Borrowing in Rimbey, Alberta

Rimbey is one of the Alberta communities covered here, with a 2021 Census population of 2,470, and borrowing there is licensed under Alberta's consumer credit rules.

How borrowing works locally

A provincial regulator publishes licensing requirements, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list of provincial and territorial regulators.

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.

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The census figures for Rimbey

Population for Rimbey stands at 2,470 in the 2021 Census. The census records a land area of 11.4 square kilometres for Rimbey.

Dividing population by land area gives 217.0 residents per square kilometre, rounded to one decimal place.

Among covered Alberta places, Rimbey sits at rank 133 by population.

Compared with the other 361 covered Alberta places, Rimbey ranks 133 by population.

The Alberta rules that apply

The body that licenses consumer lending in Alberta is the regulator named on the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114)'s list of provincial and territorial regulators.

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.

At the small end of the census range, the community still borrows inside the province's licensing system.

Rimbey ranks 133 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Alberta.

Rimbey sits at rank 133 within Alberta in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

Rimbey appears in the census record with 2,470 residents, and the density of 217.0 people per square kilometre follows from it.

The density figure for Rimbey, 217.0 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

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

At 2,470 residents in the 2021 Census, Rimbey is listed alongside the other covered places in Alberta.

Rimbey is one of 361 covered Alberta places, counted at 2,470 residents with a land area of 11.4 square kilometres.

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

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

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

The land area recorded for Rimbey is 11.4 square kilometres, and the population is 2,470 residents in the 2021 Census.

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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).

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