Borrowing in Fort Liard, Northwest Territories

This page covers borrowing in Fort Liard, Northwest Territories: the census facts, the provincial rules, and the products people compare.

The Northwest Territories rules that apply

Consumer lending in Northwest Territories 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) note that the territories do not have specific payday lending rules, which leaves Northwest Territories without a published territorial cap.

Small places are covered the same way as large ones: census figures for the place, and the provincial position on lending.

The census figures for Fort Liard

In the 2021 Census, Fort Liard had 468 residents. Statistics Canada lists 67.6 square kilometres of land for the community.

That gives a density of 6.9 people per square kilometre, rounded to one decimal place.

The 2021 Census population places it at rank 15 in the province.

Compared with the other 29 covered Northwest Territories places, Fort Liard ranks 15 by population.

Products compared here

Among the 20 products compared here, these two are commonly used for the purposes described.

• Car loans: Financing a vehicle, including the effect of trade-in equity, negative equity and dealer-arranged credit.
• Debt consolidation loans: Replacing several expensive debts with one payment, and the arithmetic that decides whether it helps.

How borrowing works locally

Interest on a line of credit accrues only on the drawn portion, not on the unused limit.

Debt management plans are administered by accredited credit counsellors, and they are not loans. Provincial licensing decides who may lend, and federal rules add a ceiling where a licensed payday regime exists.

Fort Liard ranks 15 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Northwest Territories.

Fort Liard sits at rank 15 within Northwest Territories in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

Fort Liard is one of 29 covered Northwest Territories places, counted at 468 residents with a land area of 67.6 square kilometres.

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

The Fort Liard page follows the same structure as every other place page, with population, land area, density and rank.

At 468 residents in the 2021 Census, Fort Liard is listed alongside the other covered places in Northwest Territories.

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

Fort Liard appears in the census record with 468 residents, and the density of 6.9 people per square kilometre follows from it.

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

The land area recorded for Fort Liard is 67.6 square kilometres, and the population is 468 residents in the 2021 Census.

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

The density figure for Fort Liard, 6.9 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

loanmoose.ca is not a lender and does not make credit decisions. The lowest rates are only available to the most qualified applicants.

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.