Immigrant Program: Small Cities in Canada Select Immigrants for Permanent Residency

Canada’s Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Mark Miller has announced that small towns and French-speaking communities will be able to introduce selected foreign workers as a test for permanent residency.He has announced that the program will be extended and new pilot programs will be launched in rural and French-speaking communities. These communities will be able to express their opinion on who should get permanent residence and settle there.

Mr. Miller has announced that the new pilot project will begin in the fall to help alleviate critical job needs in rural communities. The program will also focus on increasing the number of new Francophone immigrants settling in communities that are a Francophone minority.

More than 5,100 new arrivals have been granted permanent residency through the Rural and Northern Migration Pilot Program, designed to help communities meet local work needs.Most of these immigrants have settled in communities where they were recommended for permanent residence. He continued: These people not only live in the recommended communities, but also become interested in these areas and intend to participate in their growth and development.

Therefore, other small cities can also participate in this pilot program. Because in the next 18 months, this program is going to become one of the permanent immigration programs in Canada.

Canada’s northern and remote regions are underpopulated and their populations are aging. Recruiting skilled foreign workers is very important for these regions. Participation in this program, in addition to solving the challenges of the northern regions, provides a path to obtain permanent residence and citizenship for skilled people who want to live in small cities for a long time.

Newcomers who find work in one of these small cities can be introduced by these cities to receive permanent residence, if the necessary conditions exist.