Explore in-demand occupations and economic sectors for immigration to rural communities across Canada.
Updated October 2025.
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- Sourced from official web pages of participating communities
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Health Care
- Manufacturing & Utilities
- Sales & Services
- Law & Education
- Agriculture
📌 Priority Occupations:
- Nurse aides – 33102
- Registered Nurse – 31301
- Licensed Practical Nurse – 32101
- Machine operators, food and beverage processing- 94140
- Labourers, food and beverage processing – 95106
- Administrative Assistant – 13110
- Concrete Finisher – 73100
- Carpenter – 72310
- Construction trade helpers – 75110
- Ironworker – 72105
- Crane operators – 72500
- Aerospace engineers – 21390
- Aircraft Mechanic – 72404
- Aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors – 93200
- Aircraft instruments and avionics mechanics and inspectors – 22313
- Engineering Managers – 20010
- Meat Cutter – 65202
- Administrative Officers – 13100
- Specialized livestock workers and farm machinery operators – 84120
- Flight Instructor – 72600
- Early Childhood Educator – 42202
- Chef – 62200
- Cook -63200
- Food Service Supervisor – 62020
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Health
- Education, Law and Social, Community and Government Services
- Sales and Service
- Trades and Transport
- Manufacturing and Utilities
📌 Priority Occupations:
- 12200 – Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
- 13110 – Administrative assistants
- 14100 – General office support workers
- 14200 – Accounting and related clerks
- 33102 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
- 33103 – Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
- 42201 – Social and community service workers
- 42202 – Early childhood educators and assistants
- 60030 – Restaurant and food service managers
- 60031 – Accommodation service managers
- 62021 – Executive housekeepers
- 63210 – Hairstylists and barbers
- 72100 – Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors
- 72106 – Welders and related machine operators
- 72300 – Plumbers
- 72310 – Carpenters
- 72402 – Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics
- 72410 – Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
- 72421 – Appliance servicers and repairers
- 73400 – Heavy equipment operators
- 75110 – Construction trades helpers and labourers
- 90010 – Manufacturing managers
- 94211 – Assemblers and inspectors of other wood products
- 94212 – Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
- 95103 – Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Natural resources and agriculture
- Natural and applied sciences
- Education, law and social, community and government services
- Sales and service
- Trades and transport
📌 Priority Occupations:
- 12200Â Accounting Technicians and BookkeepersÂ
- 14100Â General Office Support WorkersÂ
- 13100Â Administrative OfficersÂ
- 22220Â Computer Network and Web Technicians Â
- 22221 User Support Technicians
- 33103 Pharmacy Technical Assistants and Pharmacy Assistants
- 42201Â Social and Community Service WorkersÂ
- 42202Â Early Childhood Educators and AssistantsÂ
- 43100Â Elementary and Secondary Teacher Assistants Â
- 60030 Restaurant and Food Service Managers
- 60031 Accommodation Service Managers
- 62020Â Food Service SupervisorsÂ
- 62024Â Cleaning SupervisorsÂ
- 63200Â CooksÂ
- 64314 Hotel Front Desk Clerks
- 65100 Cashiers
- 65101Â Service Station AttendantsÂ
- 65102Â Store Shelf Stockers, Clerks and Order FillersÂ
- 65200Â Food and Beverage ServersÂ
- 65201Â Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers, and Related Support OccupationsÂ
- 65310Â Light Duty CleanersÂ
- 72400Â Construction Millwrights and Industrial MechanicsÂ
- 72401Â Heavy-Duty Equipment MechanicsÂ
- 72600Â Air Pilots, Flight Engineers, and Flying InstructorsÂ
- 73400Â Heavy Equipment OperatorsÂ
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Health
- Education, Law and Social, Community and Government Services
- Sales & Service (fast food businesses are not eligible)
- Trades, Transport, and Equipment Operator
- Manufacturing and Utilities
📌 Priority Occupations:
- 12200 Accounting Technicians & Bookkeepers
- 14100 General office support workers
- 33102 Health Care Aides
- 41321 Career Development Practitioners & Career Counsellors
- 42201 Social & Community Service Workers
- 42202 Early Childhood Educators & Early Childhood Educator Assistants
- 63200 Cooks
- 63202 Bakers
- 64314 Front Desk Agents
- 65200 Food & Beverage Servers
- 65201 Food Counter Attendant, Kitchen Helpers, and Related Support Occupations
- 65310 Light Duty Cleaners
- 72310 Carpenters
- 72401 Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics
- 73112 Painters
- 73300 Transport Truck Drivers
- 75101 Material Handlers
- 75119 Other Trades Helpers & Labourers
- 95109 Other Labourers, Processing, Manufacturing & Utilities
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Business, Finance and Administration
- Health
- Education, law and social, community and government services
- Sales and service
- Trades and transport
📌 Priority Occupations:
- 11100 Financial auditors and accountants
- 11200 Human resources professional
- 12200 Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
- 13110 Administrative assistants
- 14201 Banking, insurance and financial clerks
- 14400 Shippers & Receivers
- 32101 Licensed practical nurses
- 33100 Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants
- 33102 Nurse aides, orderlies and patient services associates
- 33103 Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants
- 42201 Social and community service workers
- 42202 Early childhood educators and assistants
- 43100 Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants
- 44101 Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations
- 60010 Corporate sales manager
- 64314 Hotel front desk clerks
- 64410 Security guards and related security service occupations
- 72100 Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors
- 72106 Welders and related machine operators
- 72200 Electricians
- 72310 Carpenters (includes apprentices)
- 72402 Heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning mechanics
- 72404 Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors
- 72410 Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
- 75110 Construction trade helpers and labourers
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Health
- Education, Law and Social, Community and Government Services
- Sales & Service
- Trades and transport
- Manufacturing and Utilities
📌 Priority Occupations:
- 21301 Mechanical Engineers
- 21310 Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- 22212 Drafting Technologists and Technicians
- 22301 Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- 22310 Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- 31102 General Practitioners and Family Physicians
- 31301 Registered Nurses and Registered Psychiatric Nurses
- 32101 Licensed Practical Nurses
- 32124 Pharmacy Technician
- 33102 Personal Support Worker
- 42201 Social and Community Service Workers
- 42202 Early Childhood Educators and Assistants
- 62020 Food Service Supervisor (Not including fast food restaurants) (hotels and dine in restaurants only – Cap 10) (maximum of 2 recommendations per employer)
- 62022 Guest Service Supervisor
- 62029 Security Guard Supervisor
- 72010 Contractors and Supervisors, Machining, Metal Forming, Shaping and Erecting Trades and Related Occupations
- 72011 Contractors and Supervisors, Electrical Trades and Telecommunications Occupations
- 72014 Contractors and Supervisors, Other Construction Traders, Installers, Repairers and Servicers
- 72100 Machinists and Machining and Tooling Inspectors
- 72201 Industrial Electricians
- 72400 Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics
- 72404 Aircraft Instruments, Electrical and Avionics Mechanics, Technicians and Inspectors
- 73301 Transit Operators
- 75119 Trade Helper and Laborers
- 94107 Production Worker
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Natural and Applied Sciences
- Health
- Education, Social, Community and Government Services
- Trades and Transport
- Natural Resources and Agriculture
📌 Priority Occupations:
- 12200 – Accounting Technicians and Bookkeepers
- 13110 – Administrative Assistants
- 21330 – Mining Engineers
- 21301 – Mechanical Engineers
- 21331 – Geological Engineers
- 22300 – Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- 22301 – Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- 22310 – Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- 31202 – Physiotherapists
- 31301 – Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
- 32101 – Licensed practical nurses
- 32109 – Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment
- 33102 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
- 33100 – Dental Assistants
- 42201 – Social and Community Service Workers
- 42202 – Early Childhood Educators and assistants
- 44101 – Home Support Workers, Caregivers, and related occupations
- 72401 – Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanics
- 72410 – Automotive Service Technicians, Truck and Bus Mechanics, and Mechanical Repairers
- 72106 – Welders and Related Machine Operators
- 72400 – Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics
- 73400 – Heavy Equipment Operators
- 75110 – Construction Trades Helpers and Labourers
- 73300 – Truck Drivers
- 95100 – Labourers in Metal Processing
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Business, Finance, and Administration
- Health Occupations
- Education, Law, Social, Community, and Government Services
- Sales and Service
- Trades, Transport, and Equipment Operation or other related fields
📌 Priority Occupations:
- 13110 – Administrative Assistants
- 14100 – General Office Support Workers
- 32101 – Licensed Practical Nurses
- 33100 – Dental Assistants and Dental Laboratory Assistants
- 33101 – Medical Laboratory Assistants and related technical occupations
- 33102 – Nurse Aides, Orderlies, and Patient Service Associates
- 33103 – Pharmacy Technical Assistants and Pharmacy Assistants
- 41301 – Therapists in Counselling and Related Specialized Therapies
- 42201 – Social and Community Service Workers
- 42202 – Early Childhood Educators and Assistants
- 44101 – Home Support Workers, Caregivers, and Related Occupations
- 60020 – Retail and Wholesale Trade Managers
- 62010 – Retail Sales Supervisors
- 62020 – Food Service Supervisors
- 63200 – Cooks
- 64100 – Retail Salespersons and Visual Merchandisers
- 65102 – Store Shelf Stockers, Clerks, and Order Fillers
- 65201 – Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers, and Related Support Occupations
- 65310 – Light Duty Cleaners
- 73300 – Transport Truck Drivers – includes Short-haul and Local Transport Truck Drivers; excludes Long-haul Transport Truck Drivers – log books for routes must be shared at the time of application
- 74202 – Air Transport Ramp Attendants
- 72400 – Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics
- 72410 – Automotive Service Technicians, Truck and Bus Mechanics, and Mechanical Repairers
- 73400 – Heavy Equipment Operators
- 75110 – Construction Trades Helpers and Labourers
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Health
- Education and Social, Community and Government Services
- Trades and Transport
- Natural Resources and Agriculture
- Business, Finance and Administration
📌 Priority Occupations:
- 11102 Financial advisor
- 12200 Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
- 13100 Administrative officers
- 22101 Geological and mineral technologists and technicians
- 21322 Metallurgical and materials engineers
- 31301 Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
- 32101 Licensed practical nurses
- 32104 Animal health technologists and veterinary technicians
- 32120 Medical laboratory technologists
- 33102 Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
- 41221 Elementary school and kindergarten teachers
- 42201 Social and community service workers
- 42202 Early childhood educators and assistants
- 44101 Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations
- 72106 Welders and related machine operators
- 72201 Industrial electricians
- 72400 Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
- 72401 Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
- 72410 Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
- 73300 Transport truck drivers
- 73400 Heavy equipment operators
- 74203 Automotive and heavy truck and equipment parts installers and servicers
- 75110 Construction trades helpers and labourers
- 83100 Underground production and development miners
- 95103 Labourers in wood, pulp and paper processing
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Education, Law and Social, Community and Government Service
- Sales and Services
- Trades and Transport
- Natural Resources and Agriculture
- Manufacturing and Utilities
📌 Priority Occupations:
- 11100 Financial auditors and accountants
- 12013 Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations
- 14400 Shippers and receivers
- 42202 Early childhood educators and assistants
- 62010 Retail sales supervisors
- 62020 Food service supervisors
- 63200 Cooks
- 65201 Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations
- 64400 Customer service representatives – Financial institutions
- 72106 Welders and related machine operators
- 72400 Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
- 72401 Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
- 73401 Printing press operators
- 75101 Material handlers
- 90010 Manufacturing managers
- 92012 Supervisors, food and beverage processing
- 94105 Metalworking and forging machine operators
- 94140 Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing
- 94141 Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
- 94151 Camera, platemaking and other prepress occupations
- 94152 Binding and finishing machine operators
- 94204 Mechanical assemblers and inspectors
- 94213 Industrial painters, coaters and metal finishing process operators
- 95106 Labourers in food and beverage processing
- 95109 Other labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Health Sector
- Trade & Transport
- Manufacturing & Utilities
- Natural & Applied Science
- Education, Law & Social, Community & government Services
📌 Priority Occupations:
- 33102 – Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
- 31301 – Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
- 32101 – Licensed practical nurses
- 31102 – General practitioners and family physicians
- 31101 – Specialists in surgery
- 31100 – Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine
- 31110 – Dentists
- 75110 – Construction trades helpers and labourers
- 72300 – Plumbers
- 72106 – Welders and related machine operators
- 72310 – Carpenters
- 72401 – Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
- 72402 – Heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics
- 72410 – Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers
- 73112 – Painters and decorators (except interior decorators)
- 73100 – Concrete finishers
- 72400 – Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics
- 94141 – Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
- 21300 – Civil engineers
- 22300 – Civil engineering technologists and technicians
- 21301 – Mechanical engineers
- 22301 – Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians
- 21321 – Industrial and manufacturing engineers
- 22221 – User support technicians
- 42202 – Early childhood educators and assistants
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Health
- Education, Law and Social, Community and Government Services
- Sales and Service
- Trades and Transport
- Manufacturing and Utilities
📌 Priority Occupations:
- 11202 Professional Occupations in Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations
- 12200 Accounting Technicians and Bookkeepers
- 21112 Agriculture Representative, Consultants, and Specialists
- 21221 Business Systems Specialists
- 21223 Database Analysts and Data Administrators
- 21321 Industrial Manufacturing Engineers
- 22212 Drafting Technologists and Technicians
- 22303 Construction Estimators
- 31102 General Practitioners and Family Physicians
- 31301 Registered Nurses and Registered Psychiatric Nurses
- 32101 Licensed Practical Nurses
- 32104 Animal Health Technologists and Veterinary Technicians
- 32124 Pharmacy Technicians
- 32201 Massage Therapists
- 33102 Nurses Aides, Orderlies, and Patient Service Associates
- 41101 Lawyers and Quebec Notaries
- 42202 Early Childhood Educators and Assistants
- 60020 Retail and Wholesale Trade Managers
- 62020 Food Service Supervisors
- 63100 Insurance Agents and Brokers
- 70010 Construction Managers
- 72106 Welders and Related Machine Operators
- 72401 Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics
- 72410 Automotive Service Technicians, Truck and Bus Mechanics and Mechanical Repairers
- 72422 Electrical Mechanics
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Business, finance, and administration
- Health occupations
- Sales & ServicesÂ
- Trades, transport and equipment operators
- ManufacturingÂ
📌 Priority Occupations:
- Accounting technicians and bookkeepers – 12200Â
- Data scientists – 21211Â
- Cybersecurity specialists – 21220Â
- Business systems specialists – 21221Â
- Database analysts and data administrators – 21223Â
- Software developers and programmers – 21232Â
- Pharmacists – 31120Â
- Pharmacy technicians – 32124Â
- Pharmacy technical assistants and pharmacy assistants – 33103Â
- Restaurant and food service managers – 60030*Â
- Retail sales supervisors – 62010*Â
- Cooks – 63200*Â
- Sheet metal workers – 72102Â
- Telecommunications equipment installation and cable television service technicians – 72205Â
- Plumbers – 72300Â
- Carpenters – 72310Â
- Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics, and mechanical repairers – 72410Â
- Plasterers, drywall installers, and finishers and lathers – 73102Â
- Roofers and shinglers – 73110Â
- Residential and commercial installers and servicers – 73200Â
- Printing press operators – 73401Â
- Supervisors, forest products processing – 92014Â
- Woodworking machine operators – 94124Â
- Other wood processing machine operators – 94129Â
- Rubber processing machine operators and related workers – 94112Â
🛠️ Priority Sectors:
- Business, Finance & Administration
- Sales & Service
- Trades & Transport
- Manufacturing & Utilities
- Education, Law and Social, Community and Government Services
📌 Priority Occupations:
- 12200 Accounting Technicians and Bookkeepers
- 13100 Administrative Officers
- 14201 Banking, Insurance, and Other Financial Clerks
- 22111 Agricultural and Fish Products Inspectors
- 33102 Nurse Aides, Orderlies & Patient Service Associates
- 42201 Social and Community Service Workers
- 42202 Early Childhood Educators and Assistants
- 44101 Home Support Workers, Caregivers
- 62020 Food Service Supervisors
- 63200 Cooks
- 63211 Estheticians, Electrologists
- 64100 Retail Salespersons and Visual Merchandisers
- 64314 Hotel Front Desk Clerks
- 65201 Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers
- 65310 Light Duty Cleaners
- 65312 Janitors, Caretakers, and Heavy Duty Cleaners
- 72106 Welders and Related Machine Operators
- 72310 Carpenters
- 72401 Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanics
- 72410 Automotive Service Technicians, Mechanical Repairers
- 73201 General Building Maintenance Workers and Superintendents
- 74203 Automotive Equipment Parts Installers and Servicers
- 75101 Material Handlers
- 75110 Construction trades helpers and labourers
- 92012 Supervisors, Food and Beverage Processing


