Borrowing in Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Quebec

Saint-Basile-le-Grand is one of the Quebec communities covered here, with a 2021 Census population of 17,053, and borrowing there is licensed under Quebec's consumer credit rules.

The Quebec rules that apply

Licensing for consumer credit in Quebec sits with the province or territory, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada maintains the public list of provincial and territorial regulators.

Because Quebec does not license payday lending, no provincial payday cap applies there, and the federal Payday Lending Regulations (SOR/2024-114) note the distinction.

This community sits in the lower-middle population band, which changes the census figures rather than the rules.

The census figures for Saint-Basile-le-Grand

Saint-Basile-le-Grand recorded a population of 17,053 in Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population. Its land area is 35.8 square kilometres.

That gives a density of 475.8 people per square kilometre, rounded to one decimal place.

The community is the 69th largest place in the province within this census set.

Within Quebec, Saint-Basile-le-Grand is place number 69 by population in this census set, at 17,053 residents.

Products compared here

The site describes 20 products in total; the two below are representative of the range.

• 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.

How borrowing works locally

A longer amortisation lowers each payment and raises the total interest paid over the life of the loan.

A revolving product charges interest on the outstanding balance, while an instalment product charges a fixed schedule of payments. A consumer proposal or a bankruptcy is administered by a licensed insolvency trustee rather than by a lender.

The Saint-Basile-le-Grand page follows the same structure as every other place page, with population, land area, density and rank.

The land area recorded for Saint-Basile-le-Grand is 35.8 square kilometres, and the population is 17,053 residents in the 2021 Census.

The density figure for Saint-Basile-le-Grand, 475.8 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

Saint-Basile-le-Grand ranks 69 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Quebec.

Readers comparing Saint-Basile-le-Grand with another community can use the same four census fields.

Saint-Basile-le-Grand appears in the census record with 17,053 residents, and the density of 475.8 people per square kilometre follows from it.

For Saint-Basile-le-Grand, the two census fields above are the only local statistics used anywhere on the page.

Saint-Basile-le-Grand sits at rank 69 within Quebec in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

Nothing on the Saint-Basile-le-Grand page is estimated; the population and land area come from Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population.

At 17,053 residents in the 2021 Census, Saint-Basile-le-Grand is listed alongside the other covered places in Quebec.

Saint-Basile-le-Grand is one of 1150 covered Quebec places, counted at 17,053 residents with a land area of 35.8 square kilometres.

Where a figure for Saint-Basile-le-Grand could not be verified, the page names the publisher instead of printing a number.

loanmoose.ca is not a lender and does not make credit decisions. The lowest rates are only available to the most qualified applicants.

Population and land area figures come from Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population; regulatory statements are attributed to 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.