes operative in 2019

• 2019-03-04Interim Pathway for Caregivers Public Policy
• 2019-03-28Order Extending the Decision-Making Role of Citizenship Judges (SOR/2019-82)
• 2019-05-10Order Repealing Designated Countries of Origin Orders Under the IRPA
• 2019-06-03Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Electronic Administration) (SOR/2019-174)
• 2019-06-10Direct Removal Orders for Human/International Rights Violations (SOR/2019-200)
• 2019-06-17Clarification of Health Inadmissibility Excessive Demand Exemptions for Family Members
• 2019-06-17Mandatory Consideration of the Best Interests of the Child in Immigration Detention (SOR/2019-213)
• 2019-06-18Home Support Worker permanent-residence pilot opened
• 2019-06-21Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1
• 2019-07-08Public Policy to Reinstate an Interim Pathway for Caregivers
• 2019-09-09Public Policy Facilitating Immigration of Certain Sponsored Foreign Nationals Excluded under Paragraph 117(9)(d) or 125(1)(d)