Borrowing in Sturgeon Lake 154, Alberta

With 1,291 residents counted in the 2021 Census, Sturgeon Lake 154 sits inside Alberta's provincial lending framework.

The census figures for Sturgeon Lake 154

1,291 people were counted in Sturgeon Lake 154 in the 2021 Census. 148.7 square kilometres of land are attributed to Sturgeon Lake 154.

The arithmetic gives 8.7 people per square kilometre.

Sturgeon Lake 154 ranks 171 by population among the Alberta places on this site.

The place record for Sturgeon Lake 154 covers 148.7 square kilometres and 1,291 residents, a density of 8.7 people per square kilometre.

Products compared here

Two of the 20 covered products appear below, each with the purpose the product is designed for.

• 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 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.

The federal payday lending regulations, SOR/2024-114, cap the cost of borrowing at $14 per $100 advanced in Alberta, which the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) list as a province that regulates the product.

Communities of this size are listed here with population, land area and density, and the lending rules remain provincial.

How borrowing works locally

A credit file is compiled by private agencies from information lenders and other creditors report.

A broker arranges credit but does not lend, and the lender remains the party that makes the decision. A secured product gives the lender a claim on a named asset, which is why its price is usually lower than an unsecured equivalent.

The density figure for Sturgeon Lake 154, 8.7 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

Sturgeon Lake 154 ranks 171 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Alberta.

Nothing on the Sturgeon Lake 154 page is estimated; the population and land area come from Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population.

The Sturgeon Lake 154 page follows the same structure as every other place page, with population, land area, density and rank.

For Sturgeon Lake 154, the two census fields above are the only local statistics used anywhere on the page.

Sturgeon Lake 154 is one of 361 covered Alberta places, counted at 1,291 residents with a land area of 148.7 square kilometres.

Where a figure for Sturgeon Lake 154 could not be verified, the page names the publisher instead of printing a number.

At 1,291 residents in the 2021 Census, Sturgeon Lake 154 is listed alongside the other covered places in Alberta.

The land area recorded for Sturgeon Lake 154 is 148.7 square kilometres, and the population is 1,291 residents in the 2021 Census.

Readers comparing Sturgeon Lake 154 with another community can use the same four census fields.

Sturgeon Lake 154 appears in the census record with 1,291 residents, and the density of 8.7 people per square kilometre follows from it.

Sturgeon Lake 154 sits at rank 171 within Alberta in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

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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).

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