Borrowing in Whale Cove, Nunavut

Whale Cove is one of the Nunavut communities covered here, with a 2021 Census population of 470, and borrowing there is licensed under Nunavut's consumer credit rules.

How borrowing works locally

A mortgage is registered against the property, which is what gives the lender its claim.

A lender may ask for proof of address, and a permanent address is a standard requirement for consumer credit. Provincial licensing decides who may lend, and federal rules add a ceiling where a licensed payday regime exists.

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The census figures for Whale Cove

Population for Whale Cove stands at 470 in the 2021 Census. Statistics Canada lists 273.9 square kilometres of land for the community.

Population divided by land area produces a density of 1.7 people per square kilometre.

Its provincial population rank is 21 within this data set.

Whale Cove is one of 25 places listed for Nunavut, ranked 21 by population and measured at 273.9 square kilometres.

The Nunavut rules that apply

The body that licenses consumer lending in Nunavut is the regulator named on the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114)'s list of provincial and territorial regulators.

The federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) note that the territories do not have specific payday lending rules, which leaves Nunavut without a published territorial cap.

The lowest band groups villages, rural municipalities and small towns, all read against the same provincial rulebook.

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

The land area recorded for Whale Cove is 273.9 square kilometres, and the population is 470 residents in the 2021 Census.

Whale Cove appears in the census record with 470 residents, and the density of 1.7 people per square kilometre follows from it.

Whale Cove ranks 21 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Nunavut.

Whale Cove is one of 25 covered Nunavut places, counted at 470 residents with a land area of 273.9 square kilometres.

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

The density figure for Whale Cove, 1.7 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

Whale Cove sits at rank 21 within Nunavut in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

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

Readers comparing Whale Cove with another community can use the same four census fields.

At 470 residents in the 2021 Census, Whale Cove is listed alongside the other covered places in Nunavut.

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

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

Census figures are from Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population, and the payday position is taken from the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114).

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.