Borrowing in Matapédia, Quebec

A loan taken out in Matapédia is governed by Quebec's licensing rules, and the 2021 Census counted 566 people in the community.

The census figures for Matapédia

Matapédia recorded a population of 566 in Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population. The census records a land area of 71.6 square kilometres for Matapédia.

The arithmetic gives 7.9 people per square kilometre.

Matapédia ranks 879 by population among the Quebec places on this site.

Matapédia is one of 1150 places listed for Quebec, ranked 879 by population and measured at 71.6 square kilometres.

The Quebec rules that apply

The regulator for consumer credit in Quebec is the body listed by the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) provincial and territorial regulators.

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 is a small community by population, inside the lowest band used on this site, and the provincial framework applies without variation.

How borrowing works locally

A deposit or trade-in reduces the amount financed and therefore the interest charged over the term.

A credit file is compiled by private agencies from information lenders and other creditors report. A secured product gives the lender a claim on a named asset, which is why its price is usually lower than an unsecured equivalent.

Products compared here

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

• Unsecured loans: Borrowing with no asset pledged, priced for the risk the lender is taking on your file alone.
• Business loans: Commercial borrowing, what lenders read in a business file, and how the assessment differs from personal credit.

Matapédia is one of 1150 covered Quebec places, counted at 566 residents with a land area of 71.6 square kilometres.

The land area recorded for Matapédia is 71.6 square kilometres, and the population is 566 residents in the 2021 Census.

Matapédia sits at rank 879 within Quebec in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

Matapédia ranks 879 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Quebec.

At 566 residents in the 2021 Census, Matapédia is listed alongside the other covered places in Quebec.

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

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

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

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

The density figure for Matapédia, 7.9 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

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

Matapédia appears in the census record with 566 residents, and the density of 7.9 people per square kilometre follows from it.

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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).

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