Borrowing in Hudson, Quebec

A loan taken out in Hudson is governed by Quebec's licensing rules, and the 2021 Census counted 5,411 people in the community.

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.

The federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) are explicit that Quebec does not license payday lending, which changes which rules a short-term advance falls under.

This community sits in the lower-middle population band, which changes the census figures rather than the rules.

The census figures for Hudson

The 2021 Census counted 5,411 residents in Hudson. The community covers 21.8 square kilometres of land.

Population divided by land area produces a density of 248.3 people per square kilometre.

Among covered Quebec places, Hudson sits at rank 177 by population.

Compared with the other 1150 covered Quebec places, Hudson ranks 177 by population.

Products compared here

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

• Debt consolidation loans: Replacing several expensive debts with one payment, and the arithmetic that decides whether it helps.
• Personal loans: A fixed sum repaid on a schedule, usually unsecured, for almost any purpose a lender will accept.

How borrowing works locally

A secured product gives the lender a claim on a named asset, which is why its price is usually lower than an unsecured equivalent.

A provincial regulator publishes licensing requirements, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list of provincial and territorial regulators. Payment history is reported to credit agencies, and that record is what builds or damages a credit file over time.

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

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

Hudson is one of 1150 covered Quebec places, counted at 5,411 residents with a land area of 21.8 square kilometres.

Hudson sits at rank 177 within Quebec in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

The land area recorded for Hudson is 21.8 square kilometres, and the population is 5,411 residents in the 2021 Census.

Hudson ranks 177 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Quebec.

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

The density figure for Hudson, 248.3 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

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

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

At 5,411 residents in the 2021 Census, Hudson is listed alongside the other covered places in Quebec.

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Population and land area figures come from Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population; regulatory statements are attributed to the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114).

Nothing here is an offer, and no page on this site can tell anyone what a lender will decide.