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History of Lyster · Canada’s heritage registers

Older housing stands out in Lyster: 43% predates 1961

Against 18% in the typical town, Lyster has 2.5 times the share. Within 25 km of Lyster there are 8 designated places; Presbytère de Saint-Octave, at 11 km, is the closest. Look 22 km away, to Plessisville, for the nearest place of the highest designation.

Historic places within 25 km

1 of the highest designation

Nearest historic place

11 km

Presbytère de Saint-Octave

Homes built before 1961

43%

typical town: 18%

Born here before 1914

the earliest in 1865

How it began

Back to 1976: Lyster’s first record

Lyster and Sainte-Anastasie-de-Nelson gave way to the present municipality in 1976. The date Wikidata keeps for Lyster is September 18, 1976; whether it was a founding or a legal act, the entry leaves open.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The age of the area

Near Lyster (25 km around), the dated heritage is mostly from the decades after Confederation

Reaching 25 km out from Lyster: the historic places by their first construction date on record.

British North America 1760–18660

After Confederation 1867–19133

Wars and Depression 1914–19452

Since 1946 1946 on1

6 places within 25 km carry a construction date. The earliest is Maison Cormier in Plessisville, begun in 1885.

Around the town

Leave Lyster and the first historic place is Presbytère de Saint-Octave, 11 km away

The mix: 7 municipal citations and a place classified by Québec. Maison Cormier, 22 km off, is the oldest: 1885. All told, 8 places are within 25 km.

The 8 nearest, within 25 km

Presbytère de Saint-OctaveMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1916 · 11 km away, in Saint-Flavien

Maison Louis-DumontMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1908 · 15 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière

Pont couvert de Sainte-AgatheMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1928 · 16 km away, in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière

Monument Jean-RivardMunicipal citation (Québec) · 22 km away, in Plessisville

Church of Our Lady of the Sacred HeartMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1910–1911 · 22 km away, in Sainte-Croix

Passerelle Armand-VaillancourtMunicipal citation (Québec) · 1991 · 22 km away, in Plessisville

Monument Messire-Charles-Édouard-BélangerMunicipal citation (Québec) · 22 km away, in Plessisville

Maison CormierClassified heritage building (Québec) · 1885–1886 · 22 km away, in Plessisville

Homes by age

Little new building in Lyster: 2.2% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%

Half of the homes standing in Lyster today were built before 1981. Lyster built little from 1981 to 2000: 8.1% of its homes, where most towns have 23%. 35% of Lyster’s homes date from 1961 to 1980, well above the typical 27%.

43%

Before 1961

35%

1961–80

8.1%

1981–2000

12%

2001–15

2.2%

2016–21

LysterTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Neighbours

Lyster and its neighbours

Town	People	Places	Oldest
Lyster	1,679	0	—
Laurierville	1,368	0	—
Val-Alain	1,084	0	—
Saint-Janvier-de-Joly	1,204	0	—
Saint-Flavien	1,682	0	—
Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière	1,042	2	1908
Laurier-Station	2,838	0	—

In brief

Lyster in brief

In Lyster, 43% of homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The other figures are unremarkable: its past has one life on the record, Napoléon Kemner Laflamme (1865).

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

The federal register. Federal places come from Parks Canada’s directory, which counts National Historic Sites, federal heritage buildings, stations and lighthouses; their statements are the register’s own.
Québec’s register. In Québec the ministry of culture publishes its register openly: provincial classements, declared sites and the municipalities’ citations all appear, with their descriptions.
Protection. Here the register is also the protection: classement and citation under Québec’s cultural heritage law control changes, while federal recognition does not.
People and events. Persons of national historic significance come with no location; a town gets one only by birthplace (name and both life years agreeing) or by one of its own places that bears the name and whose record tells the story. Events, which can’t be tied, are left out.
The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.

Questions about Lyster’s history

How many historic places does Lyster have on the registers?

None within Lyster itself; the nearest is 11 km off: Presbytère de Saint-Octave, in Saint-Flavien.

How old are the homes in Lyster?

The 2021 Census dates 43% of its homes before 1961 (18% in the typical town).

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).

Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).