Loans North Central residents apply for online come under the same Saskatchewan licence as a loan on the south side, in Regina's oldest working class neighbourhood across the rail line north of downtown. This page covers the Albert, Dewdney and 7th Avenue buses, stadium event shifts, a January power bill, and the $14 per $100 cap.
Regina's oldest neighbourhood, across the tracks from downtown, under a Saskatchewan licence
North Central runs north of downtown across the rail line, between Albert Street and Lewvan Drive from 1st to 7th Avenue, with the stadium and the exhibition grounds on its west edge, and an online lender serving its wartime bungalows and rooming houses needs the same Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan licence as one serving a new two storey in Harbour Landing.
The neighbourhood is home to many Indigenous families and newcomers, with the lowest rents in the city, and the cap, the net pay limit and the cancellation right are provincial, so loans North Central households take are written under The Payday Loans Act like any other loan in Regina.
Albert, Dewdney and 7th Avenue: applying from North Central
Applying from North Central is done on a phone at a kitchen table in a 1920s house, on an Albert Street or 7th Avenue bus that reaches the downtown hub in minutes, or in a staff room at the stadium.
Many residents walk or ride the bus and do not own a car, which is no obstacle. The lender reads recent pay deposits through a read-only bank connection, puts the cost and the repayment date in writing, and sends the money by Interac e-transfer. Timing is on the e-transfer loans Regina page.
Game days, the summer fair, the agriculture show and downtown contracts: when North Central gets paid
North Central pay comes from event shifts at the stadium and the exhibition grounds, from cleaning, security and kitchen contracts downtown, from the north side industrial yards, from retail on Albert Street, and from the trades.
Event work has its own calendar, set out in the table below, while downtown contracts and the yards pay biweekly year round, and that steadier deposit is the one a repayment date should sit on.
A Saskatchewan payday loan is repaid in one debit on the next pay date, so the loans North Central event workers take should come due on a deposit that is already scheduled, never on a game that could be cancelled or a season that is ending.
| Time of year | What pays in North Central | What it means for a repayment date |
|---|---|---|
| June to November | Football game days at the stadium | Pay by the game; a thin week when the team is away |
| August | The summer fair on the exhibition grounds | A dense fortnight of shifts, then a gap |
| Late November | The agriculture show | The last event deposit before winter |
| December to May | Downtown contracts, the yards, retail on Albert | Steady biweekly deposits, the right ones to borrow against |
Rent on the first, a January power bill and a season that ends: the gap loans North Central borrowers cover
The gap loans North Central borrowers cover most often is rent on the first when the last event cheque has been spent, a power bill after a January week at minus thirty in a 1920s house, or a bus pass bought the same week as the rent.
Each is one bill, often small because rents here are the lowest in the city: a $200 payday loan costs $28 and comes out of the next deposit as $228.
A season ending is not one bill. If the last agriculture show shift is in November and the next event income is in June, a loan due on the next pay date has nowhere to land; a winter job's first cheque is the honest repayment date.
Anything over $1500 or stretched across months belongs on the installment loans Regina page, $500 to $10000 over 3 to 60 months at 18% to 35% APR, and a gap that returns every winter is a question for the Regina loan FAQ.
The lender may lend no more than half of the net pay landing on the due date, so a loan against a part time or event cheque stays small by law. The payday loans Regina page explains the short product, and the bad credit loans Regina page covers what a lender reads when a file is thin or carries old marks.
Saskatchewan rules at a North Central address, and the neighbours south, east and north
Payday loans at a North Central address are governed by The Payday Loans Act and The Payday Loans Regulations, with every lender licensed by the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan (FCAA), online lenders included, and the cost, the total and the due date set out in writing before you sign.
Cancel by the end of the next business day after signing, in writing and returning the money, and nothing is owed. Rollovers and a second loan while one is open are banned. Saskatchewan has no extended payment plan, so if the deposit meant to cover the debit will be short, call the lender before the due date and ask to split it, and bring any complaint to the FCAA.
The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada explains the product in plain language. Loans Regina is a free loan connection service, not a lender; what a lender asks for is on the how it works page and the Loans Regina homepage compares the two loan types.
South across the tracks, Downtown holds the contracts and the bus hub; south west past the stadium grounds, Cathedral shares the century old houses split into suites; and north past the yards, Uplands is the last subdivision before the refinery. The areas we serve hub lists every other community.
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I work event shifts at the stadium and the season ends in November. Can a payday loan carry me through December?
No. The loan is due in one payment on your next pay date, and with no event deposit coming that date does not exist. The FAQ hub covers a gap that comes back every winter.
I ride the bus everywhere and do not have a car. Is anything about the application different?
Nothing. The whole application is on a phone, the lender reads your pay deposits through a read-only bank connection, and the money arrives by Interac e-transfer. The bus is only for getting to work.
The power bill after the cold snap is $400 and my cleaning contract pays next week. Does a payday loan fit?
Yes, if $400 plus the $56 fee is less than half of the net pay landing next week; $456 comes out of that one deposit.
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