Borrowing in Pierreville, Quebec

A loan taken out in Pierreville is governed by Quebec's licensing rules, and the 2021 Census counted 2,104 people in the community.

How borrowing works locally

Provincial licensing decides who may lend, and federal rules add a ceiling where a licensed payday regime exists.

A lender's assessment looks at income, existing obligations, the credit file, and the asset pledged where there is one. A payday advance is repaid on a pay date, while an instalment loan is repaid over a set number of payments.

Products compared here

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

• Home renovation loans: Paying for work on a property, from a small unsecured instalment loan to a secured renovation product.
• Emergency loans: Money for an urgent expense, and the order in which a sensible borrower works through the options.

The census figures for Pierreville

In the 2021 Census, Pierreville had 2,104 residents. The community covers 77.7 square kilometres of land.

Population divided by land area produces a density of 27.1 people per square kilometre.

By population it ranks 389 among the Quebec places covered here.

Pierreville therefore appears at rank 389 of 1150 covered Quebec places, with a density of 27.1 people per square kilometre.

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.

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.

The land area recorded for Pierreville is 77.7 square kilometres, and the population is 2,104 residents in the 2021 Census.

Pierreville ranks 389 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Quebec.

At 2,104 residents in the 2021 Census, Pierreville is listed alongside the other covered places in Quebec.

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

Pierreville is one of 1150 covered Quebec places, counted at 2,104 residents with a land area of 77.7 square kilometres.

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

The density figure for Pierreville, 27.1 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

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

Pierreville sits at rank 389 within Quebec in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

Pierreville appears in the census record with 2,104 residents, and the density of 27.1 people per square kilometre follows from it.

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

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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.