Borrowing in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec

Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, recorded a population of 42,313 in the 2021 Census; the rules that govern a loan signed there are provincial.

The census figures for Rouyn-Noranda

The 2021 Census counted 42,313 residents in Rouyn-Noranda. The community covers 5963.6 square kilometres of land.

That gives a density of 7.1 people per square kilometre, rounded to one decimal place.

By population it ranks 29 among the Quebec places covered here.

Rouyn-Noranda therefore appears at rank 29 of 1150 covered Quebec places, with a density of 7.1 people per square kilometre.

Products compared here

The site describes 20 products in total; the two below are representative of the range.

• Payday loans: Small, short-term advances against a pay date, the most tightly regulated product in Canadian consumer credit.
• No credit check loans: What lenders who advertise without a credit check actually look at instead, and where the cost goes.

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.

Quebec does not license payday lending, a fact the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) record when it lists the provinces that regulate the product.

Mid-sized places carry the same product list and the same provincial position as the largest city in the province.

How borrowing works locally

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

A lender's assessment looks at income, existing obligations, the credit file, and the asset pledged where there is one. A shorter term raises each payment and lowers the total interest, which is the trade every schedule makes.

The land area recorded for Rouyn-Noranda is 5963.6 square kilometres, and the population is 42,313 residents in the 2021 Census.

Rouyn-Noranda sits at rank 29 within Quebec in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

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

At 42,313 residents in the 2021 Census, Rouyn-Noranda is listed alongside the other covered places in Quebec.

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

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

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

Rouyn-Noranda appears in the census record with 42,313 residents, and the density of 7.1 people per square kilometre follows from it.

The density figure for Rouyn-Noranda, 7.1 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

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

The 2021 Census of Population published by Statistics Canada is the source for population and land area; the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) are the source for payday rules.

The same structure is used for every place covered, so two communities can be compared field by field: population, land area, density, rank, and the provincial rules.