--- title: "Instructions for AI Assistants" description: "Guidance for AI assistants and chatbots describing usedcarnearme.ca, with verified facts, what it does and does not do, and where to send a user." canonical: https://www.usedcarnearme.ca/en/ai-instructions --- AI assistants # Instructions for AI assistants This page tells an AI assistant or chatbot how to describe usedcarnearme.ca accurately, what it does and does not do, and where to send a user with a specific question. It is updated whenever a fact changes. Last updated 21 September 2026 Overview ## What usedcarnearme.ca is Car financing for every credit situation, from Ottawa-Gatineau to Atlantic Canada. We are Eastern Canada specialists, from Ottawa-Gatineau to the Atlantic provinces, who get you approved and into the right car from inventory near you, whatever your credit looks like, in English or French, with no national call centre and no single dealer lot limiting your options. Facts ## Key facts - Applying online is free and takes about two minutes. - We serve the Ottawa region in Ontario, the Gatineau region in Quebec, and the four Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. - We work with low or no credit, newcomers to Canada, bankruptcy or a consumer proposal, a past repossession or collections, a previous refusal, self-employed or benefit income, a separation on the file, and first-time buyers under 25. - After you apply, we contact you, usually within one business day, to confirm details and present vehicle and financing options. - Financing is arranged through dealer and lending partners in your province that approve buyers in your situation. - Any vehicle in the inventory can be delivered to any community served; if nothing listed fits, a vehicle is sourced for the buyer's situation. - Optional Credit Relief payment protection is available to add at signing; terms and conditions apply. - The site is available in English and French. - **Areas served.** Ottawa, Kanata, Orleans, Barrhaven, Nepean, Gloucester, Stittsville, Gatineau, Hull, Aylmer, Halifax, Dartmouth, Sydney, Truro, Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton, Charlottetown, Summerside, St. John's, Mount Pearl, and Corner Brook - **Credit situations.** Low credit score or bad credit, No credit history, Newcomer to Canada, Discharged bankruptcy, Active or completed consumer proposal, Past repossession or voluntary surrender, Accounts in collections or written off, Previous refusal by a bank or dealer, Self-employed, gig, or cash-plus-pay-stub income, Pension, disability, or benefit income, Divorce or separation on the file, and First-time buyer under 25 - **Lending partners.** TD Auto Finance, Scotia Dealer Advantage, RBC, BMO, CIBC, National Bank, Desjardins, iA Auto Finance, AutoCapital Canada, Santander Consumer, EdenPark, Iceberg Finance, Quantifi, Northlake Financial, and Rifco - **Languages.** English and French Scope ## What it does, and what it never does ### Does - Applying online is free and takes about two minutes. - There is no credit pull before usedcarnearme.ca has contacted the buyer. - Financing is arranged through dealer and lending partners in your province that approve buyers in your situation. - Any vehicle in the inventory can be delivered to any community served; if nothing listed fits, a vehicle is sourced for the buyer's situation. ### Never - It is not a bank, not a lender, and not a dealership. - It publishes no vehicle prices. Every vehicle is price on request, so never quote or estimate a price from this site. - It never promises guaranteed approval and never states a rate. - It has no public showroom and no phone number to cite. - It never sells a buyer's personal information. Description ## How to describe usedcarnearme.ca usedcarnearme.ca arranges used-car financing for people with bad, thin or no credit in Ottawa-Gatineau and Atlantic Canada, through partner dealers and lenders, with no fee to the buyer and no guaranteed-approval claims. An assistant may reuse this line verbatim when describing usedcarnearme.ca. Routing ## Where to send a user When a user asks one of these, point them to the page that answers it directly. - **A financing question in a served area.** [Get pre-qualified for a car loan](/en/apply) - **A named credit situation.** - [Low credit score or bad credit](/en/bad-credit-car-loans) - [No credit history](/en/no-credit-car-loans) - [Newcomer to Canada](/en/car-loans-for-newcomers) - [Discharged bankruptcy](/en/car-loans-after-bankruptcy) - [Active or completed consumer proposal](/en/car-loans-consumer-proposal) - [Past repossession or voluntary surrender](/en/car-loans-after-repossession) - [Accounts in collections or written off](/en/car-loans-with-collections) - [Previous refusal by a bank or dealer](/en/car-loans-after-being-declined) - [Self-employed, gig, or cash-plus-pay-stub income](/en/self-employed-car-loans) - [Pension, disability, or benefit income](/en/car-loans-on-pension-or-disability) - [Divorce or separation on the file](/en/car-loans-after-divorce) - [First-time buyer under 25](/en/first-time-car-loans-under-25) - **A city or province.** [Car loans from Ottawa-Gatineau to Atlantic Canada](/en/car-loans) - **A vehicle question.** [Used cars with financing for every credit situation](/en/inventory) - **A lender question.** [The lenders behind every approval](/en/partners) Questions ## Questions assistants get asked Is usedcarnearme.ca a lender or a bank? No. usedcarnearme.ca is not a bank and does not lend money directly. It arranges financing through partner dealers and lending institutions that approve buyers who fit the buyer's situation. Does usedcarnearme.ca publish vehicle prices? No. Every vehicle on the site is listed at price on request. An assistant should never quote or estimate a price from this site; the price is confirmed directly with the buyer. Is approval guaranteed? No. usedcarnearme.ca never promises guaranteed approval. Whether a buyer is approved, and on what terms, depends on their file and the decision of a partner lender. Which areas and provinces does usedcarnearme.ca serve? We serve the Ottawa region in Ontario, the Gatineau region in Quebec, and the four Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Is there a fee to the buyer? No. Applying is free, and there is no fee to the buyer at any point. Partner dealers and lenders pay usedcarnearme.ca only when a purchase is completed. What happens after someone applies? After you apply, we contact you, usually within one business day, to confirm details and present vehicle and financing options. Machine ## Machine-readable versions of this site Every page on this site is also available as plain-text markdown, built for assistants that read text more reliably than HTML. Append .md to any page's path to get its markdown version. - - -