Community Immigration Pilot

The Northeast BC Rural Community Immigration Pilot working committee and partners will need six to eight weeks to start operations.

About the Project:

Our main focus is to help start and grow small businesses in rural remote regions of the north central British Columbia in the CFDC Peace Liard Region. Read through our business planning sections, put your draft business plan together and then feel free to speak to our business counsellors about your next steps.

Employers across Northeast British Columbia will soon find it easier to hire and retain international talent, thanks to the newly announced Northeast BC Rural Community Immigration Pilot. This federal pilot program positions Northeast BC as a regional hub, with Community Futures Peace Liard (CFPL) and Northern Lights College (NLC) leading a joint partnership to coordinate its implementation.

The purpose of the pilot is to spread the benefits of economic immigration to smaller communities by creating a path to permanent residency for skilled foreign workers who want to live and work in participating regions. Northeast BC has been selected as the only new addition in British Columbia for this round of the program, joining North Okanagan and West Kootenay, which participated in a previous version and are continuing in this round of the program. Under the local pilot program, employers across the Northeast can sponsor newcomers for permanent residency through a streamlined process aimed at addressing the region’s labour market needs.

Any updates will be posted on https://www.facebook.com/CommunityFuturesPeaceLiard/ and on this webpage.