Borrowing in North River, Prince Edward Island
Population 157, land area 17.2 square kilometres: the census facts for North River, plus how consumer credit is regulated in Prince Edward Island.
North River is one of the Prince Edward Island places covered here, with 157 residents recorded in the 2021 Census and the same provincial rulebook as the rest of the province.
How borrowing works locally
A payday advance is repaid on a pay date, while an instalment loan is repaid over a set number of payments.
A lender may ask for proof of address, and a permanent address is a standard requirement for consumer credit. A provincial regulator publishes licensing requirements, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list of provincial and territorial regulators.
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The census figures for North River
In the 2021 Census, North River had 157 residents. Its land area is 17.2 square kilometres.
The calculated density is 9.1 people per square kilometre.
North River ranks 87 by population among the Prince Edward Island places on this site.
Compared with the other 91 covered Prince Edward Island places, North River ranks 87 by population.
The Prince Edward Island rules that apply
Consumer credit in Prince Edward Island is licensed by the provincial or territorial regulator, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list of provincial and territorial regulators.
The federal payday lending regulations, SOR/2024-114, cap the cost of borrowing at $14 per $100 advanced in Prince Edward Island, which the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) list as a province that regulates the product.
The lowest band groups villages, rural municipalities and small towns, all read against the same provincial rulebook.
Where a figure for North River could not be verified, the page names the publisher instead of printing a number.
North River ranks 87 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Prince Edward Island.
Nothing on the North River page is estimated; the population and land area come from Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population.
At 157 residents in the 2021 Census, North River is listed alongside the other covered places in Prince Edward Island.
North River is one of 91 covered Prince Edward Island places, counted at 157 residents with a land area of 17.2 square kilometres.
North River appears in the census record with 157 residents, and the density of 9.1 people per square kilometre follows from it.
The North River page follows the same structure as every other place page, with population, land area, density and rank.
For North River, the two census fields above are the only local statistics used anywhere on the page.
The density figure for North River, 9.1 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.
North River sits at rank 87 within Prince Edward Island in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.
Readers comparing North River with another community can use the same four census fields.
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.
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