Borrowing in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan

This page covers borrowing in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan: the census facts, the provincial rules, and the products people compare.

The Saskatchewan rules that apply

Consumer credit in Saskatchewan is licensed by the provincial or territorial regulator, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list of provincial and territorial regulators.

In Saskatchewan, payday lending operates under a licensed provincial regime, and the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) record a maximum cost of borrowing of $14 for each $100 under the federal limit (this province's own published limit is $17 per $100 advanced, the top of the range the Regulations describe) advanced under SOR/2024-114.

Small places are covered the same way as large ones: census figures for the place, and the provincial position on lending.

The census figures for Assiniboia

2,333 people were counted in Assiniboia in the 2021 Census. Land area for Assiniboia is 3.7 square kilometres in the same census.

That gives a density of 634.0 people per square kilometre, rounded to one decimal place.

The community is the 37th largest place in the province within this census set.

Compared with the other 733 covered Saskatchewan places, Assiniboia ranks 37 by population.

Products compared here

These are two of the 20 products described on the site, and each has a national page as well as the provincial rules.

• 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.

Interest on a line of credit accrues only on the drawn portion, not on the unused limit. Disclosure requirements mean the cost of borrowing must be stated before an agreement is signed.

Assiniboia appears in the census record with 2,333 residents, and the density of 634.0 people per square kilometre follows from it.

Assiniboia sits at rank 37 within Saskatchewan in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

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

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

The density figure for Assiniboia, 634.0 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

Assiniboia ranks 37 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Saskatchewan.

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

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

The land area recorded for Assiniboia is 3.7 square kilometres, and the population is 2,333 residents in the 2021 Census.

Assiniboia is one of 733 covered Saskatchewan places, counted at 2,333 residents with a land area of 3.7 square kilometres.

At 2,333 residents in the 2021 Census, Assiniboia is listed alongside the other covered places in Saskatchewan.

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

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

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).

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