Registered with the Government of Canada in March 2007 as a non-profit representative organization of the people of Nepalese origin living in Canada, NRN-Canada is primarily concerned in promoting the common interests of its members in Canada and Nepal. Independently registered in Canada, NRN-Canada is a member organization of Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), which is a representative organization of the people of Nepalese origin living abroad (specifically outside SAARC countries). Every two years, NRN holds an international convention of the representatives of National Coordinating Councils and an International Coordination Council (ICC) gets elected. The NRN-ICC has a permanent secretariat in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The NRN-Canada was registered through a provisional council, which subsequently organized a national convention in August 2008. The convention elected a National Coordination Council,which acts as the representative assembly of the Non-resident Nepalese in Canada.