Borrowing in Messines, Quebec

Messines, Quebec, recorded a population of 1,655 in the 2021 Census; the rules that govern a loan signed there are provincial.

The census figures for Messines

Statistics Canada's 2021 Census gives Messines a population of 1,655. 110.1 square kilometres of land are attributed to Messines.

That gives a density of 15.0 people per square kilometre, rounded to one decimal place.

The 2021 Census population places it at rank 475 in the province.

Messines is one of 1150 places listed for Quebec, ranked 475 by population and measured at 110.1 square kilometres.

Products compared here

Two of the 20 covered products appear below, each with the purpose the product is designed for.

• Business loans: Commercial borrowing, what lenders read in a business file, and how the assessment differs from personal credit.
• Instalment loans: A fixed number of fixed payments, sized larger and longer than a payday advance.

The Quebec rules that apply

The regulator for consumer credit in Quebec is the body listed by the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) provincial and territorial regulators.

Quebec is the province that does not license payday lending, so the federal cap that applies in licensed provinces has no provincial regime to sit inside.

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

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 prepayment privilege allows a borrower to pay more than the scheduled amount, sometimes with a charge attached. Adding a co-signer puts a second file in front of the lender and adds a second person to the obligation.

Messines sits at rank 475 within Quebec in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

The land area recorded for Messines is 110.1 square kilometres, and the population is 1,655 residents in the 2021 Census.

Messines is one of 1150 covered Quebec places, counted at 1,655 residents with a land area of 110.1 square kilometres.

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

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

Messines appears in the census record with 1,655 residents, and the density of 15.0 people per square kilometre follows from it.

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

At 1,655 residents in the 2021 Census, Messines is listed alongside the other covered places in Quebec.

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

Readers comparing Messines 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.

Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population supplies the population and land-area figures, and the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) supply the payday position.

The provincial rules apply wherever a borrower is in Quebec; a municipal boundary does not change them.