Full List of Participating Communities for BC Regional Pilot

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Full List of Participating Communities for BC Regional Pilot

British Columbia welcomes entrepreneurs from around the world to discover the many business opportunities across all regions of the province. Entrepreneurs can open a business in one of B.C.’s smaller communities and experience first-hand why many choose to live outside of a large urban center for their families.

Through the Entrepreneur Immigration (EI) Regional Pilot, the Province offers an immigration pathway for enterprising individuals who are looking to start a new business in a small community and make B.C. their new home.

  • The EI Regional Pilot was introduced in March 2019 and has been extended to March 31, 2024.


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Cariboo

Priority Sectors:
311 – Food manufacturing
312140 – Distilleries
321999 – All other miscellaneous wood product manufacturing
339 – Miscellaneous manufacturing
5413 – Architectural, engineering and related services

Population: 1,980
Website: www.100milehouse.com
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:

722 – Food services and drinking places

1151 – Support activities for crop production

1153 – Support activities for forestry

2131 – Support activities for mining, and oil and gas extraction

3121 – Beverage manufacturing

4931- Warehousing and storage

5322 – Consumer goods rental

5411 – Legal services

6116 – Other schools and instruction

7139 – Other amusement and recreation industries

7211 – Traveller accommodation

7212 – Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and recreational camps

Population: 3,380
Website: https://districtofmackenzie.ca/business-development/business-support-programs/bc-entrepreneur-immigration-program/
Contact:  [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
561- Administrative and support services
611- Educational services
722 – Food services and drinking places

Population: 11,559
Website: www.williamslake.ca
https://www.cariboord.ca/en/business-and-development/make_the_move.aspx
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
32199 – All other wood product manufacturing
337121 – Upholstered household furniture manufacturing
337123 – Other wood household furniture manufacturing
493110 General Warehousing
531120 Lessors of non-residential buidings (except mini-warehouses)

Population: 82,290
Website: www.investprincegeorge.ca
Contact: [email protected]

311 – Food manufacturing
541 – Professional, scientific and technical services
621 – Ambulatory health care services
611 – Educational services
321 – Wood product manufacturing
339 – Miscellaneous manufacturing
238 – Specialty trade contractors
115 – Support activities for agriculture and forestry

Population: 10,356
Website: www.quesnel.ca
Contact: [email protected]

Kootenay

Priority Sectors:
321 – Wood product manufacturing
444 – Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
451 – Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music retailers
453 – Miscellaneous manufacturing
455 – General merchandise retailers
541 – Professional, scientific and technical services
713 – Amusement, gambling and recreation industries
722 – Food services and drinking places
44921 – Electronics and appliances retailers
45811 – Clothing and clothing accessories retailers

Population: 14,713
Website: www.Castlegar.com
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
5416 Management, scientific and technical consulting services
7211 Traveller accommodation
3116 Meat product manufacturing
1112 Vegetable and melon farming

Population: 9,482
Website: www.investcolumbiavalley.ca
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
722 – Food services and drinking places
713 – Amusement, gambling and recreation industries
4452 – Specialty food stores
448 – Clothing and clothing accessories stores
451 – Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores
454 – Non-store retailers
5415 – Computer systems design and related services
6216 – Home health care services

45811 – Clothing and clothing accessories retailers

Population: 21,502
Website: www.choosecranbrook.ca
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
3399 – Other miscellaneous manufacturing
6116 – Other schools and instruction
6117 – Educational support services
7139 – Other amusement and recreation industries

Population: 8,151
Website: www.kimberley.ca/business/resources/pnp-provincial-nominee-program
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
334 – Computer and electronic product manufacturing
3219 – Other wood product manufacturing
5415 – Computer systems design and related services

5416 – Management, scientific and technical consulting services

Population: 11,557
Website: www.discovernelson.com
www.nelsonkootenaylaketourism.com
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
2361 – Residential building construction
2362 – Non-residential building construction
3219 – Other wood product manufacturing
3329 – Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
5182 – Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
5191 – Other information services
7211 – Traveller accommodation
7223 – Special food services
7224 – Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)
7225 – Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places

Population: 4,096
Website: www.lcic.ca
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
2361 – Residential building construction
2362 – Non-residential building construction
3313 – Alumina and aluminum production and processing
3314 – Non-ferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing
3315 – Foundries
4181 – Recyclable material merchant wholesalers
5182 – Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services
5191 – Other information services

Population: 8,250
Website: www.lcic.ca
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
7139 – Other amusement and recreation industries
32199 – All other wood product manufacturing
31199 – All other food manufacturing
54171 Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences
5615 – Travel arrangement and reservation services

Population: 2,155
Website: www.westboundaryconnect.com
Contact: [email protected]

North Coast

Priority Sectors:
3123 – Cannabis product manufacturing
2131 – Support activities for mining, and oil and gas extraction
321 – Wood product manufacturing

Population: 12,817
Website: https://www.livenorthwestbc.ca/
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
111 – Crop production
7212 – Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and recreational camps
6244 – Child day-care services
6115 – Technical and trade schools

Population: 37,367
Website: www.rdks.ecdev.org
Contact: [email protected]

Northeast

Priority Sectors:
722 – Food services and drinking places
459210 – Book retailers and news dealers

458210 – Shoe retailers

4594 – Office supplies, stationery and gift retailers

4593 – Florists

Population: 22,283
Website: https://www.fortstjohn.ca/EN/main/business/economic-development.html
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
45911 – Sporting goods retailers
541940 – Veterinary services
621310 – Offices of chiropractors
621210 – Offices of dentists
624410 – Child day-care services
7211 – Traveller accommodation
722511 – Full-service restaurants
722512 – Limited-service eating places
8121 – Personal care services

Population: 2,400
Website: www.investtumblerridge.ca/bc-pnp-regional/
Contact: [email protected]


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The Mainland/Southwest

Priority Sectors:
111 – Crop production
722 – Food services and drinking places
4452 – Specialty food retailers
4561 – Health and personal care retailers
5418 – Advertising, public relations, and related services
6216 – Home health care services
6241 – Individual and family services
8121 – Personal care services

Population: 2,302
Website: www.lillooet.ca
Contact: [email protected]

Nechako

Priority Sectors:

111 – Crop production (Areas A, B, C, D, E, F, G)
112 – Animal production and aquaculture (Areas A, B, C, D, E, G)
1131 – Timber tract operations (Areas C, D, G)
1132 – Forest nurseries and gathering of forest products (Areas C, D, G)
1133 – Logging (Areas C, D, G)
1151 – Support activities for crop production (Areas A, E)
1152 – Support activities for animal production (Areas A,E)
1153 – Support activities for forestry (Areas A, E)
3211 – Sawmills and wood preservation (Areas B, C, D, E, F, G)
3212 – Veneer, plywood and engineered wood product manufacturing (Areas B, C, D, E, F, G)
3219 – Other wood product manufacturing (Areas B, C, D, E, F, G)
3391 – Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (Areas A, B, C, D, E, F, G)
3399 – Other miscellaneous manufacturing (Areas A, B, C, D, E, F, G)
7139 – Other amusement and recreation industries (Area B)
7211 – Traveller accommodation (Area A)
7212 – Recreational vehicle (RV) parks and recreational camps (Area A)
7213 – Rooming and boarding houses (Area A)

THOMPSON OKANAGAN

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Priority Sectors:
512 – Motion picture and sound recording industries
311 – Food manufacturing
5411 – Legal Services
5412- Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services
5413 – Architectural, engineering and related services
5414 – Specialized design services
5416 – Management, scientific and technical consulting services
5417 – Scientific research and development services
5418 – Advertising, public relations and related services
5419 – Other professional, scientific and technical services

Population: 45,792
Website: www.penticton.ca/business-building/business-economic-development/bc-pnp-program
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
5416 – Management, scientific and technical consulting services
5415 – Computer systems design and related services
71399 – Other amusement and recreation industries
333 – Machinery manufacturing
311 – Food manufacturing

Population: 19,296
Website: https://www.saeds.ca/bc-provincial-nomination-program/#pnp
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
2361 –Residential building construction
2362 – Non-residential building construction
3112 – Grain and oilseed milling
3114 – Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing
3118 – Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing
4421 – Furniture stores
4481 – Clothing stores
4511 – Sporting goods, hobby and musical instrument stores
7225 – Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places

Population: 44,171
Website: https://www.vernon.ca/pnp
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
7225 – Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places
721113 – Resorts
45811 – Clothing and clothing accessories retailers

455 – General merchandise retailers

Population: 2,300
Website: www.chasebc.ca
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
4591 – Sporting goods, hobby and musical instrument retailers

44611 – Pharmacies and drug stores
7225 – Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places

Population: 654
Website: https://village.clinton.bc.ca
Contact: [email protected]

VANCOUVER ISLAND/COAST

Priority Sectors:
3119 – Other food manufacturing
3212 – Veneer, plywood and engineered wood product manufacturing
7225 – Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places
5417 – Scientific research and development services

Population: 36,167
Website: https://www.campbellriver.ca/invest
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
3113 – Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing
3114 – Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing
3364 – Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
5414 – Specialized design services
5415 – Computer systems design and related services
5417 – Scientific research and development services
7211 – Traveller accommodation

Population: 13,812
Website: www.comox.ca
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
2361 – Residential building construction
238 – Specialty trade contractors
487 – Scenic and sightseeing transportation
512 – Motion picture and sound recording industries
711 – Performing arts, spectator sports and related industries
7139 – Other amusement and recreation industries

Population: 11,035
Website: www.myvancouverislandnorth.ca
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
3117 – Seafood product preparation and packaging
3121 – Beverage manufacturing
5112 – Software publishers
5182 – Data processing, hosting, and related services
51913 – Internet publishing and broadcasting, and web search portals
5415 – Computer systems design and related services
5417 – Scientific research and development services

Population: 19,060
Website: https://www.chooseportalberni.ca/investing/pnp
Contact: [email protected]

Priority Sectors:
11251 – Aquaculture
721113 – Resorts
512 – Motion picture and sound recording industries
5415 – Computer systems design and related services
311 – Food manufacturing
48819 – Other support activities for air transportation
54169 – Other scientific and technical consulting services

Population: 13,865
Website: https://powellriver.ca/
https://prdiscoveryourself.ca/
Contact: [email protected]


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