What does a payday loan cost in Ontario?
$14 for every $100 you borrow — the maximum total cost of borrowing allowed in Ontario, with worked examples and the APR at each term.
Straight answers about what an Ontario payday loan costs, who qualifies, and what you are entitled to.
$14 for every $100 you borrow — the maximum total cost of borrowing allowed in Ontario, with worked examples and the APR at each term.
A payday loan is $1,500 or less, for 62 days or less. We lend up to $1,500, for up to 30 days, or for 61 days. Here is how that and the 50% net-pay limit interact, and which one usually binds.
What you need before you apply: an Ontario address, 18 or over, regular income, and a chequing account your income is paid into.
Funded instantly by Interac e-Transfer. We send the e-Transfer when you sign, at all hours, including evenings and weekends.
A low score does not rule you out on its own. We assess income and banking history — and no licensed Ontario lender can promise approval before it has looked.
Yes — by the end of the second day after you receive the loan and your agreement, at no cost and for no reason. In two cases the right never expires.
If you think you cannot pay on your due date, you can contact us before it; it costs nothing.
If a lender makes you a third payday loan inside 63 days, Ontario law says that loan must be repaid in instalments, at no extra cost. We do not make a third payday loan within 63 days.
Not with us. Ontario's seven-day rule bars a lender from making a new payday loan until seven days after the previous one is paid in full; after your second loan with us, we wait 70 days from the day it is repaid in full, and then the count starts again. Rollovers are banned outright.
An honest answer: we may check your credit, and we always look at your income and banking history. What we do not do is decide on a score alone.
The bank connection is read-only. Your online banking credentials go to a specialist verification provider, not to us, and a read-only link cannot move money.
Ontario law does not exclude income from social assistance — but the arithmetic is unforgiving, and a loan may be deducted from your next benefit payment. Read this before you apply.
Start with the lender, then take it to the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery — (416) 326-6203 or CPOLicensing@Ontario.ca. What to send, and what the regulator can do.
A payday loan costs $14 per $100. Most of these cost nothing. Ask the creditor for time, ask payroll about an advance, check a credit union, and find out what help already exists.
Still have a question? Get in touch and we will walk you through your options.
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The maximum allowable cost of borrowing under payday loan agreements is $14 for each $100 advanced.
The four rows marked “example” are for a representative $500.00 loan over 14 days at our cost of borrowing of $14.00 per $100. The cost of your own agreement is calculated on the actual amount and actual term and is set out in full on the first page of your agreement before you sign. Annual percentage rates are calculated in accordance with section 55 of Ontario Regulation 17/05 under the Consumer Protection Act, 2002.