Borrowing in Bouchette, Quebec

Bouchette is one of the Quebec communities covered here, with a 2021 Census population of 695, and borrowing there is licensed under Quebec's consumer credit rules.

The Quebec rules that apply

Consumer lending in Quebec is licensed provincially or territorially, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list of provincial and territorial regulators where the current position appears.

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.

Small places are covered the same way as large ones: census figures for the place, and the provincial position on lending.

How borrowing works locally

A broker arranges credit but does not lend, and the lender remains the party that makes the decision.

A lender may ask for proof of address, and a permanent address is a standard requirement for consumer credit. Adding a co-signer puts a second file in front of the lender and adds a second person to the obligation.

The census figures for Bouchette

Bouchette recorded a population of 695 in Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population. Land area for Bouchette is 122.1 square kilometres in the same census.

The calculated density is 5.7 people per square kilometre.

The community is the 806th largest place in the province within this census set.

The place record for Bouchette covers 122.1 square kilometres and 695 residents, a density of 5.7 people per square kilometre.

Products compared here

Two of the 20 covered products appear below, each with the purpose the product is designed for.

• Collateral loans: Borrowing against an asset a lender will hold, from vehicles to savings, and what happens on default.
• Car loans: Financing a vehicle, including the effect of trade-in equity, negative equity and dealer-arranged credit.

The density figure for Bouchette, 5.7 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

At 695 residents in the 2021 Census, Bouchette is listed alongside the other covered places in Quebec.

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

Bouchette appears in the census record with 695 residents, and the density of 5.7 people per square kilometre follows from it.

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

Bouchette ranks 806 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Quebec.

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

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

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

Bouchette is one of 1150 covered Quebec places, counted at 695 residents with a land area of 122.1 square kilometres.

Bouchette sits at rank 806 within Quebec in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

The land area recorded for Bouchette is 122.1 square kilometres, and the population is 695 residents in the 2021 Census.

loanmoose.ca is not a lender and does not make credit decisions. The lowest rates are only available to the most qualified applicants.

Census figures are from Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population, and the payday position is taken from the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114).

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