Borrowing in Biggar, Saskatchewan

Biggar is one of the Saskatchewan places covered here, with 2,133 residents recorded in the 2021 Census and the same provincial rulebook as the rest of the province.

The census figures for Biggar

Biggar recorded a population of 2,133 in Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population. The community covers 15.4 square kilometres of land.

That gives a density of 138.8 people per square kilometre, rounded to one decimal place.

Biggar ranks 40 by population among the Saskatchewan places on this site.

Within Saskatchewan, Biggar is place number 40 by population in this census set, at 2,133 residents.

Products compared here

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

• 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 Saskatchewan rules that apply

The body that licenses consumer lending in Saskatchewan is the regulator named on the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114)'s 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.

Places in the smallest population band are grouped here as small communities, and the pages carry the same census fields and the same provincial rules as the largest city.

How borrowing works locally

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

Provincial licensing decides who may lend, and federal rules add a ceiling where a licensed payday regime exists. Adding a co-signer puts a second file in front of the lender and adds a second person to the obligation.

Biggar appears in the census record with 2,133 residents, and the density of 138.8 people per square kilometre follows from it.

Biggar sits at rank 40 within Saskatchewan in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

The density figure for Biggar, 138.8 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

At 2,133 residents in the 2021 Census, Biggar is listed alongside the other covered places in Saskatchewan.

The land area recorded for Biggar is 15.4 square kilometres, and the population is 2,133 residents in the 2021 Census.

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

Biggar is one of 733 covered Saskatchewan places, counted at 2,133 residents with a land area of 15.4 square kilometres.

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

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

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

Biggar ranks 40 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Saskatchewan.

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Census figures are from Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population, and the payday position is taken from 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.