Borrowing in Bedford, Quebec

Bedford is one of the Quebec places covered here, with 658 residents recorded in the 2021 Census and the same provincial rulebook as the rest of the province.

The Quebec rules that apply

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

Because Quebec does not license payday lending, no provincial payday cap applies there, and the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) note the distinction.

Communities of this size are listed here with population, land area and density, and the lending rules remain provincial.

The census figures for Bedford

Bedford recorded a population of 658 in Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population. The census records a land area of 32.0 square kilometres for Bedford.

On those two figures, density is 20.6 residents per square kilometre when rounded to one decimal place.

By population it ranks 832 among the Quebec places covered here.

Bedford therefore appears at rank 832 of 1150 covered Quebec places, with a density of 20.6 people per square kilometre.

Products compared here

Each product below has its own page, and the Quebec position applies to all of them.

• Emergency loans: Money for an urgent expense, and the order in which a sensible borrower works through the options.
• Unsecured loans: Borrowing with no asset pledged, priced for the risk the lender is taking on your file alone.

How borrowing works locally

Joint applications combine two incomes and two sets of obligations in the same assessment.

A broker arranges credit but does not lend, and the lender remains the party that makes the decision. An application usually asks for identification, income evidence, banking details and a statement of obligations.

The land area recorded for Bedford is 32.0 square kilometres, and the population is 658 residents in the 2021 Census.

Bedford is one of 1150 covered Quebec places, counted at 658 residents with a land area of 32.0 square kilometres.

Bedford sits at rank 832 within Quebec in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

The density figure for Bedford, 20.6 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

Nothing on the Bedford page is estimated; the population and land area come from Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population.

For Bedford, the two census fields above are the only local statistics used anywhere on the page.

Bedford appears in the census record with 658 residents, and the density of 20.6 people per square kilometre follows from it.

Bedford ranks 832 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Quebec.

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

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

At 658 residents in the 2021 Census, Bedford is listed alongside the other covered places in Quebec.

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

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The 2021 Census of Population published by Statistics Canada is the source for population and land area; the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) are the source for payday rules.

Lending rules change, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list of provincial and territorial regulators where the current position is confirmed.