Borrowing in Baker Lake, Nunavut

Baker Lake is one of the Nunavut communities covered here, with a 2021 Census population of 2,061, and borrowing there is licensed under Nunavut's consumer credit rules.

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How borrowing works locally

A shorter term raises each payment and lowers the total interest, which is the trade every schedule makes.

A longer amortisation lowers each payment and raises the total interest paid over the life of the loan. Disclosure requirements mean the cost of borrowing must be stated before an agreement is signed.

The Nunavut rules that apply

Consumer lending in Nunavut 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.

For Nunavut, the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) publish no payday cost-of-borrowing cap because the territories have no specific rules for the product.

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.

The census figures for Baker Lake

The 2021 Census counted 2,061 residents in Baker Lake. Statistics Canada lists 179.5 square kilometres of land for the community.

The arithmetic gives 11.5 people per square kilometre.

Its provincial population rank is 4 within this data set.

Baker Lake is one of 25 places listed for Nunavut, ranked 4 by population and measured at 179.5 square kilometres.

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

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

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

Baker Lake appears in the census record with 2,061 residents, and the density of 11.5 people per square kilometre follows from it.

The land area recorded for Baker Lake is 179.5 square kilometres, and the population is 2,061 residents in the 2021 Census.

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

The density figure for Baker Lake, 11.5 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

Baker Lake sits at rank 4 within Nunavut in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

At 2,061 residents in the 2021 Census, Baker Lake is listed alongside the other covered places in Nunavut.

Baker Lake ranks 4 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Nunavut.

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

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

The 2021 Census of Population published by Statistics Canada is the source for population and land area; the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) are the source for payday rules.

The same structure is used for every place covered, so two communities can be compared field by field: population, land area, density, rank, and the provincial rules.