Borrowing in Beaver County, Alberta

With 5,868 residents counted in the 2021 Census, Beaver County sits inside Alberta's provincial lending framework.

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.

• Lines of credit: A revolving limit you draw on and repay, usually paying interest only on what is outstanding.
• Home renovation loans: Paying for work on a property, from a small unsecured instalment loan to a secured renovation product.

How borrowing works locally

A revolving product charges interest on the outstanding balance, while an instalment product charges a fixed schedule of payments.

A provincial regulator publishes licensing requirements, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list of provincial and territorial regulators. A payday advance is repaid on a pay date, while an instalment loan is repaid over a set number of payments.

The Alberta rules that apply

Provincial or territorial law decides who may lend in Alberta, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list that names the regulator responsible.

The federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) count Alberta among the provinces with payday lending rules, where the published maximum cost of borrowing is $14 per $100 advanced under SOR/2024-114.

The lower-middle band covers towns of moderate size, none of which sets its own lending rules.

The census figures for Beaver County

5,868 people were counted in Beaver County in the 2021 Census. Statistics Canada lists 3219.7 square kilometres of land for the community.

On those two figures, density is 1.8 residents per square kilometre when rounded to one decimal place.

By population it ranks 79 among the Alberta places covered here.

The place record for Beaver County covers 3219.7 square kilometres and 5,868 residents, a density of 1.8 people per square kilometre.

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

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

The density figure for Beaver County, 1.8 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

Beaver County appears in the census record with 5,868 residents, and the density of 1.8 people per square kilometre follows from it.

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

Beaver County sits at rank 79 within Alberta in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

Beaver County ranks 79 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Alberta.

Beaver County is one of 361 covered Alberta places, counted at 5,868 residents with a land area of 3219.7 square kilometres.

The land area recorded for Beaver County is 3219.7 square kilometres, and the population is 5,868 residents in the 2021 Census.

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

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

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.

Lending rules change, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list of provincial and territorial regulators where the current position is confirmed.