Lyster, Quebec

Lyster is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It was created with the fusion of Sainte-Anastasie-de-Nelson and the village of Lyster in 1976.

Lyster
Municipality
Location within L'Érable RCM
Lyster Location in southern Quebec
Coordinates: 46°22′N 71°37′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
RCM	L'Érable
Constituted	September 18, 1976
Named after	Leicester[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Yves Boissonneault
• Federal riding	Mégantic—L'Érable
• Prov. riding	Arthabaska
Area [2][3]
• Total	167.80 km2 (64.79 sq mi)
• Land	167.55 km2 (64.69 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,587
• Density	9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	1.1%
• Dwellings	776
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0S 1V0
Area code	819
Highways	R-116 R-218
Website	www.lyster.ca

Demographics

Historical Census Data - Lyster, Quebec^[4]

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	1,985	—
1986	1,872	−5.7%
1991	1,740	−7.1%
1996	1,715	−1.4%
2001	1,685	−1.7%
2006	1,644	−2.4%
2011	1,628	−1.0%
2016	1,605	−1.4%
2021	1,587	−1.1%

See also

• Lyster