Borrowing in Pontiac, Quebec

Pontiac, Quebec, recorded a population of 6,142 in the 2021 Census; the rules that govern a loan signed there are provincial.

How borrowing works locally

Debt management plans are administered by accredited credit counsellors, and they are not loans.

Disclosure requirements mean the cost of borrowing must be stated before an agreement is signed. Joint applications combine two incomes and two sets of obligations in the same assessment.

Products compared here

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

• Mortgage loans: Borrowing against residential property, including how a federally regulated lender tests the file.
• Debt relief programs: The formal and informal routes out of unmanageable debt in Canada, and who is licensed to run them.

The census figures for Pontiac

Population for Pontiac stands at 6,142 in the 2021 Census. Statistics Canada lists 445.3 square kilometres of land for the community.

Dividing population by land area gives 13.8 residents per square kilometre, rounded to one decimal place.

The community is the 160th largest place in the province within this census set.

Pontiac is one of 1150 places listed for Quebec, ranked 160 by population and measured at 445.3 square kilometres.

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.

For Quebec, the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) record that payday lending is not licensed, so the cost limit should be confirmed with the provincial regulator.

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

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

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

The land area recorded for Pontiac is 445.3 square kilometres, and the population is 6,142 residents in the 2021 Census.

Pontiac is one of 1150 covered Quebec places, counted at 6,142 residents with a land area of 445.3 square kilometres.

Pontiac sits at rank 160 within Quebec in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

At 6,142 residents in the 2021 Census, Pontiac is listed alongside the other covered places in Quebec.

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

Pontiac ranks 160 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Quebec.

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

Pontiac appears in the census record with 6,142 residents, and the density of 13.8 people per square kilometre follows from it.

The density figure for Pontiac, 13.8 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

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

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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).

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