{"id":101213,"date":"2022-07-11T11:56:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T15:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/immigration-through-rnip-jumps-tenfold-and-continues-to-grow"},"modified":"2022-07-11T11:58:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T15:58:29","slug":"immigration-through-rnip-jumps-tenfold-and-continues-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/immigration-through-rnip-jumps-tenfold-and-continues-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Through RNIP Jumps Tenfold \u2013 And Continues To Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ten times more new permanent residents settled in small, Canadian communities under the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot<\/a> (RNIP) last year than did during its first year in operation \u2013 and now business leaders in those communities are hoping it will become a permanent program.<\/p>\n

\u201cBusinesses really want to utilize the program in order to address the labour market shortages,\u201d Stephanie Harris, the economic development officer for SEED, reportedly told Pembina Valley Online<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) officials visited the town southwest of Winnipeg, Manitoba in June to meet with immigrants who had settled there through the RNIP and to speak with stakeholders in the area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

RNIP Brought 555 New Permanent Residents To Canada Last Year<\/h3>\n

In that Manitoba town alone, the RNIP has so far resulted in 50 job offers being extended to applicants with an anticipated boost of 160 people to the local population. Half of the applicants have already arrived and the remaining half are reportedly on the way.<\/p>\n

The five-year pilot program, modelled after the highly-successful Atlantic Immigration Program<\/a>, is designed to spread the benefits of economic immigration to smaller communities by creating a pathway to permanent residence for skilled foreign workers who want to work and live in one of the participating communities.<\/p>\n

IRCC data reveals it\u2019s working.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the first year of the RNIP, in 2020, Canada welcomed 50 new permanent residents through the program. Last year, that skyrocketed to 555, growth of 1,010 per cent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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