Borrowing in Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec

With 1,898 residents counted in the 2021 Census, Saint-François-du-Lac sits inside Quebec's provincial lending framework.

The census figures for Saint-François-du-Lac

Saint-François-du-Lac recorded a population of 1,898 in Statistics Canada's 2021 Census of Population. The census records a land area of 63.8 square kilometres for Saint-François-du-Lac.

That gives a density of 29.7 people per square kilometre, rounded to one decimal place.

By population it ranks 417 among the Quebec places covered here.

Compared with the other 1150 covered Quebec places, Saint-François-du-Lac ranks 417 by population.

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 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.

The lowest band groups villages, rural municipalities and small towns, all read against the same provincial rulebook.

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 lender may ask for proof of address, and a permanent address is a standard requirement for consumer credit. A lender's assessment looks at income, existing obligations, the credit file, and the asset pledged where there is one.

Products compared here

Each product below has its own page, and the Quebec position applies to all of them.

• Instalment loans: A fixed number of fixed payments, sized larger and longer than a payday advance.
• Secured loans: Borrowing against an asset, which lowers the price but puts the asset at risk if you default.

Readers comparing Saint-François-du-Lac with another community can use the same four census fields.

Saint-François-du-Lac sits at rank 417 within Quebec in this data set, and the provincial rules apply as they do elsewhere.

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

Saint-François-du-Lac ranks 417 by 2021 Census population among the covered places in Quebec.

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

Saint-François-du-Lac appears in the census record with 1,898 residents, and the density of 29.7 people per square kilometre follows from it.

The density figure for Saint-François-du-Lac, 29.7 people per square kilometre, is calculated from the population and land area above.

The land area recorded for Saint-François-du-Lac is 63.8 square kilometres, and the population is 1,898 residents in the 2021 Census.

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

At 1,898 residents in the 2021 Census, Saint-François-du-Lac is listed alongside the other covered places in Quebec.

Saint-François-du-Lac is one of 1150 covered Quebec places, counted at 1,898 residents with a land area of 63.8 square kilometres.

Where a figure for Saint-François-du-Lac could not be verified, the page names the publisher instead of printing a number.

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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).

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