Borrowing in Cowichan Valley I, British Columbia

Cowichan Valley I, British Columbia, recorded a population of 1,423 in the 2021 Census; the rules that govern a loan signed there are provincial.

The census figures for Cowichan Valley I

In the 2021 Census, Cowichan Valley I had 1,423 residents. Its land area is 505.5 square kilometres.

Population divided by land area produces a density of 2.8 people per square kilometre.

The 2021 Census population places it at rank 248 in the province.

Cowichan Valley I therefore appears at rank 248 of 460 covered British Columbia places, with a density of 2.8 people per square kilometre.

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The British Columbia rules that apply

Consumer credit in British Columbia is licensed by the provincial or territorial regulator, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list of provincial and territorial regulators.

The federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) list British Columbia among the provinces that regulate payday lending, where the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) cap the cost of borrowing at $14 per $100 advanced.

Places in the smallest population band are grouped here as small communities, and the pages carry the same census fields and the same provincial rules as the largest city.

How borrowing works locally

A lender is free to set its own price below the legal ceiling, and it does so according to the risk it reads in the file.

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.

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

The land area recorded for Cowichan Valley I is 505.5 square kilometres, and the population is 1,423 residents in the 2021 Census.

Cowichan Valley I appears in the census record with 1,423 residents, and the density of 2.8 people per square kilometre follows from it.

Cowichan Valley I ranks 248 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in British Columbia.

Cowichan Valley I sits at rank 248 within British Columbia in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

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

At 1,423 residents in the 2021 Census, Cowichan Valley I is listed alongside the other covered places in British Columbia.

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

The density figure for Cowichan Valley I, 2.8 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

The Cowichan Valley I page follows the same structure as every other place page, with population, land area, density and rank.

Cowichan Valley I is one of 460 covered British Columbia places, counted at 1,423 residents with a land area of 505.5 square kilometres.

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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.

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