Borrowing in Argyle, Nova Scotia

With 7,870 residents counted in the 2021 Census, Argyle sits inside Nova Scotia's provincial lending framework.

The census figures for Argyle

Population for Argyle stands at 7,870 in the 2021 Census. Its land area is 1526.1 square kilometres.

The calculated density is 5.2 people per square kilometre.

By population it ranks 20 among the Nova Scotia places covered here.

The place record for Argyle covers 1526.1 square kilometres and 7,870 residents, a density of 5.2 people per square kilometre.

Products compared here

Among the 20 products compared here, these two are commonly used for the purposes described.

• Home equity loans: Converting property equity into credit, and the difference between a lump sum and a revolving limit.
• Payday loans: Small, short-term advances against a pay date, the most tightly regulated product in Canadian consumer credit.

The Nova Scotia rules that apply

Consumer credit in Nova Scotia is licensed by the provincial or territorial regulator, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list of provincial and territorial regulators.

Payday lending is licensed in Nova Scotia; the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) publish a cap of $14 per $100 advanced, and notes that a province may set a lower figure.

Size changes the census figures, not the rules; this community falls in the lower-middle band.

How borrowing works locally

Disclosure requirements mean the cost of borrowing must be stated before an agreement is signed.

A lender's assessment looks at income, existing obligations, the credit file, and the asset pledged where there is one. Variable-rate products move with a reference rate, while fixed-rate products set the price for a defined term.

The Argyle page follows the same structure as every other place page, with population, land area, density and rank.

Argyle ranks 20 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Nova Scotia.

The density figure for Argyle, 5.2 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

Argyle appears in the census record with 7,870 residents, and the density of 5.2 people per square kilometre follows from it.

Argyle sits at rank 20 within Nova Scotia in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

Where a figure for Argyle could not be verified, the page names the publisher instead of printing a number.

The land area recorded for Argyle is 1526.1 square kilometres, and the population is 7,870 residents in the 2021 Census.

At 7,870 residents in the 2021 Census, Argyle is listed alongside the other covered places in Nova Scotia.

Argyle is one of 82 covered Nova Scotia places, counted at 7,870 residents with a land area of 1526.1 square kilometres.

Readers comparing Argyle with another community can use the same four census fields.

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Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population supplies the population and land-area figures, and the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) supply the payday position.

The same structure is used for every place covered, so two communities can be compared field by field: population, land area, density, rank, and the provincial rules.