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Work and Settle in Rural Canada: Complete List of Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP) Designated Employers

  • Surjeet Singh
  • May 6, 2025
  • 36 min read

Updated: 2 days ago

Last Updated: March 9,2026


Looking to settle in Canada's welcoming rural communities? The Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP) offers a unique pathway to permanent residence for skilled workers with job offers from designated employers in select Canadian communities.


Since our original blog was published, there have been massive program updates for the 2026 intake year. All participating RCIP communities have now released their designated employer lists, many have shifted to a monthly intake model, and Francophone Community Immigration Pilot (FCIP) lists are officially live.


Map of Canada showing the 14 Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP) locations in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Nova Scotia.
Map of participating Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP) communities across Canada, highlighting rural immigration pathways in six provinces.

Understanding the RCIP Application Process

The RCIP is an employer-driven program where designated employers in participating rural communities can offer positions to skilled foreign workers, leading to permanent residence recommendations. Unlike other immigration programs, candidates cannot apply directly - they must secure employment with designated employers first.

Key Program Features:

  • 14 participating communities across 6 provinces

  • Employer-driven process - job offer required from designated employer

  • Community recommendation leads to LMIA-exempt work permit

  • Pathway to permanent residence through federal application

  • Priority processing for complete applications


ONTARIO RCIP Communities


Ontario leads the RCIP program with 5 participating communities, offering the most opportunities and having the most established programs.


Thunder Bay RCIP Designated Employers

Updated: March 2026 (294 employers)



Thunder Bay added "Manufacturing and Utilities" as a new priority sector in 2026. Fast-food establishments, counter-service restaurants, gas stations, and convenience stores have been officially excluded for 2026. 


Complete Designated Employers List:


  1. (1852075 Ontario Inc.)- Nook (1-271 Bay St. Thunder Bay)

  2. 1164309 Ontario LTD- Furniture Recycle (133 Hardisty St N, Thunder Bay)

  3. 1164354 Ontario Inc- End of the Roll (600 Squier St, Thunder Bay)

  4. 123Dentist Inc. - Current River Family Dental (901 Red River Road, Unit 3, Thunder Bay)

  5. 123dentist.- Oasis Family Dental (501 EDWARD STREET N, Thunder Bay)

  6. 1304914 ΟΝΤARIO INC- Joey's Only Seafood (Unit 140A, 595 west Arthur st, Thunder Bay)

  7. 13428290 Canada Inc- Superior Shores Hotel By Best Western (61 Cumberland Street N, Thunder Bay, ON, P7A 4L7)

  8. 1383781 Ontario Limited- Madhouse Grill (295 Bay Street, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 1R7)

  9. 14194047 CANADA INC.- E.S.S.H.A'S THREADING & BEAUTY STUDIO (2620 Victoria Avenue East, P7C1E7)

  10. 1526404 Ontario Limited - Bakeshop (Shaw Bakeshop) (1181 Golf Links Rd, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 7A3)

  11. 1670729 Ontario Inc - The Power Centre (740 Arthur Street West, Thunder Bay ON P7E 5R9)

  12. 1752581 Ontario Limited- Impact Promotions (1008 Victoria Ave East, Thunder Bay ON P7C 1B6)

  13. 1776603 Ontario Inc- Holiday Inn Express (1041 Carrick Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 6L9)

  14. 1778769 ONTARIO INC - Strasser & Lang (675 Harold Cres Thunder Bay)

  15. 1876118 Ontario Ltd- Makkinga Contracting (570 Squier Place, Thunder Bay, Ontario)

  16. 1902037 Ontario Ltd.- Fort William Curling Club Kitchen (218 Vickers St N, Thunder Bay)

  17. 1928147 Ontario Inc. - Crown & Birch (825 Fort William Rd, Thunder Bay)

  18. 2080061 Ontario Inc.- SkyCare Air Ambulance (304 Hector Dougall Way, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 6M6)

  19. 2269135 Ontario Inc. - Wackys Eat Drink Game On (540 High Street S, Thunder Bay)

  20. 2342555 Ontario Inc. Nurse Next Door (250 Algoma Street South, Thunder Bay)

  21. 2528689 Ontario Inc.- Half-Way Motors Power Sports (1230 Carrick St. Unit A, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5P9)

  22. 2666375 Ontario Limited- Relax Motel (387 Cumberland Street N, Thunder Bay)

  23. 2782588-Terralux General Contractors and Development Limited (820 Gordon Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario)

  24. 2854931 Ontario Inc. - Mobilecare (1000 Fort William Rd, Unit 52B, P7B 6B9, Thunder Bay, Ontario)

  25. 587435 Ontario Inc.- DRD Construction (517 N. Hardisty Street, Thunder Bay)

  26. Ace Automotive (113 Leith Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7C 1M7)

  27. Advantage pharmacy (1165 Barton St, Thunder Bay, Ontario, L6P 1M5)

  28. Ali Davoudpour Dentistry Professional Corporation- Intercity Dental Centre (201-1000 Fort William Rd.)

  29. Allstate Insurance Company of Canada (1186 Memorial Ave. Unit 2B, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5K5)

  30. Animal Welfare Services, Ministry of Solicitor General, Ontario Public Services (189 Red River Rd, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 2T1)

  31. Aroma bliss (36 Cumberland St S Thunder Bay ON P7B 2T5)

  32. Auburn Retailing Ltd.- Canadian Tire 083 Auto Service Centre (939 Fort William Road, Thunder Bay)

  33. Aviation InterTec Services Inc. (Suite 300-100 Princess Street, Thunder Bay)

  34. Barb's Laundromat (242 Brunswick Street North)

  35. Bayshore HealthCare (1260 Golf Link Roads, Suite #103, Thunder Bay)

  36. Baywood Dental (131 East Avenue)

  37. Bennett's Bakery Limited (899 Tungsten St, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6H2)

  38. Best Buy Canada (767 Memorial Avenue Thunder Bay ON P7B3Z7)

  39. Bight Restaurant (2201 Sleeping Giant Parkway)

  40. BNL Contracting Ltd. (174 Munro Street, Thunder Bay)

  41. Bombay One Stop Inc. (2605 Victoria Ave E, Thunder Bay, ON P7C1E8.)

  42. Brain Injury Services of Northern Ontario (426 Balmoral Street)

  43. Breeny's Auto Body (111 Vickers St N Thunder Bay, ON, P7C 4C9)

  44. Budget Blinds Of Thunder Bay (615 A Memorial Ave, THUNDER BAY, P7B3Z3)

  45. C&M Tile and Granites (556 Eleventh Ave. ThunderBay Ontario)

  46. CANADA MICROBLADING INC- Canada Microblading (2817 Arthur St E, Thunder Bay)

  47. Canadian Lakehead Exhibition (425 Northern Avenue, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7C 2V7)

  48. Canadian Tire #34 (1221 ARTHUR STREET W, THUNDER BAY, ON P7K 1A7)

  49. Canadian Tire Store #083 and Party City Store #840 (939 Fort William Road and 341 Main Street)

  50. Canwind Logistics Ltd. (490 Maureen St)

  51. Caribou Restaurant Inc.- Caribou Restaurant + Wine Bar (727 Hewitson St. Thunder Bay)

  52. CAROL'S CAKES (110 Waterloo St S. Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 2C3)

  53. CARS ON ALLOY LTD - MAROSTICA SUBARU (502 SIXTEENTH AVE. THUNDER BAY, ON P7B 2R8)

  54. Chartwell Master Care LP. dba Isabella- Chartwell Isabella Retirement Residence (1350 Isabella St E, Thunder Bay)

  55. Children's Centre Thunder Bay (283 Lisgar Street Thunder Bay, ON P7B6G6)

  56. Chinese Express Restaurant (601 W. Arthur Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 5R6)

  57. Chuck's Roadhouse Bar & Grill (610 Arthur St W, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 5R8)

  58. CJSD Incorporated (Dougall Media) (87 Hill Street North Thunder Bay, ON P7A 5V6)

  59. Clara Industrial Services Limited (1130 Commerce Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 6E9)

  60. Community Clothing Assistance (404 May Street North, Thunder Bay, ON. P7C 3R5.)

  61. Community Living Thunder Bay (1501 Dease St. Thunder Bay, ON P7C 5H3)

  62. Confederation College of Applied Arts & Technology (1450 Nakina Drive, Thunder Bay Ontario P7B 0E5)

  63. COPPOLA HOME (THUNDER BAY) LIMITED- Coppola Contracting (269 Red River Road Thunder Bay Ontario P7B1A9)

  64. Corporate Impressions Ltd.- Mallon's Promotional Products & Clothing (901 Copper Crescent, Thunder Bay)

  65. Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay (500 Donald St. E, Thunder Bay)

  66. Cozy Corner Service Inc. (1460 rosslyn road, Thunder Bay)

  67. CREATIVE THERAPY ASSOCIATES (1-883 TUNGSTEN STREET)

  68. Crossroads Motor Inn Limited- Thunder Bay Crossroads, Motor Inn (655 W. Arthur Street, Thunder Bay)

  69. CSH (Hilldale) Inc.- Chartwell Hilldale Retirement Residence (309 Hilldale Rd, Thunder Bay)

  70. CSH Glacier Ridge Inc- Chartwell Glacier Ridge Retirement Residence (1261 Jasper Drive Thunder Bay)

  71. CSH Select Thunder Bay Inc.- Chartwell Thunder Bay Retirement Residence (770 Arundel St, Thunder Bay)

  72. Curans Heart Centre Corp. (1165 Barton Street, Thunder Bay)

  73. CVH (No.9) - Southbridge Roseview, Southbridge Pinewood, Southbridge Lakehead (99 Shuniah Street)

  74. D.R. FAWCETT SOLUTIONS INC. (255 Farm Road, Neebing, ON)

  75. Days Inn & Suites by Wyndham Thunder Bay (645 Sibley Dr, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6Z8)

  76. DELTA HOTELS (2240 Sleeping Giant Parkway, Thunder Bay ON P7A 0E7)

  77. Denkymax African Food Market & Thunder Bay African Restaurant (59 Court Street N & 220 May Street N)

  78. Dingwell's Machinery & Supply Ltd. (963 Alloy Drive, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5Z8)

  79. Dominion Motors (Thunder Bay-1984) Limited (882 Copper Crescent Thunder Bay P7B6C9)

  80. Domtar - (Resolute Forest Products - Sawmill) (156 Darrel Avenue, thunder bay, ON, P7J1L7)

  81. Donatis Brothers Inc - (Construction) (1141 Barton St)

  82. Done-Rite Imports Inc.- Done-Rite Tires & Auto (1020 Carrick St., Thunder Bay)

  83. Dowhos and Kam Professional Corporation- Grandview Family Dental (570 Red River Rd Unit 3, Thunder Bay)

  84. Dr Morshed Sikder Dentistry Professional Corporation- Victoria Dental Clinic (910 Victoria Ave E, Thunder Bay)

  85. Dr S. Hadi Dentistry Professional Corporation- Serene Dental (400 Balmoral St, Thunder Bay)

  86. Dr. Nawfal Al-Hashimi Dentistry Professional Corporation- Thunder Bay Endodontics (167 Cumberland St N Thunder Bay)

  87. DS Malhi Transport ltd (300 Water Street South, Thunder Bay)

  88. Dulux Paints (784 Memorial ave)

  89. Dutchak Scrap Metal Ltd (705 Hammond Ave, Thunder Bay)

  90. Eco Carbon Foam Inc. (94 Vibert Rd. South, Rosslyn, ON P7K 0E7)

  91. Eddy Lee's Chinese Restaurant (863 Red River Road, Thunder Bay, On, P7B1K3)

  92. Edoardo Veneruz Pharmacy Ltd - Shoppers Drug Mart 677 & 679 (900 E Arthur St & 425 N Edward Street, Thunder Bay)

  93. Edward St. Dental (136 Edward St. South, Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 2G6)

  94. Enterprise Rent-A-Car (727 Memorial Avenue & 1100 Arthur Street West & 100 Princess Street)

  95. Equipment World Inc. (988 Alloy Drive, Thunder Bay)

  96. Five Star Bakery 1982 Ltd. -Five Star Bakery and Dagwoods Bakery and Deli (225 Pacific Ave. and 290 East Brock Street)

  97. FLAWLESS THREADING AND BEAUTY BAR INC (831 May Street North unit 2)

  98. FOUNTAIN TIRE (788 CENTRAL AVENUE, THUNDER BAY, ΟΝ, P7B 6S3)

  99. FRP SYSTEMS LTD. (804 MADDONNELL STREET, THUNDER BAY)

  100. Fun-Tastic Castles (25 Marlborough Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 4G2)

  101. G3 Canada Ltd.- Grain Terminal (200 Darrel Avenue, Thunder Bay)

  102. GardaWorld Security (Unit 206 C-1000 Fort William Rd, Thunder Bay)

  103. Gardewine- Trucking and General Freight Handling (230 Main Street, Thunder Bay P7B 6S4)

  104. Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd. (50 Cumberland St S, Thunder Bay)

  105. George Jeffrey Children's Centre (200 Brock Street East, Thunder Bay)

  106. Gerry's driving academy (270 Windsor Ave, thunder bay, on, p7b1v6)

  107. GFL Environmental Services Inc (26 Haniak Road, Rosslyn)

  108. GOLDEN WOK (106 May St S, THUNDER BAY)

  109. Goose Creek Investments - Neebing Roadhouse (2121 Highway 61, Thunder Bay, ON P7J 1G4)

  110. Great Canadian Oil Change (1160 Memorial Ave. Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5K5)

  111. Green Mantle (4744 Highway 11/17 Kakabecka Falls)

  112. Grenville Wee Wonders Daycare Inc. (313 Grenville Ave. Thunder Bay ON P7A 2B2)

  113. Half-Way Motors (1989) Ltd. - Halfway Motors Nissan (940 Memorial Ave, Thunder Bay)

  114. Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Thunder Bay (760 Arthur Street West, Thunder Bay ON P7E 5R9)

  115. HARBOURVIEW HEALTH FACILITY LTD.- Agent for Dr. Lawrence D. Watral, Dentist (1221 E. Victoria Avenue Thunder Bay)

  116. HC Transport Inc (16 Twin City Crossroads)

  117. HILL STREET FINANCIAL SERVICES (DOUGALL MEDIA) (87 Hill Street North Thunder Bay, ON P7A 5V6)

  118. HILLCREST NEIGHBOUR VILLAGE INC (96 HIGH STREET NORTH, THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO - P7A 5R3)

  119. Home Ec. Restaurant Group (Tomlin) (28 Cumberland St, Thunder Bay)

  120. Home2 Suites by Hilton Thunder Bay (740 Arthur Street West, Thunder Bay ON P7E 5R9)

  121. Howard Johnson by Wyndham Thunder Bay (686 Memorial Ave, Thunder Bay ON, P7B 3Z5)

  122. HPG (231 Red River Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B1A7)

  123. Inspired Cabinetry & Granite Inc (146 Gore St West, Thunder bay, Ontario, P7E3V9)

  124. Jaclyn Ritson Pharmacy Limited- Shoppers Drug Mart (300 Memorial Avenue Thunder Bay ON P7B0Y2)

  125. Jennifer Sullivan Psychology Professional Corporation- Sullivan + Associates Clinical Psychology (960 Alloy Drive, Thunder Bay)

  126. JF Cleaning and Protection Inc. (376 Memorial Ave., Thunder Bay, ON P7B 3ҮЗ)

  127. JKS Enterprises - DIAMOND TAXI (113 Leith Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7C 1M7)

  128. Jones Insurance (521 Memorial Avenue Thunder Bay, ON P7B3Y6)

  129. Kal Tire (590 CENTRAL AVE THUNDER BAY ON P7B 6B2)

  130. Ka-Na-Chi-Hih Healing Lodge (920 Tungsten Street, Thunder Bay ON P7B 5Z6)

  131. KAREN BEAUCHAMP PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION (105-920 TUNGSTEN STREET, THUNDER BAY)

  132. Karen Hill Personal Real Estate Corp -Karen Hill Realty (1002-715 Hewitson St Thunder Bay)

  133. KASPER BUS LINES (1947 Memorial Ave)

  134. Kavuru's Indian Bistro (250 RedRiver road, Thunder bay, Ontario, P7B 1A6)

  135. Kelly's Nutrition Centre (820 Red River Road, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B1K2)

  136. KELSEYS Original Roadhouse (805 Memorial Ave., Thunder Bay ON P7B 3Z7)

  137. Kinderplace Childcare Centre Inc (1000 Huron Ave. Thunder Bay)

  138. Kingsway Inn Motel (345 Kingsway Thunder Bay On. P7E 2A6)

  139. Lakehead District School Board (2135 Sills St. Thunder Bay, ON P7E5T2)

  140. Lakehead Freightways Inc. (161 Main Street, Thunder Bay)

  141. Lakehead Roofing & Metal Cladding Ltd. (1190 Russell Street)

  142. Lakehead University (955 Oliver Rd, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 5E1)

  143. Lakehead University Student Union (SC0001-955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay)

  144. LAND OF SPICES (707 Memorial Avenue, Unit 1, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 3Z7)

  145. Landmark Inn Limited Partnership (1010 Dawson Rd)

  146. Laurence Management Group Ltd. (350 County Blvd, Thunder Bay, ON P7A 7P5)

  147. LifeLabs LP (1040 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay)

  148. Little George's Child Care Centre (110 Sherbrooke Street, Thunder Bay ON)

  149. Little Lions Child and Family Centre (211 Clarke St., Thunder Bay, ON P7A 2M1)

  150. Lowerys, Limited (540 Central Avenue, Thunder Bay, ON. P7B 6B4)

  151. M Builds - General Contractors (955 Cobalt Crescent Thunder Bay, ON P8N 2X4)

  152. Mahmowenchike Family Development Centre (150 Redwood Avenue West, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7C 1Z6)

  153. Mahon Electric Company Limited (635 MOUNTDALE AVE, THUNDER BAY, ON P7E 6E5)

  154. Maintair Aviation (305 Hector Dougall Way, Thunder Bay ON)

  155. MALTESE GROCERY LTD (301 Pearl Street)

  156. Mario's Bowl (710 Memorial Avenue)

  157. Marnics (910 Memorial Ave, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B3Z9)

  158. Matawa First Nations Management (200 N Lillie st, Thunder Bay)

  159. Maverick AV (1543 Arthur St East Thunder Bay ON P7E5N5)

  160. Medical Diagnostics & Consulting (1-820 Red River Road)

  161. Memorial Avenue Dentistry (790 Memorial Avenue, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 3Z8)

  162. Mid-Canada Truck Services Inc. - Maxim Truck & Trailer (125 Conservation Road Thunder Bay ON P7B 7A4)

  163. Mike's Roadhouse (1021 Carrick Street)

  164. mileage auto plus (230 simpson street)

  165. MNP (1205 Amber Drive, Suite 210, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6M4)

  166. MobileKlinik (1000 Fort William Road, Thunder Bay Ontario P7B6B9)

  167. Modstruct Inc (1820 Bailey Ave, Thunder Bay ON, P7E 6P7)

  168. Mongo's Grill (1075 Memorial Ave)

  169. Monsoon Tandoor Fresh (588 Arthur street west unit 4 Thunder Bay ON P7E 5R7 Canada)

  170. Montana's BBQ & Bar (615 Sibley Drive, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6Z8)

  171. Motion LP (1154 Roland St, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5M4)

  172. Nanabijou Childcare Centre (965 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 5E1)

  173. Narvi's Auto Service (918 Alloy Drive, Thunder Bay)

  174. Nature's Nest Preschool & Childcare Centre (264 Wilson St Thunder Bay, ON P7B 1M9)

  175. Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (100 Little Lake Road, Suite 101 Fort William First Nation, ON P7J 0L2)

  176. Nordex Contracting Inc (1249 Rosslyn Rd)

  177. Norteños Taqueria / Norteños Cantina (698 Arthur St W / 235 Red River Rd)

  178. North Country Premium Sausage (319 EUCLID AVE, THUNDER BAY)

  179. North Star Air (1480 Walsh Street West Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6H6)

  180. NORTHERN TURF EQUIPMENT (710B Balmoral St, Thunder Bay, ON P7C 5V3)

  181. NorthWind Family Ministries (141 May St S, Thunder Bay)

  182. NORWEST COMMUNITY HEALTH (525 Simpson Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7C 3J6)

  183. NovaCare Health and Wellness Center (1600 Dease street, Thunder Bay, Ont. P7C5H4)

  184. Odena Foods (4751 Hwy 11-17 Kakabeka Falls, Ontario)

  185. Open-Mind Interiors Ltd (151 Brock St W, Thunder Bay)

  186. OPS official Parcel Service (870 Tungsten Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B6J3, Canada)

  187. OPTIONS NORTHWEST (95 N. Cumberland St. Thunder Bay, ON P7A 4M1)

  188. Oshki Pimache O Win Education and Training Institute (106 Centennial Sq. 2nd floor Thunder Bay)

  189. Our Kids Count (704 McKenzie St, Thunder Bay, Ontaro, P7C 3L4)

  190. ParaMed Home Health Care (91 Cumberland Street South, Suite 200, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6A7)

  191. Parklane Homes (930 Neebing Avenue)

  192. Payroll Xpress Limited (1085 Carrick Street, Thunder Bay ON P7B6L9)

  193. Performance Kia (1150 Central Ave)

  194. Pho Umami Inc (845 May St. N. Thunder Bay, ON)

  195. Pioneer Construction Inc. (1344 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay)

  196. Prince Arthur Waterfront Hotel (17 N Cumberland Street Thunder Bay, ON)

  197. Punjaabi Indian Cuisine (1186 Memorial Avenue, Unit 10, Thunder Bay ON P7B5K5)

  198. Quadera Property Management (3-2612 Victoria Ave E, Thunder Bay, ON, P7C 1E7)

  199. QUICK REPAIR SERVICES INC. (300 WATER STREET, THUNDER BAY, ON)

  200. Ranta Contracting Inc. (1191 Balsam Street Thunder Bay Ont P7G 1Y3)

  201. RAS Maintenance Services (334 Cumberland St. Thunder Bay)

  202. RD CAP INC. - Beaux Daddy's (1575, HWY 61, THUNDER BAY)

  203. Red River Dental (777 Red River Road)

  204. Redwood Park Church (2609 Redwood Avenue E, Thunder Bay, ON P7C 1Y9)

  205. Renewable Forest Products (3144 Arthur St West)

  206. RJ Concrete (1696 Melbourne Road, Thunder Bay)

  207. RLP Security Services Ltd. (1265 Arthur Street East Suite #706, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 6E7)

  208. Robert Roukema - Almada Upholstery (414 May Street North, Thunder Bay)

  209. Roots Community Food Centre (450 Fort William Road, Thunder Bay ON P7B 2Z6)

  210. Royal Paan (1186 Memorial Avenue, Unit 10, Thunder Bay ON P7B5K5)

  211. RUGGEDAIR INDUSTRIES LTD (710 NORAH CRES THUNDER BAY)

  212. S&A Thunder Bay Airlane Inc. -Ramada Thunder Bay (698 Arthur Street West, Thunder Bay, ON P7E 5R8)

  213. S&A Thunder Bay TL Inc.- Travelodge by Wyndham, Thunder Bay (450 Memorial Avenue, Thunder Bay)

  214. S.R.C Coating Systems (525 Cumberland St Unit #2 Thunder Bay, ON P7A 4S2)

  215. Safeway (115 Arthur Street W & 1015 Dawson Rd)

  216. Schoolhouse Playcare Centre of Lakehead Inc. (130 Churchill Dr. W, Thunder Bay, ON p7C 1V5)

  217. Scott Family Dental (276 Park Ave, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 1C5)

  218. Seler Restaurant & Wine (555 Dunlop St Thunder Bay Ontario P7B 6S1)

  219. SHELTER HOUSE (420 George St Thunder Bay ON, P7E 5Y8)

  220. Shoppers Drug Mart #1525 (Red River) (901 Red River Road Thunder Bay Ontario P7B 1K3)

  221. SHOPPERS DRUG MART #680 (1186 MEMORIAL AVE THUNDER BAY ON P7B5K5)

  222. Shoppers Drug Mart 681 and Shoppers Drug Mart 1312 (194 N. Court St & 572 Arthur St W)

  223. Sierra Builders (555 central ave Thunder Bay on)

  224. Silver Hotels (YQT North) Inc - Days Inn by Wyndham Thunder Bay North (1250 Golf Links Rd, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 0A1)

  225. SJ DRIVING ACADEMY INC. (406 Westview Place, Thunder bay)

  226. Skaf's Just Basics (470 Hodder Ave, Thunder Bay, ON, P7A 7X5)

  227. Sky Fill Aviation Refueling Inc. (316 hector dougall way, Thunder Bay)

  228. Sleep Country Canada Inc. (389 MAIN STREET, UNIT B2, THUNDER BAY, ON, P7B 3A6)

  229. Sleeping Giant Brewing Co (712 Macdonell Street, Thunder Bay ON Canada)

  230. Smart Modular Canada (24 Haniak Rd. Thunder Bay)

  231. Sovereign Dental (911 Fort William Rd #3 & 1101 Arthur St W)

  232. Spadoni Leasing Limited (450 Sifton Ave Thunder Bay On P7E6M2)

  233. SRL Contracting Corp. (105 May St N Unit 7, Thunder Bay, ON P7C 3N9)

  234. SRS WINDOWS AND DOORS INC (936 Tungsten Street, Thunder Bay)

  235. St. Joseph's Care Group (35 Algoma Street North, Thunder Bay)

  236. Stacy Tabachak/ S&H Confections- Flossed Out (1000 Fort William Road, Unit 24, Thunder Bay)

  237. Step By Step Child Care Centres (2118 Arthur St E & 141 Bayberry Cr)

  238. Super 8 by Wyndham (439 Memorial Ave. Thunder Bay, ON, CA P7B 3Y6)

  239. Superior Foods (1090 Lithium Drive, Thunder Bay)

  240. Superior Hyundai (1142 Alloy Drive, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6M9)

  241. Superior Janitorial (196 Evans St. Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5J7)

  242. Superior Screen Printing (115 N. Cumberland Street)

  243. SUPERIOR SHERCOR LIMITED - MR. LUBE (645 ARTHUR STREET WEST, THUNDER BAY)

  244. Superior Shores Gaming Association (435 Memorial Ave.)

  245. Sushi Station (280 Algoma st.s Thunder Bay ON, CA P7B3C2)

  246. Swartz Fine Fashions (148 Frederica St. West)

  247. Sysco Thunder Bay (840 McKellar St N, Thunder Bay)

  248. T BAY ULTRASOUND (1265 ARTHUR STREET EAST, SUITE 407, THUNDER BAY)

  249. Tara Labate Pharmacy LTD.- Shoppers Drug Mart #678 (640 River St, Thunder Bay)

  250. Taranis Contracting Group Ltd (1473 Rosslyn Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6W1)

  251. Taylor Made Construction (Suite 6,105 May Street North, Thunder Bay)

  252. TbayPost (Dougall Media) (87 Hill Street North Thunder Bay, ON P7A 5V6)

  253. Teleco (1218 Amber Drive, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 6M5)

  254. Termax Service Group Inc (782 Macdonell Street, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada)

  255. THE BRICK (869 Fort William Rd. Thunder Bay, ON P7B 0A9)

  256. The Courthouse Hotel, Thunder Bay (277 Camelot St., Thunder Bay, ON P7A 4B3)

  257. The Industry Social House (782 Macdonell St Thunder Bay ON P7B 4A6)

  258. The Lakehead Motors (951 Memorial Ave. Thunder Bay, ON P7B 4A1)

  259. The Salvation Army - Journey to Life Centre (545 Cumberland St. N., Thunder Bay, ON P7A 4S2)

  260. The Superior Inn Hotel & Conference Centre (555 West Arthur Street Thunder Bay, ON Canada P7E 5R5)

  261. THE UPS STORE 096 (1100 MEMORIAL AVE)

  262. Thriftys Inc (2005) (1000 Fort William Road Unit #B7/8)

  263. Thunder Apple North Inc.- Applebees (1155 Alloy Drive, Thunder Bay, ON P7B6M8)

  264. Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board (459 Victoria Ave W Thunder Bay ON P7C 0A4)

  265. Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce (34 Cumberland St N, Suite 702, Thunder Bay)

  266. Thunder Bay Counselling (544 Winnipeg Ave Thunder Bay ON P7B 3S7)

  267. Thunder Bay Electronics (87 Hill Street North Thunder Bay, ON P7A 5V6)

  268. Thunder Bay Elite Soccer Inc. (535 Chapples Park Drive, Thunder Bay)

  269. Thunder Bay Husky Travel Centre (1120 Alloy Dr, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B6C5)

  270. Thunder Bay Hydraulics (701 Montreal St. Thunder Bay)

  271. Thunder Bay Mitsubishi (872 Copper Crescent Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6C9)

  272. Thunder Bay Multi Trades Inc. (1520 Edward St S. Thunder Bay)

  273. Thunder Bay Naturopathic Clinic (219 Algoma Street South, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 3C3, CA)

  274. Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (980 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay)

  275. THUNDERMAPLE ASIAN FOOD CO,. (777 Memorial Ave & 1450 Nakina Dr.)

  276. TINA'S BREAKFAST AND LUNCH (1170 Memorial Ave, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5K5)

  277. Tom Jones Corporation (560 Squier Place, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 6M2)

  278. Toromont Cat (620 Beaverhall Pl, Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6G9)

  279. U2Fastener (100 Main Street, Keefer Terminal, Suite 500, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6R9)

  280. Unitized Manufacturing (2020Ltd.) (676 Squier St. Thunder Bay)

  281. Used Car Superstore (819 Fort William Road Thunder Bay, ON P7B 3A4)

  282. Valhalla Hotel & Conference Centre (1 Valhalla Inn Road, Thunder Bay ON P7E 6J1)

  283. Vanderwees Garden Gallery (6488 Mapleward Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7G2J9)

  284. Vedic Cultural Centre, Thunder Bay (1600 Dease Street, Thunder Bay, P7C5H4)

  285. Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada - VON Canada (1265 Arthur St E Suite 600, Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6E7)

  286. VP'S CLEANING SERVICE (UNIT B, 217 ALGOMA ST S, THUNDER BAY, ON, P7B 3C3)

  287. Walid Shabana Medicine Professional Corporation- Superior Urology Clinic (146 Court St S, Thunder Bay)

  288. WASABI RESTAURANT (538 ARTHUR ST WEST, THUNDER BAY ONTARIO P7E 5R5)

  289. Wasaya Airways (201 Kelner Place, Thunder Bay)

  290. WAYNE TOYOTA (787 CENTRAL AVE, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6S3)

  291. WESTFORT FAMILY DENTAL (124 FREDERICA STREET EAST, THUNDER BAY, P7E3V5, ON)

  292. Woking Bird Restaurant (425 Edward St N (unit 5). Thunder Bay Ontario, Canada. P7C 4P7)

  293. YM Inc. (Ventes) - Thriftys Inc (2005) (1000 Fort William Road Unit #B7/8)

  294. YM, Inc (Sales)- Urban Kids (1000 Fort William Road Unit #49A Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6B9)



Timmins RCIP and FCIP Designated Employers

Updated: March 2026 (119 employers)


Updated for 2026. Timmins added "Manufacturing and Utilities" as a new priority sector.



Complete Designated Employers List by Sector:


Health Sector :

  1. Anson General Hospital

  2. Bingham Memorial Hospital

  3. Blanche River Health

  4. Teck Pioneer Residence

  5. Extendicare (Haileybury, Kapuskasing, Kirkland Lake, Timmins)

  6. Northdale Manor

  7. Notre-Dame Hospital

  8. Northview Nursing Home

  9. Seizure & Brain Injury Centre

  10. St. Mary's Gardens GP Inc.

  11. Lady Minto Hospital

  12. Moonbeam Retirement Residence

  13. Timmins and District Hospital

  14. The Walford Timmins

  15. CarePartners (Not hiring)

  16. Foyer des Pionniers (Not hiring)

  17. North Centennial Manor (Not hiring)

  18. Sensenbrenner Hospital (Not hiring)

  19. Lasalle Retirement Residence (Not hiring)

  20. Smooth Rock Falls Hospital (Not hiring)

  21. Spruce Hill Lodge (Not hiring)

  22. Timmins Animal Hospital (Not hiring)


Education & Social Services

23. AFESEO

24. Cochrane District Services Board

25. Cochrane Temiskaming Resource Centre

26. College Boreal

27. Conseil scolaire catholique des Grandes Rivières

28. City of Timmins

29. Friends Forever Childcare Centre

30. Intégration Communautaire de Hearst

31. Kunuwanimano Child and Family Services

32. La Garderie Francofleur et Miel

33. Living Space

34. Northeastern Catholic District School Board

35. Stork's Child Care Centre

36. Timmins & Area Women in Crisis

37. Wakenagun Youth Healing Lodge

38. YMCA

39. Anti-Hunger Coalition (Not hiring)

40. Timiskaming Childcare (Not hiring)

41. Community Living Timmins (Not hiring)

42. Keepers of the Circle (Not hiring)

43. Kiddies Korner (Not hiring)

44. La Mosaic (Not hiring)

45. Little Saplings (Not hiring)

46. Precious Children (Not hiring)


Trades, Transport & Manufacturing

47. 90 Degree Designs

48. Acces Industrial

49. Boudreau Automotive

50. Canadian Tire

51. CJ Equipment

52. Chenier Motors

53. Crawford Mechanical

54. Custom Concrete

55. Epitron Inc

56. First Class Construction

57. Fountain Tire

58. Gardewine

59. GLF Environmental

60. G&S Enterprises

61. Joelle's Technical

62. Martin Roy Transport

63. Matheson Chrysler

64. MWB Contracting

65. Northern Equipment Services

66. Northwind Transport

67. Nor-Arc Steel

68. OK Tire

69. Rubino Trucking

70. Rush Truck Centres

71. The Bucket Shop

72. TIME Limited

73. Timmins Hyundai

74. Timmins Nissan

75. Timmins Towing

76. Paul Davis Timmins

77. Rick's Welding

78. Serge G&D Repair

79. Tire 21 Ltd

80. Val Albert Motors

81. Viacore Solution

82. Wilson Chevrolet

83. Wilson Ford

84. Dark Enterprise (Not hiring)

85. 360 Services (Not hiring)

86. Caron Equipment (Not hiring)

87. Dumoulin Trucking (Not hiring)

88. The Miller Group (Not hiring)

89. Toromont Cat (Not hiring)

90. Provost Roofing (Not hiring)

91. Pepco (Not hiring)

92. SRF Mechanical (Not hiring)


Natural Resources, Agriculture & Finance

93. Actlabs

94. Agnico Eagle

95. Alamos Gold

96. Columbia Forest Products

97. Bureau Veritas

98. Discovery Silver

99. EV Nickel

100. Fermes Sansoucy (FCIP)

101. Glencore Kidd Operations

102. Gowest Gold

103. Green first Forest Products

104. Hancon Mining

105. Lake Shore Gold

106. Orbit Garant

107. Dumas Contracting

108. Magris Talc

109. Millson Forestry

110. MSALABS

111. Northern Mining Analytical Lab

112. Eclipse Financial

113. ICS Lumber (Not hiring)

114. Northern Sun Mining (Not hiring)


Business, Finance and Administration:

115. Bookkeeping by Sherrill (Not hiring)

116. Caisse Alliance (Not hiring)

117. MNP (Not hiring)

118. Scotiabank (Not hiring)

119. St. Cyr (Not hiring)

120.Eclipse Financial


Timmins FCIP Designated Employers

The following employers are officially designated under the Francophone Community Immigration Pilot (FCIP) for the Timmins region.

  1. AFESEO (RCIP/FCIP)

  2. Caisse Alliance (Not hiring) (RCIP/FCIP)

  3. College Boreal (RCIP/FCIP)

  4. Columbia Forest Products (FCIP)

  5. Corporation of The City of Timmins (RCIP/FCIP)

  6. Extendicare (Timmins) (RCIP/FCIP)

  7. Fermes Sansoucy Ltee (FCIP)

  8. First Class Construction Inc. (RCIP/FCIP)

  9. Foyer des Pionniers (Not hiring) (RCIP/FCIP)

  10. Intégration Communautaire de Hearst (RCIP/FCIP)

  11. La Garderie Francofleur et Miel (RCIP/FCIP)

  12. North Centennial Manor (Not hiring) (RCIP/FCIP)

  13. Northern Equipment Services Inc. (RCIP/FCIP)

  14. Northwind Transport Ltd. (RCIP/FCIP)

  15. Serge G&D Repair Inc. (RCIP/FCIP)

  16. Val Albert Motors (FCIP)


North Bay RCIP Designated Employers

Updated: March 2026 (180+ employers)


Updated for 2026. North Bay added "Natural and Applied Sciences" as a priority sector but has completely excluded all fast food and retail occupations. Out of 186 designated employers, many are currently marked as "Not Hiring" for RCIP purposes.


Below are the ONLY employers currently actively hiring:

  1. Customization Depot (Sales and Service)

  2. Ed Seguin & Sons Trucking and Paving Ltd (Trades/Transport)

  3. North Bay Endodontics (Health)

  4. Ontario Northland (Trades/Transport)


    Below is the complete, comprehensive list of all employers designated under the North Bay RCIP:


  5. 15615500 Canada Inc (Not Hiring)

  6. 2795249 Ontario Inc (Not Hiring)

  7. AIDS Committee of North Bay & Area (Not Hiring)

  8. Alex McKillop Tax Ltd (Not Hiring)

  9. Algonquin Nursing Home (Not Hiring)

  10. Almaguin Highlands Community Living (Not Hiring)

  11. Apex Contractor and Developer (Not Hiring)

  12. Bakke's Trucking Ltd (Not Hiring)

  13. Barclay House Retirement Residence (Not Hiring)

  14. Bay Builders (Not Hiring)

  15. Bay Glass Contracting (Not Hiring)

  16. Bay Roofing & Exteriors (Not Hiring)

  17. Bayland Property Management (Not Hiring)

  18. Beef n Brand (Not Hiring)

  19. Bella Terra Stone (Not Hiring)

  20. Best Value Inn & Suites (Not Hiring)

  21. Best Western North Bay (Not Hiring)

  22. Beyond Sushi (Not Hiring)

  23. BO-Mark Motel (Not Hiring)

  24. Boart Longyear (Not Hiring)

  25. Bonfield Pharmacy (Not Hiring)

  26. Burger World (Algonquin location) (Not Hiring)

  27. Burger World (Hammond location) (Not Hiring)

  28. Callander Bay Dental (Not Hiring)

  29. Canadian Mental Health Association (Not Hiring)

  30. Canadian Shield Health Care Services Inc (Not Hiring)

  31. Canadian Tire (Parry Sound) (Not Hiring)

  32. CarePartners (Not Hiring)

  33. Casey's Bar & Grill (Not Hiring)

  34. Cash Money (Not Hiring)

  35. Cassellholme (Not Hiring)

  36. Cementation (Not Hiring)

  37. Centennial Contracting Ltd (Not Hiring)

  38. City of North Bay (Not Hiring)

  39. Closing the Gap Healthcare (Not Hiring)

  40. Comfort Inn North Bay (O'Brien location) (Not Hiring)

  41. Community Living North Bay (Not Hiring)

  42. Contrans Corp (Not Hiring)

  43. CRC Solutions (Not Hiring)

  44. Crisis Centre North Bay (Not Hiring)

  45. Critchley Hill Architecture Inc (Not Hiring)

  46. Crofter's Food Ltd (Not Hiring)

  47. Dawson Dental (Not Hiring)

  48. Days Inn & Suites (Not Hiring)

  49. Degagne Group (Not Hiring)

  50. Dentistry on Airport (Not Hiring)

  51. Dentistry on Worthington (Not Hiring)

  52. Designed Roofing Inc (Not Hiring)

  53. Dev Infotech (Not Hiring)

  54. DGS Distribution (Not Hiring)

  55. DKO Development Corporation (Not Hiring)

  56. Doane Grant Thornton LLP (Not Hiring)

  57. Dr. Karim Dentistry (Not Hiring)

  58. Drillco Mining and Exploration (Not Hiring)

  59. Eagle Stone Builders Inc (Not Hiring)

  60. Eastholme, Home for the Aged (Not Hiring)

  61. Ehren Homes Construction (Not Hiring)

  62. Employment North (South River) (Not Hiring)

  63. Fabrene Inc (Not Hiring)

  64. Fairfield by Marriott (Not Hiring)

  65. Fastenal Company (Not Hiring)

  66. Fern's Heating Inc (Not Hiring)

  67. Franklin Motel (Not Hiring)

  68. Freelandt Caldwell Reilly LLP (Not Hiring)

  69. Friends Forever Childcare Centre (Not Hiring)

  70. Fur Harvester's Auction Inc (Not Hiring)

  71. Future Tech (Not Hiring)

  72. Giuliano's Garden Inc (Not Hiring)

  73. Goulard Lumber (1971) Ltd (Not Hiring)

  74. Green Vision Developments (Not Hiring)

  75. Hampton Inn by Hilton North Bay (Not Hiring)

  76. Holiday Inn Express and Suites North Bay (Not Hiring)

  77. Homewood Suites by NOA Hospitality (Not Hiring)

  78. Hope Awaits Ministries (Not Hiring)

  79. Hoss Notarkesh Executive Business Coaching (Not Hiring)

  80. Industrial Plastics Canada (IPC) (Not Hiring)

  81. ion8 (Not Hiring)

  82. ITPS Canada (Not Hiring)

  83. Jet Street Auto (Not Hiring)

  84. Kalvin Brown Pharmasave (Not Hiring)

  85. Karis Disability Services (Not Hiring)

  86. Kendall Sinclair Cowper and Daigle LLP (Not Hiring)

  87. Knights Inn North Bay (Not Hiring)

  88. Kropf Industrial Inc (Not Hiring)

  89. Krown Rust Control (Not Hiring)

  90. Lakeland Long Term Care (Not Hiring)

  91. Lakeshore Dental Care (Not Hiring)

  92. Lakeshore Suites (Not Hiring)

  93. Le Voyageur Inn (Not Hiring)

  94. Les Compagnons des Francs Loisirs (Not Hiring)

  95. Lincoln Motel (Not Hiring)

  96. LN Figures (Not Hiring)

  97. Marigold Restaurant (Not Hiring)

  98. Marina Point Village (Not Hiring)

  99. Matchpro Services Limited (Not Hiring)

  100. Mattawa Child Care Centre (Not Hiring)

  101. McLaren Security (Not Hiring)

  102. Metro Pharmacy (Not Hiring)

  103. Miller Technology Incorporated (Not Hiring)

  104. Mincon (Not Hiring)

  105. Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (Not Hiring)

  106. Ministry of Public & Business Service Delivery and Procurement (Not Hiring)

  107. Montessori Children's House (Not Hiring)

  108. MP Bookkeeping (Not Hiring)

  109. Municipality of Temagami (Not Hiring)

  110. Near North District School Board (Not Hiring)

  111. Near North Lab Inc (Not Hiring)

  112. Neddy's Auto Care Limited (Not Hiring)

  113. NEFAF Inc (Not Hiring)

  114. Nipissing Healthcare Inc (Not Hiring)

  115. Nipissing Siding & Windows Ltd (Not Hiring)

  116. Nipissing University (Not Hiring)

  117. Nordic Minesteel Technologies (Not Hiring)

  118. North Bay Computer Services (Not Hiring)

  119. North Bay Daycare and Learning Centre (Not Hiring)

  120. North Bay Guardian Pharmacy (Not Hiring)

  121. North Bay Indigenous Hub (Not Hiring)

  122. North Bay Life Care Pharmacy (Not Hiring)

  123. North Bay Military Family Resource Centre (Little Wings Childcare Centre) (Not Hiring)

  124. North Bay Mitsubishi (Not Hiring)

  125. North Bay Oral Surgery (Not Hiring)

  126. North Bay Regional Health Centre (Not Hiring)

  127. North Bay Regional Pharmacy (Not Hiring)

  128. North Care Dental Clinic (Not Hiring)

  129. Northeastern Ontario Multicultural Centre (Not Hiring)

  130. Northern Dental Specialty Group (Not Hiring)

  131. Northern Honda (Not Hiring)

  132. Nova Stone (Not Hiring)

  133. OCP Construction Supplies Inc (Not Hiring)

  134. Ontario Insurance Network (Not Hiring)

  135. ParaMed Home Health Care (Not Hiring)

  136. Parkway Contracting (Not Hiring)

  137. PHARA (Not Hiring)

  138. Pilot Diamond Tools (Not Hiring)

  139. Pioneer Construction Inc (Not Hiring)

  140. Pizza Hut (Sturgeon Falls location) (Not Hiring)

  141. PosPro Financial (Not Hiring)

  142. Premier Mining Products (Not Hiring)

  143. Quality Inn (North Bay) (Not Hiring)

  144. Quantum Lifecyle Partners (Not Hiring)

  145. Queen Street Family Dentistry (Not Hiring)

  146. Rahnmet (Not Hiring)

  147. Ramada Pinewood Park Resort (Not Hiring)

  148. Redpath Canada Limited (Not Hiring)

  149. Revival Timberworks (Not Hiring)

  150. Scotiabank (Not Hiring)

  151. Securiguard (Not Hiring)

  152. Shoppers Drug Mart (Josephine location) (Not Hiring)

  153. Shoppers Drug Mart (Lakeshore location) (Not Hiring)

  154. Sienna Senior Living (Not Hiring)

  155. Sonnet Windows && Doors Manufacturing Inc (Not Hiring)

  156. Source For Sports North Bay (Not Hiring)

  157. Spices Village (Not Hiring)

  158. Sto and Go 24/7 Self Storage (Not Hiring)

  159. Stockfish Ford (Not Hiring)

  160. Sunrise Inn (Not Hiring)

  161. Super 8 Hotel (Not Hiring)

  162. Syl's Neighbourhood Kitchen (Not Hiring)

  163. Symetrics (Not Hiring)

  164. TCM Produce (Not Hiring)

  165. Ted Boyes & Sons Construction Ltd (Not Hiring)

  166. The Ironworker (Not Hiring)

  167. The Lindsay Weld Centre (Not Hiring)

  168. The Northridge Inn & Resort (Not Hiring)

  169. The Sister's of St Joseph Sault Ste Marie (Not Hiring)

  170. Tourism North Bay (Not Hiring)

  171. Travelodge (Not Hiring)

  172. Valois Motel & Restaurant (Not Hiring)

  173. Velvish Corporation (Not Hiring)

  174. Village of South River (Not Hiring)

  175. VON Canada (Not Hiring)

  176. Voyageur Aviation (Not Hiring)

  177. VS Bookkeeping & Consulting Ltd (Not Hiring)

  178. West Ferris Day Nursery (Not Hiring)

  179. West Nipissing General Hospital (Not Hiring)

  180. West Parry Sound Health Centre (Not Hiring)

  181. WhisBay Traders (Not Hiring)

  182. Wossco Diesel Power Truck Centre (Not Hiring)

  183. Yes Employment Services (Nipissing) (Not Hiring)

  184. YMCA of Northeastern Ontario (Not Hiring)

  185. Yokohama Tires (Not Hiring)

  186. Young Forestry Services (Not Hiring)



Sault Ste. Marie RCIP Designated Employers

Released: March 2026 (120+ employers - All employers listed)


Updated for 2026. Sault Ste. Marie has dropped "Sales and Service" from its priority sectors list for 2026. The city has added "Natural and applied sciences" and "Business, finance and administration" as new priorities.




Major Designated Employers by Sector:


Natural and Applied Sciences

  1. SAULT AREA HOSPITAL

  2. F. J. DAVEY HOME

  3. PARA MED

  4. EXTENDICARE VAN DAELE

  5. ALGOMA FAMILY SERVICES

  6. CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION

  7. WAABINONG HEAD START FAMILY CENTER

  8. COMMUNITY LIVING ALGOMA

  9. WATERFRONT CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC.

  10. THE ONTARIO FINNISH RESTHOME ASSOCIATION

  11. ARCH HOSPICE

  12. HAND IN HAND DAYCARE

  13. ADULT & YOUTH ENRICHMENT CENTER

  14. GREAT LAKES CLINIC

  15. CAMBRIAN DENTAL CENTER

  16. ABLESON VETERINARY SERVICES

  17. SUPERIOR VISION CARE

  18. BAY DENTAL

  19. ALZHEIMER SOCIETY SAULT STE. MARIE

  20. HURON SUPERIOR CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

  21. KEN BROWN RECOVERY HOME

  22. GROUP HEALTH CENTRE

  23. PHARMASAVE ADEL PHARMACY

  24. MEADOW PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOL (Not currently hiring)

  25. CHILD CARE ALGOMA (Not currently hiring)

  26. PIM STREET DENTAL (Not currently hiring)


Industrial, Trades & Construction:

27. ALGOMA TUBES INC

28. NORTHERN POWER TRAIN

29. CHINA STEEL INC

30. JD AERO TECHNICAL INC

31. OTR ENGINEERED SOLUTION

32. VIACORE

33. NORQUAY ENGINEER LTD

34. RF CONTRACTING INC.

35. PURVIS MARINE LIMITED

36. KC's ROOFING

37. ONOFRIO TOP SHOP

38. S&T GROUP INC

39. AES SOLAR

40. AJ POSITANO PAVING

41. CITY STAR ROOFERS INC.

42. SIS MANUFACTURING

43. RECTOR MACHINE WORKS

44. RAKER

45. BONIFERRO MILL WORKS INC.

46. DREAM STAIRS

47. ALPINE NORTH

48. MIKE MOORE CONSTRUCTION LTD

49. GLASS EMPLOYEES

50. LAKEWAY TRUCK CENTER LTD.

51. RSG CONTRACTING

52. INSIDE OUT CONTRACTING

53. PIONEER CONSTRUCTION

54. APR WELDING AND CONTRACTING

55. NORQUAY TRUSSES

56. HENGST FILTRATION CANADA INC.

57. TMS TRUCK CENTER LTD.

58. TRIMOUNT CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC.

59. SLING CHOKER (Not currently hiring)

60. TOTAL PRECISION SURVEYING (Not currently hiring)

61. AVERY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED (Not currently hiring)

62. FIRST GENERAL (Not currently hiring)


Hospitality, Business & Retail

63. SAULT STE. MARIE YMCA

64. CHUCK'S ROADHOUSE BAR AND GRILL

65. EXTENDICARE MAPLEVIEW

66. MONTANAS

67. Gateway Casinos & Entertainment LTD

68. PHO MAX

69. NORTHEAST REGIONAL SECURITY SERVICES LTD

70. LIL'S ASIAN CUISINE

71. LA ANH

72. SWISS CHALET

73. FAIRFIELD MARRIOT

74. QUALITY INN & SUITES

75. SAULT COMMUNITY CAREER CENTER

76. SAULT NISSAN

77. WATER TOWER INN

78. UNCLE GINO'S CAFE AND RISTORANTE

79. ROADHOUSE BAR AND GRILL

80. RAINONE SERVICES

81. NORPRO

82. THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SAULT STE. MARIE

83. WINDSOR PLACE RETIREMENT RESIDENCE INC.

84. GINO'S FIRED UP KITCHEN and BAR

85. WACKY'S EAT DRINK GAME ON

86. SPRINGER AEROSPACE

87. SOO SHAWARMA

88. MPP CHRIS SCOTT CONSTITUENCY OFFICE

89. ALGOMA TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

90. NORDIK INSTITUTE

91. SHOGUN SUSHI

92. DAYS INN

93. LOCK CITY DAIRIES INC.

94. DIAMOND J FARMS INC.

95. NORTHSTAR

96. HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS

97. THE ORCHARD FAMILY

98. ECHO TECHNOLOGY INC.

99. SERVICE MASTER

100. CHARTWELL

101. WIRELESSCOM CA INC.

102. COULTERS MOTEL LTD

103. OK TIRE

104. ALGOMA OFFICE EQUIPMENT

105. COMFORT INN

106. BUSHPLANE MUSEUM

107. HOME HERITAGE HARDWARE

108. POLLARD BANK NOTE

109. MCDOUGALL ENERGY

110. DYC PROPERTIES

111. HYDRO TECH

112. THE ABERDEEN GROUP INCORPORATED

113. THE WOOD AND WAX COMPANY

114. NOTHERN SNOW

115. ONTARIO LOTTERY AND GAMING (OLG)

116. SCOTIABANK

117. SHOPPERS DRUGMART

118. SUPERIORITY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

119. DATA CABLING COMMUNICATIONS

120. PLATO TESTING

121. GIOVANNI'S RESTAURANT (Not currently hiring)

122. QUATTRO (Not currently hiring)

123. KC SECURITY SERVICES (Not currently hiring)



Sudbury RCIP and FCIP Designated Employers

Released: March 2026(125+ employers - Major employers listed)


Updated for 2026. Sudbury was granted 525 RCIP allocations and 45 FCIP allocations for 2026, which will be distributed across eight intake periods. "Business, finance and administration" was added as a limited priority sector.


Major Designated Employers by Sector:

Natural and Applied Sciences:

  1. ALS Canada Ltd

  2. Capella Innovation inc

  3. Circuitiq Inc

  4. Englobe Corporation

  5. EXP Services

  6. Guillevin International Co

  7. Ionic Mechatronics / Ionic Engineering Limited

  8. Kilmer Environmental Inc.

  9. Klohn Crippen Berger

  10. NSS Canada

  11. Millennium process group

  12. North Bay Computer Services / Sudbury Computer Services Inc

  13. Podco Inc.

  14. Prospec Engineering & Architecture

  15. Railveyor Technologies Global Inc

  16. Shield EA Ltd.

  17. Sofvie Inc

  18. Unmanned Aerial Services Inc - UAS Inc

  19. Vianet

  20. WSP Canada Inc.

  21. Tulloch Engineering Inc (Not hiring)


Health:

22. 1000383878 Ontario Inc. Dr. Ashima Bansal

23. ACV-MPC

24. Autumnwood Mature Lifestyle Communities Inc

25. Behaviour Analysis North

26. Canadian Shield Health Care Services Inc

27. CBI Health limited partnership

28. Centrus Health Solutions

29. Cjay Medicals

30. Continuity Care Solutions Inc

31. DeSimone Foot & Ankle Centre

32. Dr. Danny J Rain Professional Corporation

33. Dr. Jeffrey Treleaven Dentistry Professional Corporation

34. Dr. Scott C. Keenan Dentistry Professional Corpporation

35. Elizabeth Centre

36. ELMHUB

37. Extendicare Countryside

38. Extendicare York

39. Finlandia Village

40. Grebe Dentistry Professional Corportation

41. Health Sciences North

42. Home Instead/Wirta Home Care Ltd

43. Imagine Therapeutic Services Inc.

44. Independence Centre And Network (ICAN-CERD)

45. KS Enterprise Inc.

46. Lasalle Walkin Clinic

47. March of Dimes

48. Mark G. Reich dentistry Professional Corporation

49. Morris Dental Group

50. North Village Dental Centre

51. Northwood Medical Clinics Inc

52. Paramed Inc.

53. Red Oak Villa LP

54. Rehoboth Family Care

55. St. Joseph's Continuing Care Centre

56. St. Joseph's Health Centre

57. St. Joseph's Villa

58. Sudbury and District Health Unit - Public Health Sudbury & Districts

59. Sudbury Cardiology Centre

60. Sudbury Dental Clinic

61. Sudbury Finnish Rest Home Society

62. Sudbury Hyperbarics and Wound Care

63. The Amberwood Suites GP Inc

64. The Walford on the Park

65. Villa St Gabriel Villa

66. Walden Universal Dental


Education, Social, Community, and Government Services:

67. Adult & Youth Enrichment Center

68. Better Beginnings Better Futures

69. Cambrian College

70. Canadian Mental Health Association Sudbury/Manitoulin

71. Carrefour francophone de Sudbury

72. Centre de Counselling de Sudbury

73. Child & Community Resources

74. City of Greater Sudbury

75. College Boreal

76. Community Living Greater Sudbury

77. Coop Boréal

78. Discover Early Learning & Care

79. Elizabeth Fry Society of Northern Ontario

80. HGC Management Inc.

81. John Howard Society of Sudbury

82. Karis Disability Services

83. L'Arche Sudbury

84. Larch Street Kids

85. Laurentian Child and Family Care

86. Laurentian University

87. Magic Triangle

88. Maple Tree Preschool Non Profit

89. Meals On Wheeels Sudbury

90. MIRARCO Mining Innovation

91. Monarch Recovery Serives

92. Northern Youth Services

93. Our Children Our Future

94. Sparks Employment Services

95. Sudbury Christian Academy

96. Sudbury Developmental Services

97. Sudbury First Nations Church

98. Sudbury Food Bank

99. Sudbury Jubilee Heritage Daycare

100. Sudbury Workers Education and Advocacy Centre (Not hiring)

101. Summit Human Services Sudbury

102. The Salvation Army

103. Trillium Residential Services Inc.

104. Victorian Order of Nurses (VON)

105. Walden Day Care

106. WCTR College Northern Welding Academy

107. YMCA of Northeastern Ontario


Trades and Trasnsport:

108. 669-Heat

109. A&M Remediation Ltd

110. A3 Construction Inc.

111. Aaron Group

112. Access Industrial Mining Inc

113. Alif Ontario Inc - Mr. Lube

114. Anmar Mechanical & Electrical Contractors Limited

115. ARC Coatings

116. Assured Auto (2017) Inc

117. B & D Manufacturing

118. B. North Contracting Ltd.

119. Bad River Boats

120. Barne Building and Construction Inc

121. Battlefield Equipment Rentals

122. BBE Group Canada

123. BBT Maching

124. BESTECH Canada Limited

125. Black Diamond Drilling Tools Canada Ltd

126. Bob's Service Centre

127. Boyuk Towing

128. Bristol Machine Works LTD

129. Bull Powertrain

130. Cambrian Ford Sales

131. Campeau Heating

132. Carriere Industrial Supply Limited

133. Centricity360

134. City Welding

135. Comet Contracting Ltd

136. Coniston Industrial Park

137. Crosstown Chevrolet

138. CRS Contractors

139. Denis Gratton Construction Ltd

140. Devla Properties Inc

141. Dominion Construction

142. Douro Roofing & Sheet Metal Contractors Ltd.

143. Environmental 360 Solutions LTd

144. Environmental Ecosystem Solutions Inc.

145. Equipment North Inc

146. Equipment World Inc

147. ETC Inc

148. EverLine Coatings and Services

149. Fisher Wavy Inc

150. Fountain Tire (Val Caron) LTD

151. Fountain Tire Sudbury Barrydowne Ltd.

152. Friends Freight Solutions Inc

153. Fuller Industrial Corporation

154. Gardewine

155. Garson Pipe Contractors Limited

156. GFL Environmental Services

157. Gill HS Renovations and Construction Inc.

158. GIP Interpaving Ltd.

159. Glencore Canada Corporation

160. Grant Aggregate & Industrial Supply Inc

161. Greater City Concrete Works Ltd

162. Greenscan Inc. Strategic Roofing

163. Hexagon/ Hard-Line

164. High Strength Plates & Profiles Inc

165. HK Food Services Inc

166. House of Broadloom

167. IAMGOLD Corporation

168. Imperial Collision Centre

169. Johnny's Transportation Services

170. Joy Global (Canada) Ltd. - Komatsu Mining

171. Kaidyle International Trade Inc.

172. Keith R. Thompson Inc

173. La Ferme Ideale de V & M Seguin & Files Ltée

174. Lacroix Construction

175. Laking Toyota

176. Laurentian Chrysler

177. Lecoupe Ice

178. Lopes Limited

179. MacLean Engineering & Marketing Limited

180. Maestro Digital Mine

181. Magna Mining Inc

182. Mansour Canadian Rail Motive Power Services Inc

183. Mansour Chemicals Inc.

184. Mansour Commodities Inc.

185. Mansour Group Inc

186. Mansour Logistics

187. Marona Kitchen Manufacturing / La Cuisine

188. Martin Roy Transport

189. MCA Contracting Ltd

190. McCallum and Pinard Solutions Inc

191. McDowell Brothers Industries

192. MCR Track Services

193. Metalec Sudbury Inc

194. Mike Witherell Mehanical Ltd.

195. Modern Neon Signs

196. Mr. Lube

197. New Sudbury Volkswagen Ltd

198. Normet Canada, Ltd.

199. North of 17 Inc.

200. Northern Climate Inc

201. Northern Nissan

202. Northern Rebar Inc

203. Patrick Mehanical Limited

204. Pioneer Construction Inc

205. Prospec Steel Fabrication

206. PSL Patrick Sprack Limited

207. R.M. Belanger Limited Belanger Construction

208. Rainbow Concrete Industries Ltd

209. Regional Spring Service & Truck Repair

210. Repairtech RX Inc.

211. RockTown Automotive, Barrydowne Rd.

212. S2 Metal Fabricators Ltd

213. Santos Construction Solutions Ltd.

214. SLV Homes

215. Southside Chevrolet Buick GMC

216. Specialty Alloys and Stainless LTD.

217. Spectrum Telecom Group

218. Speedy Auto Service

219. SSI Security and Lock Smith

220. Steelnorth Fabricators Ltd

221. Sudbury Hyundai

222. Sudbury Service Center

223. Talos Steel Limited

224. Tate's Inc.

225. Teranorth Construction & Engineering Limited

226. TESC Contracting Company Ltd

227. Testmark Laboratories Ltd

228. The Installation Group

229. Top Steel Corporation/Toprops

230. Toromont Industries

231. Viacore Solutions Inc

232. Victory Lube

233. Victory Lube (Bellevue)

234. Walden T&T Repair Ltd Monarc Hr

235. WAT Supplies

236. White Metal Sandblasting and Industrial Painting Limited

237. Wright Air Systems Ltd


Greater Sudbury FCIP Designated Employers

Sudbury was granted 45 FCIP allocations for 2026.


Business, Finance, and Administration:

  1. Highland Bookkeeping and Tax Prep

  2. MNP

  3. Repin Inc.

  4. Scotiabank

  5. SocialRise Inc


Health:

6. 1000383878 Ontario Inc. - Dr. Ashima Bansal

7. Behaviour Analysis North

8. Canadian Shield Health Care Services Inc

9. Centre de santé communautaire du Grand Sudbury

10. Centrus Health Solutions

11. ELMHUB

12. Finlandia Village

13. Health Sciences North

14. Home Instead/ Wirta Home Care Ltd

15. Northwood Medical Clinics Inc

16. Rehoboth Family Care

17. Sudbury Finnish Rest Home Society

18. Warden Store Inc/ Elgin Street Pharmacy


Education, Social, Community, and Government Services:

19. Canadian Mental Health Association Sudbury/Manitoulin

20. Carrefour francophone de Sudbury

21. Centre de Counselling de Sudbury

22. City of Greater Sudbury

23. College Boreal

24. Community Living Greater Sudbury

25. Continuity Care Solutions Inc

26. Coop Boréal

27. Garderie Touche a tout de Sudbury

28. Laurentian University

29. Le Club Amical du Nouveau Sudbury

30. Magic Triangle

31. Northern Youth Services

32. Our Children, Our Future - Family Resources

33. Sudbury Student Services Consortium

34. YMCA of Northeastern Ontario


Trades ad Transport:

35. Access Industrial Mining Inc

36. Assured Auto (2017) Inc

37. Barne Building and Construction Inc

38. Dominion Construction

39. Environmental Ecosystem Solutions Inc.

40. Friends Freight Solutions Inc

41. Gardewine

42. GFL Environmental Services

43. Grant Aggregate & Industrial Supply Inc

44. High Strength Plates & Profiles Inc

45. McCallum and Pinard Solutions Inc

46. McDowell Brothers Industries

47. Northern Nissan

48. R.M. Belanger Limited Belanger Construction

49. RockTown Automotive

50. Sudbury Service Center

51. Toromont Industries

52. Viacore Solutions Inc

53. Wright Air Systems Ltd


Manitoba RCIP Communities

Brandon RCIP Designated Employers


Updated for 2026. 15% of Brandon's 2026 allocation is reserved exclusively for the health sector. The region also added "Natural resources and agriculture" as a new priority sector.


Released: March 2026(27 employers)


  1. The Wellness Clinic

  2. Brandon Clinic

  3. Walsh Construction

  4. Saputo Dairy Products Canada G.P.

  5. Koch Fertilizer Canada ULC

  6. Gateway Mechanical Services Inc.

  7. Keller Developments

  8. McCallum Roofing Ltd.

  9. Ben Wiebe Construction (1985) Ltd.

  10. AgWest Ltd.

  11. Shreem Instrumentation & Controls Ltd.

  12. Brandon Computers/ITAdvisors

  13. Leech Group

  14. Magical Memories Learning Center Inc.

  15. Steve's Livestock Transport

  16. Montessori Smile

  17. Summus Inc.

  18. Horizon Builders Ltd.

  19. Wheat City Medical Clinic and Pharmacy

  20. Lucky Star Wash & Service Ltd.

  21. Prairie Mountain Health (Internal only)

  22. Modular Industrial Structures Brandon (Internal only)

  23. Canada Packers (Internal only)

  24. Burns Maendel Consulting Engineers Ltd. (Internal only)

  25. Westman Communications Group (Internal only)

  26. YMCA of Brandon (Internal only)

  27. Glendale Industries Limited (Not hiring)


Steinbach RCIP Designated Employers

Released: March 2026 (36 employers)

  1. 1st Choice Convenience

  2. Big Freight

  3. Boston Pizza

  4. Clearly Family Beverage Company ULC

  5. Co-Care Health Group Inc.

  6. C.P. Loewen Enterprises Ltd (Loewen Windows & Doors)

  7. Esso Gas Station

  8. Garderie Les Petits Amis Day Care Inc.

  9. GNM Fine Jewellers

  10. Hanover Grinding

  11. Happy Feet Early Learning Centre Inc.

  12. HyLife Ltd.

  13. Imperial Metal Industries

  14. Kinder Korner Early Learning Centre Inc.

  15. Landmark Child Care Inc.

  16. Legacy Children's Centre

  17. Manitoba Health - Health Protection

  18. MECCCC General Service Ltd.

  19. Metalmasters Auto Body

  20. Mr. Q

  21. Old Church Bakery

  22. Penn-co Construction Canada (2003) Ltd

  23. Prairie Truck Service

  24. Santa Lucia Steinbach

  25. Silver Lining Care

  26. Smitty's Steinbach

  27. SRR Transport

  28. Steinbach Dental Clinic

  29. Stellar Exteriors

  30. Steve's Livestock

  31. The Pickup Storehouse

  32. Three Way Builders

  33. Treasure Keepers

  34. Westland Insurance

  35. Wings Over Kississing

  36. WS Steel


Altona/Rhineland RCIP Designated Employers

Updated for 2026. Altona/Rhineland officially added "Health" as a priority sector this year.


  1. Elmer's Welding & Manufacturing Ltd.

  2. Greenvalley Equipment (2009) Inc.

  3. Buffalo Creek Mills (2017) Inc.

  4. Kiddie Sunshine Centre Inc.

  5. Subway, Altona

  6. Pioneer Meats Ltd.

  7. ETG Commodities Inc.

  8. Access Credit Union Ltd.

  9. Friesens Corporation

  10. Altona Hotel

  11. Wesmar Seeds Inc.

  12. Pizza Haven

  13. Border Bean International Inc.

  14. Potpourri of Flavours

  15. Tim Hortons (Altona)

  16. Conquest Manufacturing Ltd.

  17. Mandako Agri Marketing (2010) Ltd.


British Columbia RCIP Communities

West Kootenay RCIP Designated Employers


Update for 2026. IRCC has granted West Kootenay 200 allocations. The region shifted to a monthly intake model (max 25 applications accepted per month). Employers face strict quotas based on company size, and Food/Beverage roles are capped at 5% of allocations. Job offers must pay a minimum of $21.00/hour or the Job Bank median. "Business, Finance & Administration" was added as a new sector.


Released: March 2026 (Complete List)

Health Sector:

  1. Castleview Care Centre (Chantelle Management Group)

  2. Golden Life Management

  3. Interior Health

  4. Kootenay Integrated Health

  5. Kootenay Lake Medical Clinic

  6. Misha Zibin Society

  7. Mountain Lake Village (CareCorp)

  8. Pharmasave Creston

  9. Regional Hospital Trail

  10. Trail Association for Community Living


Education, Law, Social, Community & Government Services:

11. Axis Family Resources Ltd

12. Community Connections Support Services

13. Cornerstone Children's Centre

14. Eclipse Foundation

15. Four Winds Daycare

16. Freedom Quest Youth Services Society

17. Goat Mountain Kids

18. Golden Bears Children's Centre

19. Growing Steps Academy

20. Hooper's Bakery

21. Kootenay Career Development Society

22. Kootenay Employment Services

23. Kootenay Family Place

24. Kootenay Kids Society

25. Kootenay Society for Community Living

26. Nelson CARES Society

27. Nelson Christian School Society

28. Pacific Coast Community Resources

29. Sunningdale Childcare Centre

30. The Schoolhouse ECLC


Sales & Service:

31. 0081392 BC Ltd

32. 0807658 BC Ltd

33. Ainsworth Hot Springs Resort

34. Alpine Inn & Suites

35. Amanda's Restaurant

36. Ashley Furniture

37. Ashman's Burgers

38. Baker Street Inn Best Western (Martin Hospitality Group)

39. Basasak

40. Bayleaf Indian Fusion

41. BCAA

42. Beauties Pizza

43. Biggest Little Fruitstand

44. Blue Barn Pet and Hobby Farm

45. Bluebelle Bistro

46. Boaz Enterprises Ltd.

47. Boston Pizza

48. Broken Hill

49. Busaba Thai

50. Canadian Tire

51. Cantina Del Centro

52. Chahko Mika Mall

53. Chopsticks

54. Christina Lake Motel & RV Park

55. City Furniture

56. Columbia River Hotel Best Western

57. Creston Hotel/ Jimmy's Pub

58. Creston Liquor Store

59. Cube Climbing

60. Cuisine of India

61. Edgewood General Store

62. El Taco

63. Epiphany Cakes

64. Ferraro Foods

65. Finley's Bar & Grill

66. Fruitvale Kitchen

67. Gabriella's Restaurant

68. Gina's Gelato

69. Golden Chopsticks II

70. Grand Forks Inn

71. Grand Forks Renovation Centre

72. HG Insurance Agencies

73. Hume Hotel (Martin Hospitality Group)

74. Iconic Gift Shop

75. Jackson's Hole

76. JMJ Building Maintenance

77. Kaslo Hotel

78. KC Restaurant

79. Kootenay Co-op Grocery Store

80. Kootenay Tamil Kitchen Ethnic Foods

81. Kootenay Tamil Kitchen Food & Beverage

82. Kootenay Tamil Kitchen Masala Shop

83. Kurama Sushi Japanese Restaurant

84. Kurtis' No Frills

85. L&C Bakery

86. Mainstreet Diner

87. MapleMirch Foods Ltd

88. Milano Express Pizza Canco

89. Milano Pizza

90. Nelson Fine Art Printing

91. Nelson Fuel Inc.

92. Nelson Olive Oil

93. New Market Foods

94. Night Inn Hotel

95. Omega Restaurant

96. Peerless Building Maintenance

97. Pino's Authentic Italian Cuisine

98. Port 701

99. Portly Penguin

100. Prestige Inn

101. Prestige Lakeside Resort

102. Prestige Resort

103. RDM Janitorial

104. Red Fin Sushi

105. Red Light Ramen

106. Refresh Eco Cleaning

107. Rel-Ish Bistro

108. Rock Island Tape Centre

109. Rockcut Pub

110. Safeway, Castlegar

111. Safeway, Nelson

112. Safeway, Trail

113. Sakura Sushi

114. Sandman Inn

115. Savoy Hotel

116. Shatti Esthetics Studio

117. Simran's No Frills

118. Sprout Eatery

119. Steve's No Frills

120. Sunner Barber Shop Ltd

121. Super 8 Hotel

122. Supersave Gas

123. SureStay Best Western, Castlegar

124. SureStay Hotel Rossland

125. Sushiwood

126. Tahnam Thai

127. Tandoori Grill

128. Taste of India

129. Tea Garden Salon & Spa

130. The Adventure Hotel

131. The Black Cauldron

132. The Colander

133. The Handy Store

134. The Josie Hotel

135. The Nineteenth (RFV Holdings)

136. The Uphill Market

137. Thor's Pizza

138. Valhalla Inn

139. Villa Motel

140. Western Traveler Motel

141. Woodbury Resort


Trades, Transport, & Equipment Operators:

142. A&A Painting

143. A3 Plumbing

144. Ace Couriers

145. Avail Custom Contracting

146. Babe's Automotive

147. BC ECO Industrial Services

148. Boundary Electric

149. Bright Workz Ultimate Autocare

150. Castle Fuels

151. Castlegar Warehousing

152. Columbia Drywall

153. D.R. Drywall

154. Four Lakes Mechanical

155. GFL Environmental

156. Heritage Roofing

157. Hil-Tech Contracting

158. Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC 1989

159. Martech Electrical Systems

160. Marwest Industries Ltd.

161. Mercer Forestry Services

162. Mountain City Painting

163. Mountain Transport Institute

164. MS Johal Logistics

165. Nelson Toyota

166. Nolan's Contracting

167. North Mountain Construction

168. OK Tire/ Practicar

169. Paradise Painters

170. Pulpit Plumbing & Heating

171. Roalin Coal Transportation

172. Rokform Solutions

173. RSD Holdings / Rossland Collision

174. Selkirk Beverages (OZ Holdings)

175. Steinegg Cabinets

176. The Sutherland Group Salmo

177. Winmar Nelson


Manufacturing & Utilities:

178. Accurasee Instruments

179. ATCO Wood Products

180. Cirba Solutions

181. DHC Communications

182. Drop Sprockets

183. Ernie's Used Auto Parts

184. Grand Forks Bottle Depot

185. Interfor, Castlegar - ON HOLD

186. Interfor, Grand Forks - ON HOLD

187. Kalesnikoff Lumber

188. Kalesnikoff Mass Timber

189. KC Recycling

190. Mercer Celgar

191. Nelson Leafs Recycling

192. Nelson Naturals

193. Trail Bottle Depot

194. TRC Timberworks

195. Treasure Life Flour Mills

196. Valid Manufacturing

197. Woody Nelson


(Note: Ancron Medical Clinic and Alekeme Bakery have been officially de-designated).




North Okanagan Shuswap and Peace Liard


(Important Note: As this master article is reaching its maximum character limit, we will be creating a separate, dedicated post that features the complete, exhaustive lists of all 380+ designated employers for North Okanagan-Shuswap and all 110+ employers for Peace Liard. Stay tuned!)


  • 2026 Update: The community has finalized its schedule for 2026, featuring 5 intake windows throughout the year, with the first recommendation meeting taking place in March.

  • Designated Employers: There are currently 384 designated employers actively participating in the program. (Note: The community is no longer accepting applications for fast food and gas station subsectors until further notice).


Peace Liard RCIP Designated Employers


  • 2026 Update: The Peace Liard region has designated over 110 employers for the current intake.

  • Key Participating Employers Include: * Health & Education: Northern Health Authority, Northern Lights College, Child Development Centre Society of Fort St. John.

    • Trades, Construction & Logistics: Surerus Construction and Development Ltd., Ketek Group Inc, Northern Legendary Construction, Qwest Helicopters.

    • Hospitality & Retail: Sobeys Capital Inc., Pattison Food Group, City Furniture, Great Canadian LP, and numerous regional hotels (Sigma Inn & Suites, Staybridge Suites, Tumbler Ridge Inn).


Alberta RCIP Communities

Claresholm RCIP Designated Employers

Released: March 2026 (17 employers)


1. Structural Precast (Hiring)

2. BRC Aircraft (Hiring)

3. Tim Hortons (Hiring)

4. Silver Slate (Hiring)

5. Willow Creek Continuing Care Centre (Not hiring)

6. El Molino (Not hiring)

7. Western Fine Meats (Not hiring)

8. KC Doors (Not hiring)

9. CFI Flight Academy (Not hiring)

10. A&W (Not hiring)

11. Fas Gas And Kitchen (Not hiring)

12. Casa Roma (Not hiring)

13. Antree (Not hiring)

14. Roy's Place (Not hiring)

15. Tom Harris Cellular (Not hiring)

16. Olymel (Not hiring)

17. Lamb Farms (Not hiring)


Saskatchewan RCIP Communities

Moose Jaw Designated Employers

Updated for 2026. Moose Jaw added "Health" as a new priority sector and introduced 7 new priority occupations (including Home Support Workers, Hotel Front Desk Clerks, and Janitors) while dropping roles like carpenters and retail salespersons. Gas stations (excluding truck stops) and convenience stores are now excluded. Cooks and retail supervisors are capped at 5% of total recommendations.


  1. 121 Steakhouse Lounge & Motel

  2. 4L Communications

  3. A&W

  4. Against the Grain Studios

  5. Assiniboia Family Foods

  6. Athabasca Financial

  7. Barburrito

  8. Briercrest College

  9. BTN Professional Accountants

  10. The Beacon

  11. The Bentley

  12. Best Western

  13. Bloodline Tattoo

  14. Boston Pizza

  15. Brilliant Cleaners

  16. Brown's Social House

  17. Burger King

  18. Capilano Court

  19. Canada Golden Foods

  20. Canadian Brewhouse

  21. Canadian Tire

  22. Cash Money

  23. CC's Crazy Cleaning

  24. Cell Style

  25. Chopped Leaf

  26. The Church of our Lady

  27. Citizen's All

  28. The City of Moose Jaw

  29. Comfort Inn

  30. Coral Ethnic Market

  31. Crescent Park Retirement Villa

  32. Cross Canada Flooring

  33. DeeBesties

  34. Delight Café

  35. Edo Japan

  36. The End of the Roll

  37. Evolve Coffee

  38. Family Pizza

  39. Favel Transportation

  40. First Ave Frosty Foods

  41. Flying J

  42. Fortrex

  43. Fountain Tire

  44. Gary Over's Kennels

  45. Goldwave Play Centre

  46. Grant Hall

  47. Great Canadian Oild Change

  48. Halverson Accounting

  49. Hertz

  50. Himawari Sushi

  51. HK Henderson Insurance

  52. Holiday Inn

  53. Homeland Village Operation

  54. Homestyle Floors / HS Restoration

  55. Hopkin's Dining Parlour

  56. Infinite Nails

  57. Jade Garden

  58. JGL Commodities

  59. John Howard Society

  60. Karis Disability Services

  61. Kibayan Pinoy Food Products

  62. KFC

  63. Kwangton Café

  64. L&G Manufacturing

  65. Lish Spa

  66. Little Caesars

  67. Little Spa on the Prairie

  68. Maple Wine and Spirits

  69. Marcie Private Care Home

  70. McDonald's

  71. Melliecent Building and Yard Maintenance

  72. Mitsu Sweet Café

  73. MNP

  74. Moose Jaw Apartments

  75. Moose Jaw Cultural Centre

  76. Moose Jaw Families For Change

  77. Moose Jaw Family Services

  78. Moose Jaw Food Bank

  79. Moose Jaw Ford

  80. Moose Jaw Toyota

  81. Moose Jaw Window Cleaning

  82. Montana's

  83. Mr. Lube

  84. Murray GM

  85. North 49 Foods

  86. Northwest Child Development Centre

  87. Panda Tire & Auto

  88. Philthy Phillies

  89. Pita Pit

  90. Pomme D'Api

  91. Prairie Donair

  92. Prairie Legend Management

  93. Prairie Pizza and Wings

  94. Prairie South School Division

  95. Prairie Spring Water

  96. Providence Place

  97. Quality Inn & Suites

  98. Ramada

  99. Red Swan Pizza

  100. Roberge Transport

  101. Rodo's Pizza

  102. Rollin' Rock Bar & Grill

  103. The Royal Plaza

  104. Sahara Spa

  105. Seaborn Insurance

  106. Simpon Seeds

  107. Smitty's

  108. Smooth 42 Craft Distillery

  109. Sodexo

  110. Soni Auto Market

  111. Staples

  112. Subway

  113. Subway Assiniboia

  114. Subway Gravelbourg

  115. Super Meats Catering

  116. Super8 Motel

  117. SuperB Truck & RV Wash

  118. Sunset Kitchens

  119. Taco Time

  120. T Pup's Parlour

  121. Temple Gardens

  122. Thunder Creek Pork

  123. Thunder Creek Rehabilitation

  124. Tim Horton's

  125. TnA Construction

  126. Town N' Country Mall

  127. TrailTech

  128. Velocity Ford

  129. Visual Landscape Services

  130. The Wandering Market

  131. Wendy's

  132. Westrum Lumber

  133. Winners


Nova Scotia RCIP Communities

Pictou County Designated Employers

Pictou County launched its 2026 RCIP intake with strict monthly recommendation periods (e.g., March 1–15, April 1–15, etc.) and added "Education, Law, Social, Community, and Government Services" as a 6th priority sector. 14 new priority occupations have been designated.


  1. 10725978 Canada Inc. (Protech) [not currently recruiting]

  2. 3091247 Nova Scotia Limited (Sam's Pizza, Trenton) [not currently recruiting]

  3. 3094231 Nova Scotia Limited (Needs Convenience) [not currently recruiting]

  4. 3279889 Nova Scotia Limited (Nook and Cranny on the Water) [not currently recruiting]

  5. 3308612 Nova Scotia Limited (V&E's Chopsticks Restaurant) [recruiting]

  6. 3312444 Nova Scotia Limited (Needs Convenience) [not currently recruiting]

  7. 3327346 Nova Scotia Limited (Cornish's Variety and Takeout) [not currently recruiting]

  8. 3341342 NS LTD. (Ultramar Gas Station) [not currently recruiting]

  9. Highland Subshop Limited (Subway) [not currently recruiting]

  10. Hitech Communications Ltd [not currently recruiting]

  11. Joe Chow's [not currently recruiting]

  12. Kyle Shaw Enterprises Limited- Tim Hortons [not currently recruiting]

  13. Leaning Birch Limited - Needs Convenience & Fast Fuel [not currently recruiting]

  14. MacLane Holdings Ltd (Crossroads Country Market) [not currently recruiting]

  15. Mamatsu Fresh Asian Kitchen [not currently recruiting]

  16. Maple Cedar Syrian Kitchen [not currently recruiting]

  17. Michelin North America (Canada Inc.) [not currently recruiting]

  18. Offsite Accounting & Consulting Inc. [not currently recruiting]

  19. OSP Restaurant Group Inc (Sam's Pizza - Stellarton) [not currently recruiting]

  20. Pictou County Family Restaurant Inc (Boston Pizza) [not currently recruiting]

  21. Pictou County Pizza Inc. [not currently recruiting]

  22. Quarry View Construction [not currently recruiting]

  23. Scotsburn Lumber Ltd. [not currently recruiting]

  24. Sobeys Capital Inc [not currently recruiting]

  25. Stellarton Foods Inc (Jungle Jim's Stellarton) [not currently recruiting]

  26. The Thistle Local Public Eatery Ltd [not currently recruiting]

  27. Tri-Quest Group Inc. [not currently recruiting]

  28. Twin Rivers Park Ltd (Twin Rivers Home Builders) [not currently recruiting]

  29. Whistleberry Market Ltd [not currently recruiting]


Francophone Community Immigration Pilot (FCIP)


Acadian Peninsula Designated Employers (New Brunswick )

Priority Sectors include Business, Finance, Health, Education, Sales, and Trades.

Released: July 2025 (4 employers)

  1. Dépanneur Rapido - Tracadie

  2. Distillerie Fils du Roy - Paquetville

  3. Dixie Lee - Grande-Anse

  4. Dixie Lee - Neguac

  5. Everest Plastik - Tracadie

  6. Huitre Beausoleil - Neguac

  7. Les Résidences MGR Chiasson - Shippagan (ne recrute pas)

  8. Magasin chez Bernard - Tracadie

  9. Maisons Suprêmes - Tracadie

  10. Mitchan Sushi - Caraquet

  11. Notre Marché - St-Isidore

  12. Pinokkio pizzeria, resto, bar - Shippagan

  13. Pizza Delight - Caraquet

  14. Pub 981 - Neguac

  15. Résidence au Grain de Jouvence - Shippagan

  16. Résidence St Isidore

  17. Résidence Vue Sur Mer - Shippagan

  18. Résidence Tracadie

  19. Restaurant Chez Raymond - Neguac

  20. Villa Beauséjour - Caraquet (ne recrute pas pour le moment)

  21. Station du parc - Paquetville

  22. Sub Royal - Shippagan

  23. Subway - Shippagan (ne recrute pas pour le moment)

  24. Tim Hortons - Caraquet

  25. Tim Hortons - Neguac

  26. Tim Hortons - Paquetville


St. Pierre Jolys Designated Employers (Manitoba)


Education, law, social, community, and government services:

  1. Garderie-Jolys (Les petites Grenouilles) - [Not hiring]

  2. École communautaire Real-Berard - DSFM


Sales and Services

  1. Boulangerie St Pierre Bakery

  2. St Pierre Subway

  3. St Pierre Bigway - [Not hiring]

  4. Assiniboine Credit Union – Saint Pierre Jolys Branch


Kelowna Designated Employers (British Columbia)

Released: March 2026 (40 employers)

  1. 1st place Auto-repairs (not hiring at the moment)

  2. Acera Insurance (not hiring at the moment)

  3. ARC Programs (not hiring at the moment)

  4. Argus Hospitality Kelowna (not hiring at the moment)

  5. Best Western Kelowna (not hiring at the moment)

  6. Big White Ski Resort (not hiring at the moment)

  7. Brandt’s Creek Pub (not hiring at the moment) 

  8. Bubbles Car Wash (not hiring at the moment)

  9. Bubbles Drycleaner Inc (not hiring at the moment)

  10. Centre Culturel Francophone de l’Okanagan (not hiring at the moment)

  11. Chevrolet Kelowna (not hiring at the moment)

  12. COBS Bread Governors Market (not hiring at the moment)

  13. Day Star Wall Systems Inc (not hiring at the moment)

  14. De Dutch Kelowna (not hiring at the moment)

  15. Devon Transport Ltd (not hiring at the moment)

  16. Dragon King restaurant (not hiring at the moment)

  17. Gateway casino and entertainment LTD (not hiring at the moment)

  18. Girlfriends Grow Bar (not hiring at the moment)

  19. Growth Financial Corp dba Working Ventures Insurance Solutions (not hiring at the moment)

  20. Heating & Air Conditionning

  21. Hôtel Ramada Kelowna (not hiring at the moment)

  22. Interior Health (not hiring at the moment)

  23. Qualicare (not hiring at the moment)

  24. Kelowna East Investments Ltd (not hiring at the moment)

  25. London Drugs Kelowna (not hiring at the moment)

  26. Milani Plumbing

  27. Noir Kitchen (not hiring at the moment)

  28. Provincial Health Services Authority PHSA (not hiring at the moment)

  29. Sandman Hotel Group | The Sutton Place Hotels (not hiring at the moment)

  30. Smalka cellars LTD (not hiring at the moment)

  31. Source Electrical Services Ltd. (not hiring at the moment)

  32. Specialty Bakery Kelowna (not hiring at the moment)

  33. Starwatch Audio Video (not hiring at the moment)

  34. Super 8 Hotel La Cintra Kelowna (not hiring at the moment)

  35. Super 8 Hotel West Kelowna (not hiring at the moment)

  36. Tiara Doors & Moulding (not hiring at the moment)

  37. Trail Tire Kelowna (not hiring at the moment)

  38. Valorous Construction Ltd (not hiring at the moment)

  39. Westwood Cabinetry (not hiring at the moment)

  40. Xperience Kelowna (not hiring at the moment)


Superior East Region Designated Employers (Ontario)

Priority sectors include Health, Education/Social Services, Sales/Services, Trades, and Natural Resources.

Designated Employers include:

  1. Subway Wawa

  2. Magpie Relay Motel & Resort

  3. Realtime Cannabis

  4. A1 STOP INC - Esso

  5. A&W White River

  6. White River Bar and Grill

  7. Circle K - Wawa

  8. Superior Children's Centre


Sudbury, Ontario & Timmins FCIP Designated Employers

See Ontario RCIP sections above for complete employer lists


Key Program Updates

  1. Rolling releases: Communities are releasing designated employer lists throughout this year as they complete the employer designation process

  2. Employer-driven process: Unlike the previous RNIP, RCIP is entirely employer-driven - candidates cannot apply directly but must secure job offers from designated employers.

  3. De-designation risk: Employer designation can be revoked or paused. As shown in West Kootenay and Thunder Bay, communities actively exclude or de-designate businesses that fail to meet criteria or if specific sectors hit maximum capacity caps.

  4. Sector-specific quotas: Many communities have implemented monthly limits and sector-specific allocations to manage demand

  5. National scope: The program now spans six provinces with 14 participating communities


These employers are officially designated by their local economic development organizations to offer full-time, non-seasonal jobs that qualify foreign nationals for permanent residence under RCIP.


If you want to learn more about the RCIP or need assistance navigating the program, contact us today. We offer expert guidance tailored to your situation, helping you every step of the way toward Canadian permanent residency.


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Please note that our firm does not connect candidates directly with employers. However, we do provide comprehensive guidance and strategic support for your permanent residency process. If you wish to discuss personalized options, we would be pleased to arrange a consultation at your convenience.


 
 
 

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