Borrowing in Amherstburg, Ontario

Amherstburg is one of the Ontario communities covered here, with a 2021 Census population of 23,524, and borrowing there is licensed under Ontario's consumer credit rules.

The Ontario rules that apply

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

A payday advance in Ontario falls under a provincial licensing regime, and the cost of borrowing is capped at $14 per $100 advanced according to the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114).

Municipalities of this size are grouped together here, with the province setting the licensing position for all of them.

The census figures for Amherstburg

Statistics Canada's 2021 Census gives Amherstburg a population of 23,524. 183.8 square kilometres of land are attributed to Amherstburg.

That gives a density of 128.0 people per square kilometre, rounded to one decimal place.

By population it ranks 74 among the Ontario places covered here.

Amherstburg sits at rank 74 among the 527 Ontario places here, with 23,524 residents in the 2021 Census.

Products compared here

Each product below has its own page, and the Ontario position applies to all of them.

• Instalment loans: A fixed number of fixed payments, sized larger and longer than a payday advance.
• Secured loans: Borrowing against an asset, which lowers the price but puts the asset at risk if you default.

How borrowing works locally

Adding a co-signer puts a second file in front of the lender and adds a second person to the obligation.

A secured product gives the lender a claim on a named asset, which is why its price is usually lower than an unsecured equivalent. A credit file is compiled by private agencies from information lenders and other creditors report.

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

The density figure for Amherstburg, 128.0 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

Amherstburg ranks 74 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Ontario.

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

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

Amherstburg appears in the census record with 23,524 residents, and the density of 128.0 people per square kilometre follows from it.

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

The land area recorded for Amherstburg is 183.8 square kilometres, and the population is 23,524 residents in the 2021 Census.

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

Amherstburg is one of 527 covered Ontario places, counted at 23,524 residents with a land area of 183.8 square kilometres.

Amherstburg sits at rank 74 within Ontario in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

At 23,524 residents in the 2021 Census, Amherstburg is listed alongside the other covered places in Ontario.

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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).

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