Borrowing in Saint-Colomban, Quebec

A loan taken out in Saint-Colomban is governed by Quebec's licensing rules, and the 2021 Census counted 17,740 people in the community.

The Quebec rules that apply

Consumer credit in Quebec is licensed by the provincial or territorial regulator, and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada publishes the 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.

Places in the lower-middle band group smaller towns and municipalities under the same provincial framework.

How borrowing works locally

Payment history is reported to credit agencies, and that record is what builds or damages a credit file over time.

A credit file is compiled by private agencies from information lenders and other creditors report. A consumer proposal or a bankruptcy is administered by a licensed insolvency trustee rather than by a lender.

The census figures for Saint-Colomban

17,740 people were counted in Saint-Colomban in the 2021 Census. The census records a land area of 92.7 square kilometres for Saint-Colomban.

Dividing population by land area gives 191.3 residents per square kilometre, rounded to one decimal place.

Its provincial population rank is 67 within this data set.

Within Quebec, Saint-Colomban is place number 67 by population in this census set, at 17,740 residents.

Products compared here

Among the 20 products compared here, these two are commonly used for the purposes described.

• Cash advance loans: Immediate short-term cash, including the difference between a cash advance on credit and a payday-style advance.
• Lines of credit: A revolving limit you draw on and repay, usually paying interest only on what is outstanding.

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

Saint-Colomban ranks 67 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Quebec.

The land area recorded for Saint-Colomban is 92.7 square kilometres, and the population is 17,740 residents in the 2021 Census.

Saint-Colomban is one of 1150 covered Quebec places, counted at 17,740 residents with a land area of 92.7 square kilometres.

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

The density figure for Saint-Colomban, 191.3 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

Saint-Colomban appears in the census record with 17,740 residents, and the density of 191.3 people per square kilometre follows from it.

At 17,740 residents in the 2021 Census, Saint-Colomban is listed alongside the other covered places in Quebec.

Readers comparing Saint-Colomban with another community can use the same four census fields.

Saint-Colomban sits at rank 67 within Quebec in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

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

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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).

Compare the disclosure on any agreement against the provincial ceiling, and treat the census figures as the only local statistics on the page.