Borrowing in Bedford, Quebec

A loan taken out in Bedford is governed by Quebec's licensing rules, and the 2021 Census counted 2,558 people in the community.

The Quebec rules that apply

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

Quebec does not license payday lending, a fact the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) record when it lists the provinces that regulate the product.

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

The census figures for Bedford

Statistics Canada's 2021 Census gives Bedford a population of 2,558. Statistics Canada lists 4.2 square kilometres of land for the community.

On those two figures, density is 604.7 residents per square kilometre when rounded to one decimal place.

Bedford ranks 328 by population among the Quebec places on this site.

The place record for Bedford covers 4.2 square kilometres and 2,558 residents, a density of 604.7 people per square kilometre.

Products compared here

Each product below has its own page, and the Quebec 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.

How borrowing works locally

Debt management plans are administered by accredited credit counsellors, and they are not loans.

A provincial regulator publishes licensing requirements, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the list of provincial and territorial regulators. A secured product gives the lender a claim on a named asset, which is why its price is usually lower than an unsecured equivalent.

Bedford appears in the census record with 2,558 residents, and the density of 604.7 people per square kilometre follows from it.

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

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

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

Bedford ranks 328 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Quebec.

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

At 2,558 residents in the 2021 Census, Bedford is listed alongside the other covered places in Quebec.

Bedford is one of 1150 covered Quebec places, counted at 2,558 residents with a land area of 4.2 square kilometres.

The land area recorded for Bedford is 4.2 square kilometres, and the population is 2,558 residents in the 2021 Census.

The density figure for Bedford, 604.7 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

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

Bedford sits at rank 328 within Quebec in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

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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.

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