Borrowing in Eckville, Alberta
Population 1,014, land area 1.6 square kilometres: the census facts for Eckville, plus how consumer credit is regulated in Alberta.
Eckville is one of the Alberta places covered here, with 1,014 residents recorded in the 2021 Census and the same provincial rulebook as the rest of the province.
The census figures for Eckville
1,014 people were counted in Eckville in the 2021 Census. The community covers 1.6 square kilometres of land.
Dividing population by land area gives 629.8 residents per square kilometre, rounded to one decimal place.
The community is the 189th largest place in the province within this census set.
Eckville sits at rank 189 among the 361 Alberta places here, with 1,014 residents in the 2021 Census.
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The Alberta rules that apply
Consumer lending in Alberta 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.
Payday lending is licensed in Alberta; the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) publish a cap of $14 per $100 advanced, and notes that a province may set a lower figure.
The lowest band groups villages, rural municipalities and small towns, all read against the same provincial rulebook.
How borrowing works locally
Disclosure requirements mean the cost of borrowing must be stated before an agreement is signed.
Variable-rate products move with a reference rate, while fixed-rate products set the price for a defined term. A provincial regulator publishes licensing requirements, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list of provincial and territorial regulators.
Eckville ranks 189 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Alberta.
Readers comparing Eckville with another community can use the same four census fields.
The Eckville page follows the same structure as every other place page, with population, land area, density and rank.
For Eckville, the two census fields above are the only local statistics used anywhere on the page.
At 1,014 residents in the 2021 Census, Eckville is listed alongside the other covered places in Alberta.
The density figure for Eckville, 629.8 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.
Where a figure for Eckville could not be verified, the page names the publisher instead of printing a number.
Eckville sits at rank 189 within Alberta in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.
The land area recorded for Eckville is 1.6 square kilometres, and the population is 1,014 residents in the 2021 Census.
Eckville is one of 361 covered Alberta places, counted at 1,014 residents with a land area of 1.6 square kilometres.
Nothing on the Eckville page is estimated; the population and land area come from Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population.
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Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population supplies the population and land-area figures, and the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) supply the payday position.
Compare the disclosure on any agreement against the provincial ceiling, and treat the census figures as the only local statistics on the page.
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