Borrowing in Special Area No. 3, Alberta

A loan taken out in Special Area No. 3 is governed by Alberta's licensing rules, and the 2021 Census counted 1,142 people in the community.

How borrowing works locally

A consumer proposal or a bankruptcy is administered by a licensed insolvency trustee rather than by a lender.

A shorter term raises each payment and lowers the total interest, which is the trade every schedule makes. A lender's assessment looks at income, existing obligations, the credit file, and the asset pledged where there is one.

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The census figures for Special Area No. 3

1,142 people were counted in Special Area No. 3 in the 2021 Census. Statistics Canada lists 6469.3 square kilometres of land for the community.

Population divided by land area produces a density of 0.2 people per square kilometre.

The community is the 181st largest place in the province within this census set.

Special Area No. 3 therefore appears at rank 181 of 361 covered Alberta places, with a density of 0.2 people per square kilometre.

The Alberta rules that apply

The regulator for consumer credit in Alberta is the body listed by the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) provincial and territorial regulators.

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.

This is a small community by population, inside the lowest band used on this site, and the provincial framework applies without variation.

Special Area No. 3 sits at rank 181 within Alberta in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

Readers comparing Special Area No. 3 with another community can use the same four census fields.

Special Area No. 3 is one of 361 covered Alberta places, counted at 1,142 residents with a land area of 6469.3 square kilometres.

Special Area No. 3 appears in the census record with 1,142 residents, and the density of 0.2 people per square kilometre follows from it.

Nothing on the Special Area No. 3 page is estimated; the population and land area come from Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population.

At 1,142 residents in the 2021 Census, Special Area No. 3 is listed alongside the other covered places in Alberta.

The land area recorded for Special Area No. 3 is 6469.3 square kilometres, and the population is 1,142 residents in the 2021 Census.

The density figure for Special Area No. 3, 0.2 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

For Special Area No. 3, the two census fields above are the only local statistics used anywhere on the page.

The Special Area No. 3 page follows the same structure as every other place page, with population, land area, density and rank.

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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).

Compare the disclosure on any agreement against the provincial ceiling, and treat the census figures as the only local statistics on the page.