Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot: Sudbury, Ontario
Those wishing to immigrate to Canada can apply for permanent residency in the municipality of Sudbury.
The town of Sudbury (province of Ontario) with a population of over 160,000 people is located near Toronto. It participates in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot, which is created to connect foreign workers with Canadian employers from communities experiencing labour shortages.
Applicants must receive a community recommendation. For this, you must meet the requirements of the immigration program and the requirements of the town where you plan to move.
Federal requirements
All applicants interested in applying for a recommendation from Sudbury must meet the requirements of the federal government:
- 1 year of work experience within the last 3 years;
- high school education;
- language proficiency at the level appropriate to the profession;
- sufficient amount of money;
- job offer in a community.
Sudbury community requirements
The community considers candidates who have received a job offer in one of the priority occupations. The list includes occupations in the sectors of:
- management;
- business, finance, and administration;
- natural and applied sciences;
- health care;
- education;
- catering;
- tourism and hospitality;
- agriculture;
- production and utilities, and so on.
A complete list of professions is available on Sudbury's official website.
For your application to be considered, you must score a minimum of 75 points for single candidates and 95 points for those applying with a spouse or common-law partner.
| Criterion | Points |
| Human capital factors | |
| Age | |
| Under 25 or over 45 years old | 0 |
| 25-30 years old | 10 |
| 31-35 years old | 15 |
| 36-45 years old | 20 |
| Language ability | |
| English or French proficiency at least level 6 on the CLB scale | 15 |
| Additional points for proficiency in two languages | 50 |
| Education | |
| Completed educational program of 2 years or more | 15 |
| Work experience | |
| 1-5 years of experience related to the job offer | 15 |
| More than 5 years of experience related to the job offer | 25 |
| Job offer | |
| Offered wage is more than $20 CAD per hour | 25 |
| Offered wage is more than $50 CAD per hour | 50 |
| Job offer in a high-demand sector: mining or tourism | 50 |
| Job offer in one of the following occupations: orderlies, caregivers, truck drivers (number of candidates is limited) | 100 |
| Spouse/common-law partner factors | |
| Spouse has CLB 4 language level in all four skills (speaking, listening, reading, writing) | 30 |
| Spouse has CLB 4 language level in three of the four skills | 20 |
| Spouse is proficient in two languages | 50 |
| Spouse has 1 year of work experience in a priority profession within the last 5 years | 20 |
| Spouse has got a job offer in Sudbury | 25 |
| Spouse has received a job offer in mining or tourism | 50 |
| Knowledge of the community | |
| Completed educational program of 1 year or more within the past 3 years in Sudbury | 15 |
| 8 weeks or more long internship in Sudbury during the studies | 15 |
| Experience of living in a region where the average winter temperature is below 0 degrees | 30 |
| Volunteering in Sudbury for 3 months | 25 |
| Relatives in Sudbury: parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews | 100 |
| Experience of traveling to Sudbury for at least 5 nights within the last 2 years | 10 |
| Residence and employment in Sudbury for at least 8 months | 100 |
How to apply
Before applying for a recommendation from the community, you must find a job in one of Sudbury's priority occupations. You can use websites, such as Job Bank, Indeed, and others to search. Then you need to download and fill out the forms at Sudbury's official website and apply online. Note that enrollment is not always open.
