Borrowing in Bégin, Quebec

A loan taken out in Bégin is governed by Quebec's licensing rules, and the 2021 Census counted 851 people in the community.

How borrowing works locally

A shorter term raises each payment and lowers the total interest, which is the trade every schedule makes.

A revolving product charges interest on the outstanding balance, while an instalment product charges a fixed schedule of payments. A lender's assessment looks at income, existing obligations, the credit file, and the asset pledged where there is one.

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The census figures for Bégin

Statistics Canada's 2021 Census gives Bégin a population of 851. Statistics Canada lists 189.7 square kilometres of land for the community.

On those two figures, density is 4.5 residents per square kilometre when rounded to one decimal place.

The community is the 731st largest place in the province within this census set.

Compared with the other 1150 covered Quebec places, Bégin ranks 731 by population.

The Quebec rules that apply

Provincial or territorial law decides who may lend in Quebec, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list that names the regulator responsible.

Quebec is the province that does not license payday lending, so the federal cap that applies in licensed provinces has no provincial regime to sit inside.

At the small end of the census range, the community still borrows inside the province's licensing system.

The land area recorded for Bégin is 189.7 square kilometres, and the population is 851 residents in the 2021 Census.

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

Bégin ranks 731 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Quebec.

Bégin is one of 1150 covered Quebec places, counted at 851 residents with a land area of 189.7 square kilometres.

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

At 851 residents in the 2021 Census, Bégin is listed alongside the other covered places in Quebec.

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

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

Bégin appears in the census record with 851 residents, and the density of 4.5 people per square kilometre follows from it.

Bégin sits at rank 731 within Quebec in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

The density figure for Bégin, 4.5 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

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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.

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