Borrowing in Mattawan, Ontario

With 153 residents counted in the 2021 Census, Mattawan sits inside Ontario's provincial lending framework.

How borrowing works locally

A lender may ask for proof of address, and a permanent address is a standard requirement for consumer credit.

A consumer proposal or a bankruptcy is administered by a licensed insolvency trustee rather than by a lender. 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.

Products compared here

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

• Mortgage refinancing: Replacing an existing mortgage to change the rate, the term or the amount borrowed, and what it costs.
• Cash advance loans: Immediate short-term cash, including the difference between a cash advance on credit and a payday-style advance.

The census figures for Mattawan

The 2021 Census counted 153 residents in Mattawan. The community covers 200.1 square kilometres of land.

The calculated density is 0.8 people per square kilometre.

Among covered Ontario places, Mattawan sits at rank 508 by population.

The place record for Mattawan covers 200.1 square kilometres and 153 residents, a density of 0.8 people per square kilometre.

The Ontario rules that apply

Provincial or territorial law decides who may lend in Ontario, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list that names the regulator responsible.

In Ontario, payday lending operates under a licensed provincial regime, and the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) record a maximum cost of borrowing of $14 for each $100 advanced under SOR/2024-114.

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

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

Mattawan is one of 527 covered Ontario places, counted at 153 residents with a land area of 200.1 square kilometres.

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

At 153 residents in the 2021 Census, Mattawan is listed alongside the other covered places in Ontario.

The density figure for Mattawan, 0.8 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

Mattawan ranks 508 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Ontario.

The land area recorded for Mattawan is 200.1 square kilometres, and the population is 153 residents in the 2021 Census.

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

Mattawan appears in the census record with 153 residents, and the density of 0.8 people per square kilometre follows from it.

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

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

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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.